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  • Canon Joseph Canton

    Canon Joseph Canton

    Athenry Administrator He was responsible for the Presentation Sisters contribution to Athenry’s educational requirements. Joseph Canton was born in the parish of ...
  • Bullaun Stones

    Bullaun Stones

    Bullaun stones were associated with early Christian church sites within Ireland.  These have been adapted to reference a man – ...
  • Loughnashee Rock Art

    Loughnashee Rock Art

    Rock Art at times may be referred to as Petroglyphs or Galician Art.  They are defined as carvings on exposed ...
  • The Boheh Stone

    The Boheh Stone

    The Boheh Stone is located E S E of the summit of Croagh Patrick.  It is known locally as St. ...
  • La Tène Stones

    La Tène Stones

    The La Tène Culture originated in the Mid fifth Century B.C. with interactions between Greco & Etruscan civilizations with the ...
  • Mary Hayes 1901 - 1919

    Mary Hayes 1901 - 1919

      My great-aunt Mary Hayes from Limerick, who died 101 years ago in the second wave of the Spanish Flu aged ...
  • Traditional Boats of Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way

    Traditional Boats of Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way

  • Currach fishermen of Clare Island

    Currach fishermen of Clare Island

    Clare Island lies 5.5 kilometres off the coast of County Mayo. It is only one hour drive from the National Museum of Ireland - Country at Turlough Park to the ferry departure at Roonagh Pier.
  • What boats are in the Irish Folklife Collection?

    What boats are in the Irish Folklife Collection?

    The Irish Folklife collection of the National Museum of Ireland amounts to over 37,000 objects. The collection contains over thirty traditional Irish boats.
  • Introduction

    Introduction

    The tangible remnants of the relationship between island and coastal communities and the sea are safeguarded and displayed at the National Museum of Ireland - Country Life.
  • Achill Island's Megalithic Monuments

    Achill Island's Megalithic Monuments

    Ireland’s Megalithic Monuments included Court Tombs, Portal Tombs, Passage Tombs, also Standing Stones & Stone Circles.  The Wedge tombs dated ...
  • Large worked stone

    Large worked stone

    Large worked stone, tapered 9 inches to 4 inches, length 2feet approx.
  • Holy Well Antrim town

    Holy Well Antrim town

    An ancient Holy Well in the townland of Holywell sits on the ridge overlooking Antrim town and Lough Neagh. It’s a ...
  • Srahwee Wedge Tomb

    Srahwee Wedge Tomb

    Wedge Tombs in Ireland are dated from the late Neolithic to the Bronze Age (2000BC – 1800BC). They consist of ...
  • War Casualties

    War Casualties

    The East Limerick Brigade was formally established at the end of May 1918, in succession to the Galtee Battalion which ...
  • Obituary Notices 1980-99

    Obituary Notices 1980-99

    The following material is sourced from, and used with the generous permission of: Irish Newspapers Archive; www.irishnewsarchive.com Index Those who are not ...
  • Obituary Notices 1970s

    Obituary Notices 1970s

    The following material is sourced from, and used with the generous permission of: Irish Newspapers Archive; www.irishnewsarchive.com Index Those who are not ...
  • Obituary Notices 1960s

    Obituary Notices 1960s

    The following material is sourced from, and used with the generous permission of: Irish Newspapers Archive; www.irishnewsarchive.com Index Those who are not ...
  • Obituary Notices 1921-59

    Obituary Notices 1921-59

    The following material is sourced from, and used with the generous permission of: Irish Newspapers Archive; www.irishnewsarchive.com Index Those who are not ...
  • A Ramble along the Ardee Road, Dundalk

    A Ramble along the Ardee Road, Dundalk

  • Ireland’s Holy Wells

    Ireland’s Holy Wells

    When the persecution of Catholics began following the Reformation numbers began to assemble for devotional purposes at such wells.  When ...
  • Mayo's Thomas Larkin: an early telephone pioneer of America

    Mayo's Thomas Larkin: an early telephone pioneer of America

    “One day, every major city in America will have a telephone.”                    ...
  • Balla Holy Well

    Balla Holy Well

    The development of a seventh century Monastery founded by St. Cronán in Balla, Co. Mayo was chosen by him as ...
  • Mother Francis Clare

    Mother Francis Clare

    The Nun of Kenmare This articulate independent – minded woman, a nun, an author, was driven by a strong, caring social ...
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