This is one of the finest collections of excavated finds from an early medieval site anywhere in Europe. Archaeology, Tafl games (pronounced, also known as hnefatafl games) are a family of ancient Nordic and Celtic strategy board games played on a checkered or latticed gameboard with two armies of uneven numbers. FidchellIn 1932 a board was found in a crannog (lake dwelling) in Ballinderry, Ireland. They represent the High King of Ireland and the rulers of the four provinces. The board is roughly square, has forty-nine holes and is ornamented around the edges with projecting heads (probably handles) and eight panels of carved interlace decoration. The National Museum of Ireland regrets that during the current Level 3 COVID-19 restrictions our public sites will be closed until further notice. THE BALLINDERRY GAME BOARD. This site appears to be the homestead of noble of some standing, possibly even a king, judging by the quality and number of finds. The Game Board: I chose to base my board on the Ballinderry Game Board, discovered in 1932 during excavations at Ballinderry, West Meath, Ireland. The Ballinderry Board. Early Irish Board Games Information about Fitchneal and other ancient Irish games. A King and his four Knights start by standing back to back in the centre. The National Museum of Ireland regrets that during the current Level 3 COVID-19 restrictions our public sites will be closed until further notice. Receive updates on all the latest exhibitions, events and news at our museums, Contact details for staff during the COVID-19 enforced closure. Dublin 2 What to us seems an age is to leprechauns but the blink of an eye. It contained a 7 X 7 grid of holes, and was decorated with designs used in the 10th century. A final section displays church metalwork and other ecclesiastical material of the 11th and 12th centuries, which shows how Scandinavian features were absorbed into Irish culture, including art styles, in the later Viking Age. Receive updates on all the latest exhibitions, events and news at our museums, Archaeology, Kildare St, Dublin 2, D02 FH48 +353 1 677 7444, Contact details for staff during the COVID-19 enforced closure. Kildare St, More recently this style has also been shown to occur on Irish metalwork and it is probably more likely that the board was made in Ireland – most likely in Dublin. To make a virtual visit to this exhibition, just click on the 3D Showcase below. D02 FH48. The Ballinderry Game Board was found in 1932 during the excavation of a "crannog", or lake dwelling at Ballinderry, West Meath, Ireland. The Ballinderry board has been dated to approximately the 10 th century, based on its decorations’ similarity to documented boards of that period from the Isle of Man. As the name Black Raven suggests, it is a war game. Vikings and their descendants had a profound impact on Ireland, from their first appearance just before 800AD until after 1150AD. It dates from about a thousand years ago but you can plainly see its influence on the modern Magpie board that leprechauns use. The board is 9.5 inches square. This interactive presentation was created by Domavue and require up to date versions of Internet browsers (Chrome, Safari, Internet Explorer, Firefox). This is the best preserved Brandub board known. Many scholars believed it to be a Fidchell (Fithcheal, or Fitchneal) or "Brandubh" game mentioned in early Irish legends, and related to Scandinavian Tafl games. Two panels have plain five- and six-strand interlace and two at opposite corners have ring-chain interlace in the Scandinavian Borre style. This is the best preserved Brandub board known. Traditionally seen as raiders and invaders, Vikings also helped transform Ireland economically, culturally and politically. The board was discovered during the 1932 excavations at Ballinderry crannog, a rural site occupied from the late 9th to 11th centuries. At the centre of the exhibition is a display of finds from the Museum’s excavations in Dublin, the most important Viking site in Ireland. The border decorations carved into it are similar to those found on the Isle of Man dating from the 10th century A.D. Viking gaming board, Ballinderry, Westmeath, 10C AD This gaming board, made from yew wood, is laid out in a grid of peg holes with the centre and corner holes marked off with circular arcs. Hnefatafl – A Norse Game Java applets of various Tafl games, including Fitchneal (though a different board arrangement is used) Viking Ireland is located at: It would have been used for the Viking war game Hnefatafl, the object of which is to drive the King piece into one of the corners. Brandub is related to the Tafl games of Scandinavia, but was played in Ireland long before the Vikings came to Dublin. The give-away feature, along with the odd number of cells on the square board, is the marked central cell.

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