This museum has on display important collections of objects related to the Tyrone, Louth and Armagh Militia; the Irish Volunteers, Yeomanry and Royal Irish Fusiliers. It also holds weapons including pikes used in the 1798 Rebellion and a range of materials related to the two World Wars. The Museum library contains a number of Army Lists: of Army and Royal Marines, and Yeomanry from the early nineteenth Century.
The Mall East,
Armagh,
BT61 9BE
Opening Times
Monday to Friday: 10.00am-5.00pm
SaturdaY: 10.00am-1.00pm
Admission free.
Museum of local history.
Town Hall
1 Townhead Street,
Ballymoney,
Co. Antrim.
BT53 6BE
Situated within the bank and open to the public is the former House of Lords of the Irish parliament during the eighteenth century. On either wall are tapestries commemorating the battle of the Boyne and the siege of Derry . College Green was the site for numerous mobilisations of the Volunteer movement during the 1780s. The cannon, a carronade, in the Bank’s forecourt date from the period of the Napoleonic Wars.
Bank of Ireland
College Green,
Dublin 2.
Open times:
Monday to Friday: 10.00am-4.00pm
These cemeteries bear testimony to the involvement of Belfast men and women in both World Wars or as victims of the Belfast Blitz. The conflicts of the 1912-23 period as well as 1969 till the present are also clearly illustrated by a walk around the cemeteries. Milltown contains the city's Republican Plot.
Tours can be arranged by contacting ourselves at:
Fáilte Feirste Thiar,
212 Falls Road,
Belfast,
BT12 6AH
The museum’s main focus is on the history of the Irish Defence Forces. Displays feature the uniforms and insignia of the Defence Forces through the years and document their United Nations service in the Congo , Lebanon and Somalia . Other displays focus on the involvement of Carlow people in military service from the Carlow Militia to Captain Myles Keogh of the US 7th Cavalry and up to the First World War.
Old Church ,
St. Dympna’s,
Athy Road,
Carlow.
Opening Times
Each Sunday from March to November from 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Group tours may be arranged outside normal opening dates and times.
Admission charged.
Constructed in the late 12th Century by John de Courcy, the Anglo-Norman conqueror of east Ulster , this castle was a military stronghold for almost 600 years. It sustained a long siege by Edward Bruce in 1315-16. For several hundred years it was the Crown's principal residential and administrative stronghold in the north.
It was seized by General Schomberg on behalf of King William in 1689 and was captured briefly by the French in 1760. It functioned as a prison during the Napoleonic Wars, then an armoury until 1928 and later an air raid shelter during the Second World War.
Seafront,
Carrickfergus,
Co. Antrim
Open to the public. Admission charge.
The museum holds a number of weapons, medals and memorabilia from the 1798 Rebellion, First and Second World Wars and the War of Independence. These include pike heads from 1798, rifles and revolvers from the 1916-23 period, mines and anti-submarine devices washed ashore during the Second world War and the Africa Star, Italy Star and 1939-45 Silver Medals awarded to nurse Josephine Canny.
Arthur’s Row, off O’Connell Square,
Ennis,
Co. Clare.
Opening Times
Tuesday to Saturday:
9.30 – 13.00 and 14.00 – 17.30
The museum opened in 1985 and was conceived as a tribute to soldiers from the barracks on lost their lives in the line of duty. Its core collection is that of memorabilia associated with Michael Collins, including his personal diary, some personal papers, two of his revolvers and his War of Independence medal. In addition, the museum houses a large photographic collection dedicated to the history of the barracks.
Access to the museum is controlled.
Write to Officer Commanding Collins Barracks, Cork.
The museum holds an extensive collection relating to the War of Independence period in Cork, with artefacts and memorabilia belonging to Tom Barry, Terence MacSwiney and Thomas MacCurtain. Uniforms, medals and weapons feature in the collection. The museum also holds a small number of collections which relate to the involvement of Cork people in the American Civil War.
FitzGerald Park
Mardyke
Cork
Opening Times
Monday to Friday: 11.00 am-1.00 p and 2.15 pm-5.00 pm.
Sundays: 3.00 pm-5.00 pm
Admission free
The County Museum, Dundalk is located in a beautifully restored late 18th century warehouse in the Carroll Centre at Roden Place in Jocelyn Street. Funded by Dundalk Town Council the museum opened in 1994 and offers an extensive programme of permanent exhibitions, temporary displays, drama presentations, music recitals, lecture and film.
Country Museum Dundalk
Carroll Centre,
Roden Place ,
Jocelyn Street,
Dundalk,
Co.Louth
Opening Times
Tuesday to Saturday: 10.00am - 5.00pm
Sundays and Monday: Closed
Bank Holidays: Closed
The Michael Davitt Museum is now housed in the magnificently restored pre-penal church in the village of Straide, County Mayo. Michael Davitt was christened in this church in 1846 and is buried in the grounds of the 13th Century Straide Abbey, beside the Museum.
