museums ireland

Among the numerous coaches on display is an 1825 London to Oxford stagecoach. The oldest carriage (1790) was privately owned and the most recent is a country doctor's buggy (1910). Horse-drawn farm machinery....

Originally erected, according to legend, for a son of Milesius (the man responsible for leading the Milesians (Celts) from Spain to Ireland), the hill was later used as a meeting place by the Vikings and as a defensive stronghold by the Normans. The barracks, which was stormed by Cromwell in 1649, was later used as a prison during the tensions of 1916 and was severely shelled during the Civil War in 1922. Today it has been converted into a fine craft centre and museum, incorporating a restaura...

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....

The Kerry Bog Village Museum and Village at Glenbeigh on the magnificent Ring of Kerry is a unique rural attraction to delight young and old who are interested in finding out more on the domestic lifestyles of the Irish in the earlly 1800's. It aims to create a period setting where you can visit and experience the past and understand the way of life in Ireland during this era....