George Coffey

George Coffey (1857–1916) was an Irish scholar and archaeologist. He was associated with the cultural revival movement and Douglas Hyde's Gaelic League. Quotes Ireland during the Bronze Age was not isolated, but stood in direct communication with the Continent. Ægean and Scandinavian influences can be detected in the great tumuli of the New Grange group; and Iberian influence is discernible in some of the later types of bronze implements. Ireland...was, during the Bronze Age, a kind of western El Dorado, owing to her great richness in gold; Irish gold ornaments have been found both on the Continent and in Scandinavia; while Scandinavian amber has been found in Ireland. The Bronze Age in Ireland (Dublin, 1903), ch. 1 External links Category:Academics from Ireland Category:Archaeologists from Ireland Category:Non-fiction authors from Ireland Category:1857 births Category:1916 deaths