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Fox's Lane Folk Museum
... were used between the late 1800s and the 1950s Among them are washing machines manually operated vaccum cleaners sewing machines from the 1860s early gramophones and the Eddison Phonograph Other ...
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Tuam in Olden Days
... in the Galway Reader in the 1950s The Galway Reader is available from Galway Public Library In one of Mr McNamara s fields at Ballygaddy Road may still be seen the remnants of a building which is ...
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Schull Planetarium
... and was opened in March 1989 by the Irish President Dr Patrck Hillery Website www schullcommunitycollege com Address Colla Road Schull Co Cork Contact Mr Timothy O Connor Principal Telephone 353 ...
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The Economy
... potatoes wheat and mushrooms Out of the 7 million hectares of land in Ireland 5 million are dedicated to agricultural purposes Fishing Over fishing depleted Irish fish stocks and in 1995 a ...
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The Quiet Man Cottage Museum
1951 Hollywood legends film director John Ford and the actor John The Duke Wayne who were both better known at the time for the popular Western genre came to Co Mayo to make the delightful Oscar ...
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Transport
... the Williamite wars of the 1690s when a period of political and social stability witnessed the growth of economic activity and with it the development of transport both public and private People ...
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Highlanes Municipal Art Gallery
... of the town in 2000 The 19th century building includes a number of older burial crypts The open plan exhibition spaces retain the character of the old building Website www highlanes ie Address ...
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Culture
... into four distinct periods 1 Old Irish 600 900 CE 2 Middle Irish 900 1200 3 Early Modern Irish or Classical Irish 1200 1650 4 Modern Irish 1650 present day The gaeltacht Irish speaking regions ...
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Knock Museum
... the Apparition in the context of life at that time from living in the thatched house to working in the forge The Knock shrine complex incorporates five churches including the Apparition Church ...
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First Local Authority Public Library in Ireland
... collections of books and reading spaces Prior to 1844 there were two such libraries in existence in the town the Repeal Reading Room and Library in Clanbrassil Street and the Literary Society s ...
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