Editing Ardagh Hoard (section)

==Find==
[[File:Calice d'argento, da reerasta, ardagh, contea di limerick, viii secolo 04.jpg|thumb|left|220px|The Ardagh Chalice, centrepiece of the hoard]]
The hoard was found in late September 1868 by two boys, Jim Quin and Paddy Flanagan, digging in a potato field on the south-western side of a ''rath'' ([[Ringfort|ring fort]]) called [[Ardagh Fort|Reerasta]], beside the village of [[Ardagh, County Limerick]], Ireland. Flanagan remained in Ireland and is buried in the Pauper's Graveyard in [[Newcastle West]]. Quin emigrated to Australia, spending his later years in [[Melbourne]]. He is buried in [[Fawkner Crematorium and Memorial Park|Fawkner Memorial Park]] in the city following his death there in 1934.

The chalice held the other items, covered merely by a slab of stone; the pieces must have been interred in a hurry, probably temporarily, as though the owner probably intended to return for them at a later time. The age of the brooches found with the chalice is evidence that it was not buried until the [[Viking]] period. It was sold to George Butler, Catholic [[Bishop of Limerick]], by Quin's mother.