The analytic examination of about 500 prehistoric Irish gold finds shows that these finds can be divided on the basis of their composition in clearly different groups, and that these single material groups correspond to prehistoric types of finds. For comparison, Irish gold from the Wicklow Mountains was brought in to indicate that only very few of the prehistoric finds of gold in Ireland were from locally mined gold. Comparative analyses of gold finds from the Urnfield period of Central Europe confirm the conclusion that in the Late Bronze Age period of Ireland, the gold used on a large scale was the same as that of the Urnfield period of Central Europe. In the same period, one can see as well in Ireland, as in Central Europe, that a mixture of copper alloy was added to the gold intentionally, probably in order to give the alloy a reddish tint.