when did the bronze age end in ireland
Prehistoric Ireland During the Bronze Age, the climate of Ireland deteriorated and extensive deforestation took place. The population of Ireland at the end of the Bronze Age was probably in excess of 100,000, and may have been as high as 200,000. It is possible that it was not much greater than it had been at the height of the Neolithic.[citation needed] In Ireland the Bronze Age lasted until c. 500BC, later than the continent and also Britain.[17]