17th century coin hoard goes home

A hoard of 17th century gold coins found in a Co Tipperary pub earlier this year is back on “home” territory for a month-long exhibition.

The 81 coins were found in January by a group of building workers at Cooney’s Bar in Carrick-on-Suir, and it was later established the earliest coin in the collection dated back to 1664 and the reign of King Charles II, while the latest was from 1701 in the time of William III.

Now on loan from the National Museum of Ireland, they are part of an exhibition at the Tipperary County Museum in Clonmel which also includes other medieval artefacts.