museums laois

Donaghmore Museum, is an old workhouse, built as a result of the Great Famine. About 1,200 people were doomed to be paupers and forced to take refuge there.

It has been restored by Avonmore and now houses an agricultural museum. The kitchen, dormitories and waiting hall have all been restored and the museum is open to the public during the summer months....

This Museum celebrates the machinery of the steam era. Trains, and other steam powered engines are on display here. And you can learn about their uses in society and how they were built.

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