museums ireland

This visitor centre is located where Eamonn de Valera, former President of Ireland, grew up. The cottage in which he lived is now preserved and the national school he attended houses a museum dedicated to his memory. Audio-visual presentations relate stories about Bruree and the de Valera association. Bookings outside the listed opening hours can be made by prior arrangement.The picturesque village of Bruree is located on the banks of the River Maigue.

The Heritage Centre uses audio visua...

The Ulster Museum is closed until 2009 due to redevelopment....

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....

Private collection of 18th and 19th century toys, dolls and costumes, displayed in the drawing rooms of Berkeley Forest House. Rare dolls, toy carriages and embroidered textiles on show, some from important Irish families.

Small, pretty garden included in visit. Victorian goat-carriage rides available for children on occasion....

The special atmosphere of Ireland's countryside has a lot to do with its traditional way - the feeling of contact with older wisdoms. In the farms of the countryside, especially, there is a continuity of love for the land and its domestic animals. Farming is still a family affair, with a lifestyle that respects old courtesies and the habit of kindness to strangers....

Run by the Westmeath Archaelogical Society. Contains many items associated with the history of the town and visiting exhibitions....

In addition to wonderful mosaics by famous Russian artist Boris Anrep, Frescoes, canvases, models of the Cathedral, vestments worn by St. Oliver Plunket and a ring once owned by Queen Marie Antoinette. Viewing by appointment only....

Contains many items of military interest....

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....

This town is about 13 miles from Mullingar and was built in the late 17th century by the Pollard family under a charter from Charles II. The old National school has been converted into an agricultural museum and heritage centre. Just outside Castlepollard in Tullynally Castle, the home of the Earl of Longford's family, the Packenhams.

The gardens are open from May to September....