museums ireland

Contains many items of military interest....

The Exhibition contains original artifacts from farms, local industries, the railway and the port. Items such as ploughs, shoes, tobacco, linen, beer and newspapers are combined with models, audio visual presentations, touch screen interactives, film and graphics to tell the story of the development of industry in Louth from 1750 to the present day. An extensive programme of temporary exhibitions, films, concerts, lecture and recitals has been developed to offer the visitor a wide variety of e...

Slieve Bloom Display Centre: Features a display of graphic illustrations, maps and photographs which trace the history, archaelogy, geology and wildlife of the Slieve Bloom Mountains....

Author of many plays' is the simple accolade to George Bernard Shaw on the plaque outside his birthplace. His Victorian home and early life mirror this simplicity.
The first home of the Shaw family and the renowned playwright at 33 Synge Street has been restored to its Victorian elegance and charm, and has the appearance that the family has just gone out for the afternoon.

The neat terraced house is as much a celebration of Victorian Dublin domestic life as of the early years of on...

The Ulster American Folk Park is an outdoor museum of emigration history. Features include a thatched house, barns, log cabins and craft workshops. These depict emigrant life on both sides of the Atlantic. The Ship and Dockside Gallery links the old world and the new world exhibits.
Special highlights include:
The re-enactment of an American wake
An American frontier wedding
A storytelling festival
A Hallowe'en festival...

The schoolhouse, which dates form 1929, captures the atmosphere of a classroom in the embryonic Irish state and reflects a period in Irish education which straddles two centuries. The memorabilia, period school furniture, school work books, readers and photographs are complemented by a 3-dimensional display, showing models of a school teacher and pupils of the 1920s.

The Craft Shop/Art Gallery has a large selection of quality paintings, giftware and knitwear, most of which were produce...

Sligo's rich Stone Age history forms the centrepiece of the most interesting exhibits on display here. There is a special section devoted to W.B Yeats. A copy of his Nobel Prize winning medal is on view together with a complete collection of his poems from 1889 to 1936, and a large body of his prose work....

The National Museum of Ireland is split up into 4 parts, 3 of which are in Dublin. The museum on Kildare Street is the National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology and History. Opened in 1890, the museum contains artefacts dating from 7000 BC all the way up to the modern day. The museum is easily found on Kildare Street, which is located near to Grafton Street and Saint Stephens Green....

Linen fabrics for high class suiting, canvasses, and interlinings - collars, pockets, waistbands and fronts - for the clothing industry are made here. Beetling machines in operation. The tour passes the dams which used to power the old linen mill and still supply the water for manufacturing processes....

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...