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Ireland Museums
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141 museums in ireland
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Ye Olde Hurdy Gurdy Museum of Vintage Radio's
One Star
Martello Tower, Howth, Dublin
" Ye Olde Hurdy Gurdy Vintage Radio Museum " is located in the Martello tower which overlooks Howth harbour. Howth is a thriving fishing port in north County Dublin. In recent years the town has become a fashionable resort with restaurants and bars along the seafront. The town is well served by public transport. The Martello tower is located on the seafront and is situated on a small plateau. It was originally built during the Napoleonic era as a watchtower for a threatened French invasion....
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Lusk Heritage Centre
One Star
Lusk, Dublin
A monastery was founded here by St MacCullin in early Christian times, and the name Lusk derives from the cave (Irish 'lusca') where MacCullin was buried after his death in 497 AD.

The unusual square sixteenth-century belfry incorporates a sixth century Round Tower with three later towers built to match, all attached to a nineteenth-century church which contains some fine mediaeval tombs. Now the Lusk Heritage Centre, the belfry houses an exhibition on the mediaeval churches of North C...
Photo: Irish Agricultural Museum, Wexford County
Irish Agricultural Museum
Johnstown Castle Estate, Johnstown, Wexford


The Irish Agricultural Museum is located within the extensive ornamental grounds of Johnstown Castle Estate.  It displays a vast array of artefacts relating to a bygone era.  The collections include carts, ploughs, country dressers and súgan chairs. A number of exhibitions focus on farming and the activities of the farmyard. These tell the stories of the changes and technological advances in farming. In the transport exhibition we have beautifully restored farm and ru...

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Harbour Museum
Heritage & Museum Service, Harbour Square, Derry, Derry
A traditional museum, with emphasis on the city's maritime and riverine connections. Displays also include miscellaneous artefacts which help stimulate a Victorian atmosphere. Temporary exhibitions are regularly displayed....
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Carlow Museum
Town Hall, Carlow, Carlow
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....
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Garda Museum
Garda Headquarters, Phoenix park, Dublin 8, Dublin
The Garda Siochana Museum is the museum of the Republic of Ireland's national police force. It is located in Dublin Castle. The archivist is Inspector John Duffy, Dip Arc Sc.

The museum contains a vast amount of both archival and artefactual material, relating not only to the Garda Siochana, but also to the Irish Constabulary, The Royal Irish Constabulary, The Dublin Police, and The Dublin Metropolitan Police....
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Downpatrick Railway Museum
Market Street, Downpatrick, Co. Down
The only Irish Standard Gauge 1600mm (5'3'') working Railway Museum. The Terminus 150 metres from St Patrick's Heritage Centre. Housing steam and diesel locomotives, century old carriages, rebuilt signal cabin and engine shed. The railway carries passengers southwards to Ballydugan and northwards across the marshes and the River Quoile to the tranquil 12th century ruins of Inch Abbey.

Ask about the train rides along a restored section of the BCDR Belfast-Newcastle main line t...
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Dublin Civic Museum
One Star
58 South William Street, Dublin 2, Dublin

The Dublin Civic Museum has closed for refurbishment until further notice.

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Steam Museum
Straffan, Kildare
Climb on board for a short train ride - or travel further afield on a special mainline steam excursion. Many engines and coaches are on display in transport museums and railway centres, with memorabilia from the golden age of steam. The first railway in Ireland opened in 1834, and the network quickly reached into all corners of the island. By 1920 almost 3,500 miles of track threaded the countryside and no Irish town was more than 10 miles from a railway station. Ireland's national railw...
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Tullaherin Museum
Tullaherin, Bennettsbridge, Kilkenny
This is a local museum that hold artefacts that were used in every day farming life, many years ago....
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