[caption id="attachment_1450" align="aligncenter" width="449" caption="Gold Ore Picture"][/caption] Above: Gold ore Tighearnmas, whose refiner was Uchadan, was the first to discover a gold mine in Ireland. The gold was smelted at Fotharta, east of Lithfe, and was so plentiful in the district that the people of Leinster got the name of " Laighnigh an Oir." Gold was also found at Killaloe, Derry, Tyrone, Antrim. Muineamhon was the first king to decree that collars of gold were to be worn round the necks of the nobles in ... Read More