<P> 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 . In Ireland the Bronze Age lasted until c. 500BC , later than the continent and also Britain . </P>
<P> 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 . In Ireland the Bronze Age lasted until c. 500BC , later than the continent and also Britain . </P>
when did the bronze age end in ireland
when did the bronze age end in ireland
c. 500BC
c. 500BC