Name
Image
Town/city
County
Province
Region
Type
Summary
Abbeyleix Heritage House Abbeyleix Laois Leinster Irish Midlands Local
website , local history, culture
Allihies Copper Mine Museum Allihies Cork Munster South-West Mining
website , over 3500 years of area copper mining
Altidore Castle Kilpedder Wicklow Leinster Mid-East Historic house
information
An Post Museum Dublin County Dublin Leinster Dublin Philately Postal service in the Republic of Ireland, Irish stamps
Aran Heritage Centre Kilronan Galway Connacht West Local
website , island fishing, culture, history
Áras an Uachtaráin Dublin Dublin Leinster Dublin Historic house
Official residence of the President of Ireland , located in the Phoenix Park
Ardara Heritage Centre Ardara Donegal Ulster Border Industry
website , local tweed industry, local cultural centre
Ardgillan Castle Balbriggan Dublin Leinster Dublin Historic house
18th-century country house and park
Arigna Mining Experience Arigna Roscommon Connacht West Mining
coal-mining and underground tour
Arklow Maritime Museum Arklow Wicklow Leinster Mid-East Maritime
website , Maritime artefacts, shipbuilders' models, half models, plans, art
Ashtown Castle Dublin Dublin Leinster Dublin Historic house
Fortified medieval tower house, located in the Phoenix Park
Athenry Castle Athenry Galway Connacht West Historic house
website , medieval castle
Athenry Heritage Centre Athenry Galway Connacht West Multiple
website , medieval and local history, arts centre
Aughnanure Castle Oughterard Galway Connacht West Historic house
Medieval tower house remains
Avondale House Rathdrum Wicklow Leinster Mid-East Historic house
Mid-19th-century-period birthplace and home of political leader Charles Stewart Parnell
Ballina Arts Centre Ballina Mayo Connacht West Art
website , multidisciplinary arts centre with gallery
Ballintubber Abbey Ballintubber Mayo Connacht West Religious
Medieval royal abbey still in use, part in ruins
Ballymore Historic Features Camolin Wexford Leinster South-East Agriculture
website , traditional farm and museum of rural life
Bantry Museum Bantry Cork Munster South-West Local
information , local history, operated by the Bantry Historical Society
Bantry House Bantry Cork Munster South-West Historic house
18th-century mansion featuring fine furnishings and decorations, gardens
Barryscourt Castle Carrigtwohill Cork Munster South-West Historic house
Tours of the restored 16th-century castle
Battle Of Aughrim Interpretative Centre Aughrim Galway Connacht West Military
information , history of the Battle of Aughrim in 1691
Battle of the Boyne Interpretative Centre
Drogheda Meath Leinster Mid-East Historic house and battle field
website , history of the Battle of the Boyne fought in 1690
Beaulieu House, Gardens & Car Museum Drogheda Louth Leinster Border Historic house
Manor house dating from 1710 and car museum
Belcarra Eviction Cottage Belcarra Mayo Connacht West Local
information , reconstructed 19th-century cottage with displays on local history
Belltable Arts Centre Limerick Limerick Munster Mid-West Art
Multidisciplinary arts centre with gallery
Belvedere College Museum Dublin County Dublin Leinster Dublin Historic house and school
School museum documenting past pupils of Belvedere College and school history contained in Belvedere House
Belvedere House and Gardens Mullingar Westmeath Leinster Irish Midlands Historic house
Georgian estate and gardens
Berkeley Costume and Toy Museum New Ross Wexford Leinster South-East Toy
information , 18th- and 19th-century toys, costumes, toy carriages, embroidered textiles and rare dolls
Bishop Daniel Delany Museum Tullow Carlow Leinster South-East Biographical
information , life and artefact of Bishop Daniel Delany
Blackrock Castle Cork Cork
South-West
Munster
Science
Observatory with space and science exhibits, tours of the castle and dungeon
Blennerville Windmill Blennerville Kerry Munster South-West Mill
Restored 19th-century windmill with exhibits on the mill, Irish emigration, area natural history
Boyle Abbey Boyle Roscommon Connacht West Religious
Medieval abbey ruins and exhibition about its history in the restored gatehouse
Bray Heritage Centre Kilpedder Wicklow Leinster Mid-East Local
information , local history
Brian Boru Heritage Centre Killaloe Clare Munster Mid-West History
website , Celtic Ireland, life of Irish king Brian Boru
Bunratty Castle & Folk Park Bunratty Clare Munster Mid-West Open air
Medieval fortress with period furnishings and artefacts, 19th-century living village
Burren Centre Kilfenora Clare Munster Mid-West Natural history
website , natural history, megalithic tombs and monuments of The Burren
Cahir Castle Cahir County Tipperary Munster South-East Historic house
Medieval fortress castle
Cape Clear Museum Cape Clear Island Cork Munster South-West Local
website , local history, culture
Cappoquin House & Gardens Cappoquin Waterford Munster South-East Historic house
website , 18th-century Georgian mansion
Carlow County Museum Carlow Carlow Leinster South-East Local
Local history and archaeology. Free admission
Carrick Craft Basketry Museum Mountnugent Cavan Ulster Border Art
website , traditional baskets in rod, rush and straw
Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery Clifden Sligo Connacht Border Archaeology
Visitor centre and cemetery of megalithic tombs
Castlecoote House Castlecoote Roscommon Connacht West Historic house
website , early Georgian Palladian mansion built on the grounds of a ruined 16th-century castle
Castlerea Railway Museum Castlerea Roscommon Connacht West Railway
website , also known as Hells Kitchen Museum, railway memorabilia including a restored A55 diesel locomotive, bells, lamps, shunting poles, signal equipment, staffs, station boards and more
