museums ireland

This very small museum contains memento's from Irish history which include a 1782 Irish Volunteers' flag and Land Banners. Amongst other exhibits are a door from a ship of the Spanish Armada and the pen used by Neville Chamberlain and Eamonn De Valera to sign the 1938 agreement allowing Ireland regain ports held by Britain....

The Courthouse was built in 1600 and the frontage added in 1706. It was in this courthouse that the Kinsale Town Corporation held their meetings and the court house was also uesd for cermonies 18th century. The Courthouse is now the Kinsale Regional Museum which contains a wealth of exhibits on Kinsale's historic past including a pair of stocks and relics of the Lusitania. There is also a display of the "Kinsale Giant , a man by the name of Patrick Co...

This centre allows you to share the experiences of the men and women who served in the armed forces and the factories during the First World War. The centre displays artefacts of the time including uniforms, weapons and personal items. Through the use of a computer database, visitors can also find casualty information on individuals who fell at the Somme....

At the end of Ireland's widest main street - laid out by the 2nd Lord Hartland as the widest street in Europe - a Georgian Gothic arch leads to Strokestown Park House, seat of the Pakenham Mahon family from 1600 to 1979.
The house was designed for Thomas Mahon in the 1730s by the German architect Richard Castle and incorporates parts of an earlier tower house. The central block is the residential part of the house. The north wing houses Ireland's last galleried kitchen (a gallery in the...

Clare Museum, Ennis, is located in a beautifully restored former convent built by the Sisters of Mercy congregation in 1861. The museum exhibition "The Riches of Clare: its people, place and treasures," occupies two galleries and incorporates the traditional method of displaying original artefacts from the county with modern interpretive tools such as colourful display panels, audio visual and computer interactive presentations, models, some replicas and commissioned art pieces....

The Museum traces the history of a Dublin merchant family over the past 175 years.
The story of the family unfolds from the ruins of Findlater Castle, Scotland, to a friendship with the poet, Robert Burns and through a period of historic achievement in Dublin. All the enterprises that bore the Findlater imprint are faithfully recorded.

The museum is just five minutes from Saint Stephen's Green and Grafton Street and is located within the vast granite and brick vaults under the old Ha...

Today's thriving Irish linen industry, a world leader in fashion and furnishings, has its roots in the 17th century province of Ulster. Now we have a unique opportunity to trace the history of this important industry in its heartland- in the Irish Linen Centre at Lisburn Museum...

The place-name Downpatrick comprises two elements - dun, an early Irish fortified site (on which the present Cathedral was erected), and the name of Ireland's National Apostle. Some say St. Patrick was buried here, but there is no early tradition to substantiate the claim, and the inscribed stone allegedly marking the Saint's burial place just south of the Cathedral dates from as recently as 1900. Indeed, very little is known of the early history of the site until the 12th century, when a churc...

Worthy of a visit is the Diocesan Museum situated in the Cathedral buildings. Among the treasures on display is the 10th century Crozier of St Mel, uncovered 80 years ago in the ruin of the original Cathedral in Ardagh. It is a priceless relic of exquisite craftsmanship. The Episcopal ring of Bishop O'Higgins is also on show....

This former school, run by Patrick Pearse is now a museum dedicated to his memory and set in beautiful grounds.
Attractions include exhibitions, a nature study room with attractive displays on Irish flora and fauna and an audio-visual show entitled "This Man Kept a School".

The tea rooms are open during the summer monthsand weekends Feb-Apr and Oct, outdoor concerts during summer season. There is access for visitors with disabilities to the ground floor and Nature Study Centre.
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