museums ireland

The Longford County Museum is located in Main Street, Longford and is open to the public during the summer months. Among its many interesting displays are collections of domestic, historic and agricultural interest, also archival and General Sean MacEoin material. Genealogical service is provided....

The Irish Museum of Modern Art is one of the most exciting developments in the Irish arts world.
The museum presents, through its permanent collection and temporary programmes, international and Irish art of the 20th century with associated educational and community programmes.
Performance, theatre and music are included in its work, with particular emphasis on the overlap between the visual and performing arts.
The Royal Hospital Kilmainham, the finest 17th-century bu...

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....

Cashel Folk village is a delightful series of informal reconstructions of various traditional thatched village shops, a forge and other businesses, together with a penal chapel situated in a confined area within the town of Cashel, near to the famed Rock of Cashel.

An extensive display of signs and other commercial memorabilia add to the appeal of this pleasant display of local history....

Monaghan Town has one of the finest museums in the world, "County Museum", located on Hill Street. Its aim is to provide an education and service for the county and to collect and preserve its heritage....

A former soldiers chapel in Beggars Bush has become home to Ireland's printing heritage.
Step back in time as you witness the printing process, experience typesetting and casting...watch as the ink is applied and the rollers turn.
Climb to the gallery to read eventful newspaper headlines from yesteryear. Guided tours and audio visual presentation.

Coffee shop open daily....

Located at the junction of the Quays and Mall. Reginald's Tower is Waterford's best known landmark. The building has been described as the oldest tower of mortared stone in Europe. It was erected by and takes its name from Reginal Maclvor, Danish Govener of Waterford in 1003 A.D. It has been used as a fortress, a prison, a military stores depot, a mint, and an air raid shelter. Presently, it houses the City's Civic and Maritime Museum. The exhibits include the colourful regalia of the Corp...

The James Tower in Sandycove is famous as the setting for the opening of James Joyce's Ulysses, now acclaimed as the greatest and most influential novel of the twentieth century.
Dramatically located on a cliff-top overlooking the sea, the tower stands eight miles south of Dublin on the coast road. It clearly impressed Joyce, whose brief stay here in 1904 inspired the opening of Ulysses.
Stately, plump Buck Mulligan gazes out at the 'snotgreen' sea from this tower in the openi...