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View from the library, Dublin Writer Museum
View from the library, Dublin Writer Museum
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The Little Museum of Dublin
The Little Museum of Dublin is a non-profit museum set up to tell the history of Dublin in the 20th century. It is supported by Dublin City Council, Dublin Regional Authority, Fáilte Ireland, the Merrion Hotel and Porterhouse Bars. The museum serves as a centre for public discourse and engagement, to preserve collective memory while hosting exhibits donated voluntarily by individuals.
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Walford Road Synagogue, Dublin 8
At Walworth Road, there is a former synagogue which once catered for a congregation of 150 people. The Irish Jewish community has declined in the 20th century due to emigration to the State of Israel founded in 1948.
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The Douglas Hyde Gallery
The Douglas Hyde Gallery, founded in 1978, is an independent organisation located within Trinity College. The Gallery’s exhibition programme includes shows by major contemporary international artists as well as by emerging Irish artists, and occasionally exhibitions of ethnographic and craft artifacts. The Gallery also holds occasional concerts and music events.
Fischli/Weiss. Installation photograph, March 2009
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The National Leprechaun Museum
The National Leprechaun Museum takes visitors on an entertaining journey through the folklore and fairy tales of the Irish people and how Leprechauns are depicted in modern popular culture.
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Power Section, Clare Museum, Arthur’s Row, Ennis, Co. Clare
This section deals with the symbols of power to be found in the county. In Clare these range from the dramatic Mooghaun hillfort to the numerous castles and towerhouses in the county. Land is one of the most potent sources of power and here the major influences of control over the land are examined. The influence of the O'Briens, and the emergence of Eamon de Valera as a political figure is also dealt with here.
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Alex R. Findlater's bicycle
The Findlater business was typical of many establishments in Dublin city. For much of the 20th century only the wealthy in Ireland could afford motorcars so many made do with the humble bicyle.
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Jacob's Cream Crackers
For decades Jacob's Cream Crackers have been universally popular in Ireland.
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The exhibits at the Little Museum of Dublin
The Little Museum of Dublin hosts exhibits donated voluntarily by individuals.
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Black rotary dial telephone
The classic black rotary dial telephone were a familiar feature of 20th century Ireland
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Geological Museum of Trinity College Dublin
At the Geological Museum of Trinity College Dublin, an exhibition entitled 'The Story of the Earth' covers a comprehensive variety of geological subjects from minerals, materials of economic importance, rocks and a variety of fossils.
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The Little Museum of Dublin, 15 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2
15 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2
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Gold Flake advertisement
In the mid 20th century, Gold Flake cigarettes were a very popular cigarette brand. Smoking was popularised by stars of the silver screen and in public advertisements. The health consequences from the smoking were not generally recognised. It would be many years before smoking was banned in all work places.
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Instructions to plenipotentiaries from the Cabinet Dublin, 7 October 1921
A copy of 'Instructions to plenipotentiaries from the Cabinet' issued on Dublin, 7 October 1921 to the negotiation delegation which included Arthur Griffth and Michael Collins who travelled to London to negotiate the end of the Irish War of Independence 1919-1921. Bitter political disagreement over the terms of the subsequent Anglo-Irish Treaty led to the bloody Irish Civil War 1922-23, one of the most tragic events in Irish history.
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Maynooth, Battery, E.M. Clarke, Maker 428 Strand London
Maynooth, Battery, E.M. Clarke, Maker 428 Strand London
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The Sacred Traditions Gallery
The Sacred Traditions Gallery on the second floor exhibits the sacred texts, illuminated manuscripts and miniature paintings from the great religions and systems of belief represented in the collections - Christianity, Islam and Buddhism with smaller displays on Confucianism, Daoism, Sikhism and Jainism.
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The Court House, Main Street, Moate, Co. Westmeath
The Court House, Main Street, Moate, Co. Westmeath
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Leamy House
The Frank McCourt museum is based in the middle floor of Leamy House. Built in the 1840s Leamy House it is a Tudor style listed building situated in the heart of Limerick City. For over a hundred years the school was used as a primary school.
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Graphic Studio Gallery
Graphic Studio Gallery Through the arch, Cope Street Dublin 2
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National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
National Museum of Ireland- Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
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James Joyce Tower
The Joyce Tower is one of a series of Martello Towers built to withstand an invasion by Napoleon, and now holds a museum devoted to the life and works of James Joyce, who made the tower the setting for the first chapter of his masterpiece, Ulysses.
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Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle, Dublin 2
The Chester Beatty Library, European Museum of the Year 2002 is both an art museum and library, housing an outstanding collection of manuscripts.
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Yankee Clipper at Foynes Flying Boat Museum
'Yankee Clipper' a replica of the Boeing 134 'flying boat' typical of the long range transatlantic amphibious luxury aircraft which flew for Pan American World Airways.
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Blacksmith's Forge, Knock Museum, Knock, Co. Mayo
Before the modern era, in rural Ireland, the local blacksmith shod horses and made all manner of tools and implements for the local farming community.
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St. Mullin's Heritage Centre
St. Mullin's Heritage Centre, situated in St. Mullins village which gets its name from the local saint, St. Moling (614-696). Located in an old Church Of Ireland church built in the early 19th century, the exhibition was completely upgraded in 2010.
(c) Ms Lisa Sheedy, School of Architecture, UCD
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Auditorium at the Jameson Experience
Visitors are introduced to the Jameson Experience.
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Whiskey tasting at the Jameson Experience
The tour finishes at the Jameson Bar for a signature whiskey with a mixer of your choice. Volunteers are selected from each group to participate in a comparison whiskey tasting session.
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A tour of the old Jameson distillery, Middleton, Co. Cork
The Jameson Experience, Middleton, takes visitors through the old mills, malting houses, brewhouse, still house, offices and warehouses of the old distillery.
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National Museum of Ireland- Decorative Arts and History, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7
National Museum of Ireland- Decorative Arts and History, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7
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Our Lady of Knock, Queen of Ireland Basilica, Knock, Co. Mayo
Our Lady of Knock, Queen of Ireland Basilica at Knock, Co. Mayo, was built to cater for the huge numbers of pilgrims who visit Knock Shrine every year.
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St. Killian's Heritage Centre
St. Killian's Heritage Centre is dedicated to the martyred St. Killian, who was born in Mullagh, Co. Cavan and became the patron saint of Wurzburg, Germany.
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Ionad an Bhlascaoid/The Blasket Centre
Situated on the tip of the Dingle Peninsula, Co. Kerry, Ionad an Bhlascaoid/The Blasket Centre celebrates the lives, history, community and culture of the Blasket Islands, and the literary & cultural achievements of the Islanders. An Blascaod Mór was evacuated in 1953 due to a population decline bringing an end to an unique island community.
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Ionad an Bhlascaoid/The Blasket Centre