The broadband services Broighter Networks is offering are of highest "quality" (resilience, redundancy, availability, lead times, value for money,...) and are delivered in an optimised and compelling non-complex way.

When the company was formed, the founders were searching for a company name that would reflect all these positive aspects. After choosing a variety of working titles, the final name was found. We decided to call the company BROIGHTER NETWORKS.

The name "Broighter" is the name of a townland in County Derry, near the town of Limavady. It is in this townland where 1896 the Broighter Hoard, a "treasure trove" of celtic gold, was found. The Broighter Hoard (or Broighter Gold) consisted of a model boat, a small bowl, two torcs and a collar embossed with early Celtic decorations.

It was the little 10 cm long boat model, the Broighter Boat that was the reason why the company was called Broighter Networks. (See picture)

The boat is astonishing simple in its style, but at the same time contains everything you would expect from such a functional item. It has a mast, a rudder, oars, seats and even a boathook. It is of highest quality, being made of gold, but there are no frills or ornaments to distract from its functionality. This is where we see the similarities to Broighter Networks product portfolio.

Another interesting aspect of the name is the closeness to the word "brighter". Broighter Networks services are delivered using a fiber optic network where all the information is transmitted by "bright" light.

History of the Broighter Gold

After Thomas Nicholl discovered the Broighter Gold near Limavady in 1892 while ploughing on Joseph Gibson's field, the ornaments dated to the 1st century BC, were sold for a small sum and ended up in the British Museum.

As soon as the circumstances of the find were published in 1897, the Royal Irish Academy claimed the find as Treasure Trove and set the judicial process in motion. The British Museum claimed that Broighter had been below sea level in the 1st century BC and the treasure had been thrown overboard from a ship as an offering to the gods. Therefore it was not Treasure Trove and rightfully theirs. The Attorney General claimed for the Crown the objects had been hidden with the intent to recover and thus were Treasure Trove belonging, by law, to the Crown.

In 1903 the High Court pronounced the hoard Treasure Trove and it was handed over to the Royal Irish Academy's collection in the National Museum.

In the National Museum in Kildare Street (Dublin), the Broighter Boat and the other gold ornaments of the Broighter Hoard can still be seen today.

(More information can be found on the Aspect Ireland web site [scroll down to "The Broighter Gold" in the menu on the left] and on Jochen Lueg's Limavady and Roe Valley web site. The National Museum's web site is www.museum.ie.)

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