National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street

This guide to the National Museum of Ireland on Kildare Street in Dublin traces a tiny gold boat, complete with miniature oars and a mast, that two ploughmen dug out of a field near Lough Foyle in 1896. It follows the hoard's journey from farmer to jeweller to the British Museum in London, and the legal fight the Royal Irish Academy launched to bring it home, arguing it was treasure deliberately buried rather than a stray find. Representing the crown in that courtroom stood Edward Carson, the barrister who would soon become notorious for prosecuting Oscar Wilde.