Dunno if anyone here can help on this query from our sister Iron Age group,
but...

Stiof

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> [mailto:Iron-Age-Ireland@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of madraruax
> Sent: 11 February 2006 18:28
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> Subject: ~IAI > Prehistoric Glass
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> Does anyone happen to know the dating of the earliest glass (not
> faience) from Ireland?
> The earliest I know of so far are those glass beads from Raftery's dig
> at Rathgall which I think are from a burial of about 1100-1000BC.
> Other than these I know of only two other sites that have produced
> glass beads before the Iron Age: Mullaghmore, Down, (Waddell 2000,
> Prehistoric Archaeology of Ireland, 367) and Kilmahuddrick, Dublin,
> (both also LBA burial sites I think). Some were found at Haughey's
> Fort (Waddell 216-7) but do not know if they were from a dated context
> (s).
> Any help (even speculation) much appreciated.
> Madra