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https://www.nationalparks.ie/app/uploads/2025/03/glenveagh-object-of-the-month-harp.png10801080With St Patrick’s Day approaching, we have a beautiful Irish harp for this month’s object. Originally part of Henry McIlhenny’s collection, it was made in Dublin in the 1820s and stands in the Music Room at Glenveagh Castle. The significance of the harp as an instrument in Ireland goes back as far as pre-Christian times