Did Ireland Ever Have A Crown?

Question

I Mean Did the king/ queen ever have an actual crown you wear on your head. One just for the king of ireland

Answer 1

Yes. We Irish have a long proud history.

Answer 2

According to David Hughes on 'HIGH-KINGS OF IRELAND'

"The tribal chiefs and clan captains of Ireland gathered in an assembly in 1092 and drew up a document of grievances and sent it to the Pope along with the royal Irish regalia, including the ancient crown of the Irish high-kings itself [which was made of gold and embedded with emeralds] authorizing the Pope to appoint a successor."

Answer 3

Not that I know of. The High King had a throne and a stone (the Lia Fail) at his seat in Tara, but I never heard of a regalia in the modern sense, even less of a crown or other jewels.

Interesting link Alpha, do you know what sources it relies on? This account is hard to believe... I mean, the Chiefrains stelaling Mutough's crown and writing to the pope for him to designate as successor? Not at all the Irish way, and where would those emeralds come from? Plus I notice Murtough was already 6 years on the Seat of Tara at the time of the alleged dispute, and stayed there like 25 more years... guess the pope never answered?

Answer 4

I saw a show once about a stone throne sitting in the middle of a feild that was supposed to be the very seat of the last Irish King if I remember the story properly.

Answer 5

Yes. At one time there were several different kingdoms on the island.

Answer 6

Yes.......... so did scotland and i believe wales .......