museums ireland

The County Museum in Dundalk is housed in a beautifully restored late 18th century warehouse and offers four floors of excellent exhibition space. The ground floor display is on the history of industry in County Louth. Group activities for children such as painting, clay modelling, quizzes, etc are provided for in the specially fitted activities room. All floors have disabled access.

The Waterford Heritage Museum is located in the city centre, near Reginald's Tower. The museum houses two fascinating collections. On the ground floor, beautiful artifacts from the Viking and Medieval periods are on display. These artifacts were recovered during recent excavations in the city centre. The mezzanine floor houses one of Ireland's greatest collections of decorated royal charters and civic regalia....

A 17th century two storey "Thatched Mansion". This was the home of Lory Meagher, a great hurling hero of the 1920s and 1930s. It has been restorded and refurbished to the 1884 period. It provides a unique insight into how a typical Irish wealthy farming family might have lived.

"Heroes of Hurling" is Ireland's first and only exhibition centre and museum dedicated to a single county's exploits in Gaelic Games. In a magnificent restored stone builidng, four display areas show a weal...

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...

Just a few steps from Shop Street, by St. Nicholas Collegiate Church, nestles the smallest museum in Ireland, a perfect setting in which to take you back through the romantic mists of time. This tiny turn of the century house was the home of Nora Barnacle, companion wife and life-long inspiration of James Joyce, Ireland's greatest writer.

It was here in 1909, sitting at the kitchen table that Joyce first met his darling's mother. Letters, photographs and other exhibits of the lives of...

This very small museum contains memento's from Irish history which include a 1782 Irish Volunteers' flag and Land Banners. Amongst other exhibits are a door from a ship of the Spanish Armada and the pen used by Neville Chamberlain and Eamonn De Valera to sign the 1938 agreement allowing Ireland regain ports held by Britain....

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

Aircraft on display at this former US airbase include a Wildcat, Sea Hawk, Buccaneer, and the amphibian Sea Hawker. Unique collection of photographs, documents and artefacts in wartime buildings. Reference library. Facilities include a small teashop, public telephone and toilets. Open Sat 1-6 pm or by arrangement....

Welcome to Locke's Distillery, established in 1757, where pot still Irish malt whiskey was made for almost 200 years....