A History of Ireland in 100 Objects

A History of Ireland in 100 Objects was a joint project by <a href="/facts/The_Irish_Times/dGuaCRpW">The Irish Times</a>, the <a href="/facts/National_Museum_of_Ireland/KVt4WQ70">National Museum of Ireland</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Royal_Irish_Academy/2R9VtUPw">Royal Irish Academy</a> to define one hundred archaeological or cultural objects that are important in the <a href="/facts/History_of_Ireland/nQxYNsnW">history of Ireland</a>. The objects are single man-made <a href="/facts/Artifact_(archaeology)/SftLTFf5">artefacts</a> or documents, excluding buildings, ranging in date from about 5,000 BC (<a href="/facts/Mesolithic/XTNS0x3r">Mesolithic</a>) to the early 21st century. Most of the objects are held in accessible collections in the <a href="/facts/Republic_of_Ireland/k8JzXVze">Republic of Ireland</a> or <a href="/facts/Northern_Ireland/Jmr0NRyl">Northern Ireland</a>.
Details of the hundred objects, written by Irish Times journalist <a href="/facts/Fintan_O%2527Toole/lsp4NasU">Fintan O'Toole</a>, were initially serialized in The Irish Times between February 2011 and January 2013. In February 2013 a book about the hundred objects written by O'Toole, entitled A History of Ireland in 100 Objects, was published, and it quickly became a best-seller with 35,000 free downloads.
In January 2017 <a href="/facts/An_Post/2FQUIrpL">An Post</a> announced that a selection of the 100 objects would form the subjects for the <a href="/facts/Definitive_postage_stamps_of_Ireland/aUcNgCUT">9th definitive postage stamp series</a> for Ireland, to be issued over a period of five or six years from 2017. The first set of stamps featuring twelve of the objects were issued in January 2017, consisting of eight different SOAR (Stamps on a Roll) stamps with various values (€0.05 to €7.50), a range coil stamps, and a national (N) and an international (W) rate stamp booklet.

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