museums ireland

The Kerry Museum and the Geraldine Experience can be found in Tralee’s Ashe Memorial Hall, located at the end of Denny Street. As one of the towns top tourist attractions, the museum is always busy making the experience that little bit more authentic as all the people around you become as engrossed in 15th century living as you.
Follow the museums chronological route where you will meet Kerry’s first settlers in the Late Mesolithic site at Ferriter’s Cove on the Dingle Peninsula. Her...

Open farm with farm museum, gardens, tea house, craft and antiques shop and farm animals. Building which represents a 12th century place of worship and a beautiful closed garden which is an ancient burial ground. Also a holy well which is used for its healing properties....

Lambert Puppet Theatre holds one performance every Saturday and Sunday which starts at 15.30 and is opened to the public.
The Theatre seats up to 300 people. Every month there is a new show.

Saturday shows are suitable for children age four and up as well as adults. During the months of May and June the Theatre presents a performance every day.
The performances are taken from the Lambert Puppet Theatre large repertoire on the day so that the show best matches the interests of the...

Irelands First Coal Mining Museum - Irelands first and last Coal Mines. In the hill Country of North Roscommon, Argina is situated in a pictureesque valley with breathtaking scenery and unexpoiled landscape.
The work of a Miner was exhausting and often hazaedous, with working conditions that were very harsh and cramped. Experience this for yourself at Arigna Mining Museum. Walk underground through what was the last working mine in Arigna and see how the coal was mined. Take a journey thr...

Operated by the Old Carlow Society, the museum displays in a series of shop layouts, aspects of early 20th & 19th century domestic and commercial life in the Carlow area....

This museum describes and displays on what life was like in old rural times in Ireland and in Leitrim.  Old implement  and and machinery can be seen here....

The Longford County Museum is located in Main Street, Longford and is open to the public during the summer months. Among its many interesting displays are collections of domestic, historic and agricultural interest, also archival and General Sean MacEoin material. Genealogical service is provided....

Culkin's Emigration Museum relives a poignant era when emigration was the only hope for a better life, a finality in itself, when whole families were scattered to the winds of fortune, some never to return.

The Museum, on a site where once stood the gateway to new worlds in the form of Daniel Culkin's Shipping and Emigration Agency, brings back to life this landmark - which operated from the 19th century right up to the 1930's - in a purpose built modern museum, with a host of fascinat...

A visit to the home of Guinness is the high point of any trip to Dublin. At the Guinness storehouse you'll discover all there is to know about the world famous beer. It’s a dramatic story that begins around 250 years ago and ends in gravity, the sky bar, with a complimentary pint of Guinness and an astonishing view of Dublin City.
As you wander through the storehouse you may visit the Retail Store on the ground floor where you can find the main ingredients of Guinness: water, barley,...

Huntington Castle The oldest part of Huntington Castle is a tower house built by the first and last Lord Esmonde. The dining room was formerly the old hall of the castle. It's fireplace has the date 1625 inscribed on the chimmney piece which is believed to be the year the Castle was built. After the death of Lord Esmonde, it was inherited by Sir Lawrence Esmonde who converted the tower house into a residence. Sir John, his son, built a two storey wing. No new additions were made until 1849 whe...