Culture in Ireland

• Ulster American Folk Park

  

  2 Mellon Road, Omagh, Tyrone, BT78 5QY, Northern Ireland

  Tel: +44(028) 8224 2241
  Web: Visit website
  Type: culture

  This outdoor museum tells the story of emigration during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The Old and New World layout of the Park illustrates the various aspects of emigrant life on both sides of the Atlantic. Traditional thatched...... more

• Armagh Planetarium

  

  College Hill, Armagh, Co. Armagh, BT61 9DB

  Tel: 00 44 28 3752 3689
  Web: Visit website
  Type: museums

  Relax under the stars, explore galaxies, and go traversing the universe from the comfort of Co Armagh. Dr Eric Lindsay pushed for the project during his time as director of Armagh’s observatory. The planetarium project was approved and first opened...... more

• Carrig Glas Manor

  

  Carrig Glas, Co. Longford

  Tel: 00 353 1 6318402
  Web: Visit website
  Type: museums

  Located 5km north of Longford Town is the Lefroy ancestral home Carig Glas, built by Lord Chief Justice of Ireland Thomas Lefroy in 1837.The costume and lace museum contains articfacts of the Lefroy family. The house itself is a castlellated manor...... more

• Tullamore Dew Heritage Centre

  

  Bury Quay, Tullamore, Co. Offaly

  Tel: 00 353 57 9325015
  Web: Visit website
  Type: museums

  The town of Tullamore is best known for Tullamore Dew Whiskey. The heritage centre is housed in an old Tullamore Dew distillery. Inside visitors can explore the history of the whiskey company and the town. There are recreated stations showing...... more

• Monaghan County Museum

  

  12 Hill Street, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan

  Tel: 00 353 47 82928
  Web: Visit website
  Type: museums

  County Monaghan's industrious history of lace and linen-making is preserved in the County Museum, located just off Market Street. The extensive collections tell the story of the county from the Ice Age to the Modern Age. The most prized artifact in...... more

• Allihies Copper Mine Museum

  

  Allihies, Beara, Co. Cork

  Tel: 00 353 27 73218
  Web: Visit website
  Type: museums

  Mining at AllihiesIn 1812 life in Allihies changed utterly when a rich copper deposit was discovered in the area and the biggest copper mining enterprise in Ireland was established by the Puxley family which saw the Industrial Revolution spread...... more

• National Museum of Ireland-Country Life

  

  Turlough Park, Castlebar, Co Mayo

  Tel: +353 94 903 1498
  Web: Visit website
  Type: culture

  The Museum of Country Life is the youngest of the four museums that make up the National Museum of Ireland. Set in the spectacular grounds of Turlough Park, Co. Mayo, it opened in September 2001. The Museum is the home of the Irish Folklife...... more

• Dunamaise Arts Centre

  

  Church Street, Portlaoise, Co. Laois

  Tel: +353 502 63355
  Web: Visit website
  Type: culture

  Dunamaise Arts Centre brings the biggest and best names in music, theatre, dance, opera, film and the visual arts to County Laois. Never see the same thing twice, exhibitions are constantly changing and range from comedy, literature, and pantomime...... more

• Galway Arts Centre

  

  47 Dominick St Galway Co. Galway Galway

  Tel: +353 91 565886
  Web: Visit website
  Type: art-galleries

  The Arts Centre at Number 47 Dominick Street is a 3,000 sq ft gallery, showing national and internationl contemporary arts. The gallery is open from Monday to Saturday 10am to 5:30pm. Admission is free and everyone is welcome. This building also...... more

• St Patrick's Day at the Hunt Museum

  

  Custom House, Rutland St., Limerick, Co. Limerick

  Tel: +353 61 312833
  Web: Visit website
  Type: museums

  Directly following the parade, the Hunt Museum will be celebrating Irish myths and legends. Anybody wearing green will receive free admission to the museum before 5.00pm. The themed arts and crafts session for children will be held in the education...... more