tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post186571930699176300..comments2024-03-15T11:01:51.850+00:00Comments on Robert M Chapple, Archaeologist: Co Cork: Archaeological Objects at The British MuseumRobert M Chapplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00173915109971387439noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post-33444412323408415892022-07-29T09:12:00.558+01:002022-07-29T09:12:00.558+01:00Like many things, it's not all that simple ......Like many things, it's not all that simple ... many of these items were found, sold to collectors/traded/auctioned/gifted etc. & had a long curation history - all of it completely legal at the time - before it ended up in the British Museum. The vast majority of these items were discovered in the years before the existence of the modern state of Ireland & the National Monuments Robert M Chapplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00173915109971387439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post-65147758257073119282022-07-28T14:34:05.610+01:002022-07-28T14:34:05.610+01:00surley all these items should be returned to the p...surley all these items should be returned to the people of Cork and held in the Cork museum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com