A meteorite that crashed in Ireland over 100 years ago will go on exhibit in Dublin this week.
The Little Museum of Dublin plans to unveil its newest exhibition which includes the rarest of space rocks.
On September 13, 1902, a 4.3 kg meteorite fell to Earth and crashed near the small town of Crumlin in County Antrim.
The phenomenal event was witness by by labourers working the fields at the time.
Within two weeks, an expert from the British Museum arrived and took the extraterrestrial rock back to London where it has resided ever since.
This caused quite a bit of outrage in Ireland according press reports at the time which said the British Museum had "collared another Irish treasure".
Over 100 years later, the meteorite is back on Irish soil as part of an exhibition that plans to reintroduce Northern Ireland to Dublin.
The special exhibition, called You Say You Love Me But You Don't Even Know Me, is being launched today at The Little Museum of Dublin by Lord Mayor of Dublin Alison Gilliland and Lord Mayor of Belfast Kate Nicholl.
It is presented with the support of the Department of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with National Museums NI and includes collection of 35 unusual and surprising artefacts which cover a broad area of interests from fashion and art to archaeology, games and letters.
The aim of the exhibition is to explore different perspectives of Irishness.
Senior Curator of Natural Sciences Dr Mike Simms said: "Meteorites don't fall very often at all. There have only been eight meteorite falls recovered in Ireland in over 200 years."
Some of the other artefacts in the exhibition include a portrait of Edward Carson by Robert MacCameron, a penannular brooch from the late 1800s and The Irish Harp sculpture by Belfast-born artist Hugh Clawson.
The exhibition launches today, February 14 and will be available for the public to view until June 6 at The Little Museum of Dublin at St Stephen's Green.
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