George Coffey
George Coffey (1857–1916) was a scholar of Irish history and cultural revivalist.
Coffey was a bookbinder, archaeologist, and the first keeper of antiquities at the
Gaelic League and the rediscovery of the Irish language.[1]
Works
His works include :
- English and Irish Coins, A Manual for Collectors, 1882
- "Home Rule, Answers to Objections", The Irish Question, no. 30, The Irish Press Agency : London, 1888
- "How the Union was Carried", The Irish Question, no. 40, The Irish Press Agency : London, 1890
- Coffey, George (1892–1896), "On the Tumuli and Inscribed Stones at New Grange, Dowth, and Knowth", The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy, 30, Royal Irish Academy: 1–96, JSTOR 30079776
- Coffey, George (December 1894), "The Origins of Prehistoric Ornament in Ireland", The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 5th series, 4 (4), Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland: 349–379, JSTOR 25508176
- Royal Irish Academy Collection Guide to the Celtic Antiquities of the Christian period preserved in the National Museum, Dublin, Hodges, Figgis, & Co. : Dublin; Williams & Norgate : London, 1909
- Guide to the Collection of Irish Antiquities (Royal Irish Academy Collection) : Anglo Irish Coins, 1911
- New Grange (Brugh na Boinne) and other incised tumuli in Ireland, 1912, ( reprinted by The Dolphin Press 1977 ISBN 0856420417)
- The Bronze Age in Ireland, Hidges, Figgis, & Co. : Dublin; Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. : London, 1913
References
- ISBN 1-85109-440-7. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
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