Raghnall Ó Floinn
Raghnall Ó Floinn FSA is an Irish art historian and former director of the National Museum of Ireland (NMI), who joined its staff in 1976 and becoming its director in 2013. Ó Floinn studied at University College Dublin, attaining a MA in Celtic Archaeology in 1976, and joined the NMI that year as Assistant Keeper in the Irish Antiquities Division. He has published a wide variety of books and papers on bog bodies, the archeology of the early Irish church, and Insular art (particularly metalwork). He co-authored an overview of the museum's collection with his predecessor as NMI director, Pat Wallace. He has also acted as chairman of the Council of National Cultural Institutions, and a vice-chairman of the Society for Medieval Archaeology, London. Selected publications

Books 
 "Viking Graves and Grave-Goods in Ireland (Medieval Dublin Excavations 1962-81, Series B)" (2015). "Irish Shrines and Reliquaries of the Middle Ages (Irish treasures)" (2014). "Franciscan Faith: Sacred Art in Ireland, AD 1600-1750" (2011). "Treasures of the National Museum of Ireland: Irish Antiquities" (2002). Co-author with Patrick Wallace. Monographs
 "The 'Shannon' shrine: a suggested provenance" (2015)
 "	An Anglo-Saxon Disc-Brooch From Sjerring, Jutland" (2013)
 "Ireland and Scandinavia in the Early Viking Age" (1998)
 "A Fragmentary House-Shaped Shrine from Clonard, Co. Meath". The Journal of Irish Archaeology, volume. 5, 1989/1990
 "In Ireland and Insular Art A.D. 500–1200". Proceedings of a Conference at University College Cork, 31 October–3 November 1985. Royal Irish Academy

References

Sources
 Ó Floinn, Raghnal; Wallace, Patrick (eds). Treasures of the National Museum of Ireland: Irish Antiquities. National Museum of Ireland, 2002. External links
 The National Museum of Ireland - cultural tourism for all - video interview with Dr. Ó Floinn

Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Irish art historians
People associated with the National Museum of Ireland
Alumni of University College Dublin
Place of birth missing (living people)