Davitt Museum
Straide
Foxford
Co. Mayo.
Opening Times
10.00am-6.00pm daily
The National School attended by de Valera is now a museum dedicated to his life in its personal, military and political spheres.
De Valera Museum
Bruree schoolhouse,
Bruree,
Co. Limerick .
Opening Times
Monday to Friday: 10.00am-5.00pm
Saturday and Sunday: 2.00pm-5.00pm
This museum is situated in the former Down county gaol, in which former United Irish leader, thomas Russell was imprisoned prior to his public execution in 1803. The museum holds material relating to the 1798 and 1803 rebellions including weapons and documents. There are also exhibits on the Ulster and Irish Volunteer’s from 1912 onwards and substantial collections relating to the two World Wars.
The Mall,
Downpatrick,
Co. Down BT30 6AH
Opening Times
Tuesday to Friday: 11.00am to 5.00pm
Saturday and Sunday: 2.00pm to 5.00pm.
This museum holds important collections of material relating to local involvement in the First and Second World Wars, the War of Independence, the Civil War and the Emergency. There are also artefacts dating from the 1798 Rebellion and the Boer War.
Dungarvan Museum
Old Town Hall,
St. Augustine Street,
Dungarvan,
Co. Waterford .
Opening Times
Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm.
Admission is free
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Built on a spectacular viewing point, the castle was a stronghold of the McDonnells, the Lords of Antrim during the 1500s. After a siege by Sir John Perott, the Lord Deputy in 1584 the McDonnells submitted to Queen Elizabeth. The Girona an Armada ship sank nearby and its cannon were salvaged for Dunluce's defence.
87 Dunluce Road,
Bushmills,
Co. Antrim.
Open: April-September.
Guided tours available.
Admission fee.
The castle was built in 1480 by Diarmaid O’Dea. It was badly damaged by Cromwellian forces in 1651. It is close to the site of the 1318 Battle of Dysert O’Dea, where Norman overlord Richard de Clare was defeated and killed by Murtagh O’Brien, king of Thomond and his allies the O’Deas. The castle now houses a museum.
Dysert O’Dea,
Corofin,
Co. Clare.
The castle was built by the Anglo-Norman Prendergast family during the thirteenth century and was owned at one stage by the Elizabethan poet, Edmund Spenser. It was besieged by Cromwellian forces in 1649 and used as a prison during the 1798 Rebellion. The museum contains collections relating to the 1798 Rebellion and the 1916-23 period
Enniscorthy Castle & Co. Wexford Historical and Folk Museum
Enniscorthy,
Co. Wexford.
Opening Times
Summer (1st April - 30th September):09:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Winter (1st October - 31st March): 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Weekends & Bank Holidays 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m
The castle was built in the 1400s as a stronghold of local Gaelic chieftains the Maguires, whose rule was interrupted periodically by attacks from the neighbouring O’Neills and O’Donnells. In the 1600s the English took the castle and the plantation town of Enniskillen took its name from the building. Later it became the headquarters of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Today Enniskillen Castle comprises the Castle Keep and an array of nineteenth century buildings.The Fermanagh County Museum is located in the latter, while the Castle Keep is home to the Inniskillings Museum .
Castle Barracks
Enniskillen
Co. Fermanagh
Opening Times
Monday: 2.00pm - 5.00pm
Tuesday - Friday: 10.00am - 5.00pm
Saturday: (April - October) 2.00pm - 5.00pm
Sunday: (July and August) 2.00pm - 5.00pm
Admission charge
This museum is dedicated to telling the social, economic and military history of the Greater Shankhill area of Belfast . It features exhibits on the Home Rule crisis and the First World War. The museum also offers a service that traces the First and Second World War records of local people.
Glencairn Park ,
Belfast .
Opening Times:
Monday - Saturday: 10.00 am-4.00 pm.
Sunday: 1.00 pm-4.00 pm.
Originally built to guard against French naval incursion between 1798 and 1800, by 1900 Fort Dunree was a modern coastal defence fortification. During October 1914 its guns protected the British Grand Fleet while it sheltered in Lough Swilly. In 1938 the fort was handed over to the Irish Free State and was an important part of the defence effort during the Emergency. It continued to be used for military training until the 1980s. The museum uses interactive technology to bring to life the history of the fort.
Dunree
Linsfort
Buncrana
Co. Donegal.
Opening Times
June-September: Monday to -Saturday 10.30am-6.00pm. Sunday 1.00-6.00pm.