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Significant Michael Collins artefacts go on display in Irish museum

To mark the centenary of the assassination of Michael Collins on 22 August 1922, Kilmainham Gaol Museum is displaying a number of very significant artefacts connected with Collins and his death at Béal na Blá. Several of the items once belonged to ...

22 Aug 2022 at 12:08

Arts & Entertainment

'A treasure' - Rare synagogue mural restored

A mural that was painted in a US synagogue more than 100 years ago by a Lithuanian immigrant — and hidden behind a wall for years— has been restored and listed as a rare piece of art. The large colorful triptych painted by sign painter Ben Zion ...

16 Aug 2022 at 15:19

Arts & Entertainment

Unpublished works by renowned Irish writers to be sold in aid of National Print Museum

A limited-edition collection of unpublished works by some of Ireland's most prestigious writers has been commissioned to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the National Print Museum. Six internationally renowned, prizewinning writers including ...

29 Sept 2022 at 17:32

Local News

Tipperary weekend school honouring memory and legacy of TD Joe MacDonagh continues

The three-day Joseph MacDonagh Centenary Weekend honouring the vast and largely unheralded legacy of the younger brother of poet and patriot Thomas MacDonagh contnues in his home village of Clougjordan this Saturday and Sunday. Among those ...

24 Sept 2022 at 09:30

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Celebrate Heritage Week at The Museum of Hidden History - Clonmel

Explore our historic textile collection and be part of a community project in progress at the Tipperary Museum of Hidden History. Saturday 13 August 11am - 12 noon Or, 2 - 3pm Join us to look at unique objects related to our local textile ...

11 Aug 2022 at 13:32

Arts & Entertainment

Extra-terrestrial water found for first time in meteorite

Extra-terrestrial water has been found for the first time in a meteorite that has fallen in the UK. The Winchcombe meteorite, which crashed into a driveway in the Gloucestershire town last February, is also thought to hold clues about ...

19 Sept 2022 at 13:40

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Tipperary TD Joe MacDonagh to be remembered with Cloughjordan biography book launch

A first biography of Alderman and Dáil TD Joseph MacDonagh, will be launched this Friday evening to start the next history weekend in the Thomas MacDonagh Museum in Cloughjordan. The biography and the Joseph MacDonagh weekend come ...

23 Sept 2022 at 18:00

National News

Fifteen Irish museums to benefit from €170k in shared funding

Newly announced grants worth over €170,000 will be shared among fifteen regional museums across Ireland. The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin, confirmed news of the Regional Museum ...

28 Jul 2022 at 11:59

National News

More than 30 potential new species discovered living at the bottom of the sea

Robots have discovered 39 potential new species at the bottom of the ocean. Researchers at the Natural History Museum said the undescribed organisms represent a fraction of the undiscovered species from the deep sea, which ...

27 Jul 2022 at 15:36

Local News

The Thomas MacDonagh Museum in Cloughjordan is looking for volunteers

The Thomas MacDonagh Museum in Cloughjordan is looking for volunteers. According to I-Vol, The National Volunteering Database, the centre is looking for someone to give two hours a week to provide assistance and ...

22 Jul 2022 at 16:21

National News

New museum campaign tackles negative perceptions of Irish people

A new campaign from the EPIC Emigration Museum is seeking to challenge negative stereotypes of Irish people. According to museum researchers, search data has shown that "many incorrect and misleading ...

21 Jul 2022 at 12:05

Local News

Cloughjordan street collection raises just over €900 for the Thomas MacDonagh Museum

The recent street collection in Cloughjordan on behalf of the Thomas MacDonagh Museum realised a total of €905. This money will allow further development in the museum and on the museum website. The ...

21 May 2022 at 12:00

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