Castletown House Celbridge Kildare Leinster Mid-East Historic house
18th-century Palladian country house
Cavan and Leitrim Railway Dromod Leitrim Connacht Border Railway
Heritage narrow-gauge railway and museum
Cavan County Museum Ballyjamesduff Cavan Ulster Border Local
Local history, culture, archaeology, Celtic heritage, rural life, costumes, art exhibits
Cavanacor House Lifford Donegal Ulster Border Historic house
website , 17th-century plantation house, ancestral family ties to U.S. President James K. Polk , features historic furniture, art exhibits
Céide Fields Ballycastle Mayo Connacht West Archaeology
Visitor centre and Stone Age monument consisting of field systems, dwelling areas and megalithic tombs
Ceim Hill Museum Union Hall Cork Munster South-West Local
information , local history, artefacts of rural life
Celtic Furrow Visitor Centre Ballintubber Mayo Connacht West History
information , traces cultural, historical and spiritual roots in Ireland over 5,000 years, rural life
Chester Beatty Library Dublin Dublin Leinster Dublin Multiple
Exhibits of manuscripts, miniature paintings, prints, drawings, rare books and some decorative arts from the Islamic, East Asian and Western collections
Clare Archaeology Centre Corofin Clare Munster Mid-West Archaeology
Located at Dysert O’Dea Castle, area artefacts and trail of ruins
Clare Heritage Centre Museum Corofin Clare Munster Mid-West Local
website , local history, culture, emigration to other countries
Clare Museum Ennis Clare Munster Mid-West Local
website , local history, culture, geology, agriculture, influence of Christianity, River Shannon and maritime heritage, West Clare Railway
Claypipe Centre Knockcroghery Roscommon Connacht West Industry
website , craft workshop for making clay pipes , display of historic designs and history of the village's clay pipe industry
Clew Bay Heritage Centre Westport Mayo Connacht West Local
information , local history, culture
Cliffs of Moher Visitor Centre Killaloe Clare Munster Mid-West Natural history
Exhibits on the ocean, weather, climate, geology, wildlife, local history and culture
Clogher Heritage Complex Claremorris Mayo Connacht West Historic house
information , constructed 19th-century-period thatched cottage, outdoor display of farm machinery, working forge
Clonalis House Castlerea Roscommon Connacht West Historic house
Late-19th-century mansion
Cobh Heritage Centre Cobh Cork Munster South-West History
Life in Ireland through the 18th and 19th centuries, the mass emigration, the Great Famine, how criminals were transported to Australia
Colmcille Heritage Centre Gartan Donegal Ulster Border Religious
website , life of 6th-century Saint Colmcille , one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland
Connemara Heritage and History Centre Clifden Galway Connacht West
Open air
Includes restored prefamine early-19th-century cottage and farm, reconstructions of a crannóg , ring fort and a clochaun
Cork Butter Museum Cork Cork Munster South-West Food
website , dairy culture in Ireland and the butter trade
Cork City Gaol Cork Cork South-West Munster Prison
website , late-19th- to early-20th-century-period prison scenes with wax figures
Cork Public Museum Cork Cork Munster South-West Multiple
website , city history, archaeology, trades and crafts, lace, military, ethnographic artefacts, costumes
Cork Vision Centre Cork Cork Munster South-West Multiple
website , changing exhibits of culture, art, local history, photography
County Carlow Military Museum Carlow Carlow Leinster South-East Military
website
County Museum Dundalk Dundalk Louth Leinster Border Local
website , also known as Louth County Museum, local history, culture, archaeology, social history, agriculture, industry
Craggaunowen – the Living Past Experience Sixmilebridge Clare Munster Mid-West Open air
Interprets Ireland’s pre-historic and early Christian eras, includes Craggaunowen Castle
Crawford Municipal Art Gallery Cork Cork Munster South-West Art
Collection includes European and Irish art, casts of classical Greek and Roman statues
Croagh Patrick Visitor Center Murrisk Mayo Connacht West Multiple
Archaeology, natural history and religious significance of the mountain and pilgrimage site
Cruachan Aí Heritage Centre Tulsk Roscommon Connacht West
Archaeology
website , archaeology, mythology, and history of the Celtic Royal Sites at Rathcroghan mound and the medieval village of Tulsk
Dartfield Horse Museum and Heritage Centre Dartfield Galway Connacht West Multiple
website , Irish horses, Connemara Ponies and Irish dogs, country life, vintage cars
De Valera Museum and Bruree Heritage Centre Bruree Limerick Munster Mid-West Biographical
information , life of former President of Ireland Éamon de Valera , local history
Derryglad Folk Museum Curraghboy Roscommon Connacht West History
website , farm and folk life in Ireland from the 18th to the 20th century
Drimnagh Castle Drimnagh Dublin Leinster Dublin Historic house
Drogheda Museum Millmount Drogheda Louth Leinster Border History
Website History, social, culture, archaeology, geology.
Doagh Famine Village Doagh Island Donegal Ulster Border Open air
website , island village tours depicting life in the area from the 1840s Famine through to the late 20th century
Donaghmore Famine Workhouse Museum Donaghmore Laois Leinster Irish Midlands History
website , life in the workhouse , also agriculture
Donegal Castle Donegal Donegal Ulster Border Historic house
Furnished 15th- to 17th-century castle
Donegal Ancestry Centre Ramelton Donegal Ulster Border Local
website , includes a heritage exhibition about Ramelton's history and culture, also a genealogy centre
Donegal County Museum Letterkenny Donegal Ulster Border Local
Local history, culture, archaeology, social history and folklife
Donegal Railway Centre Donegal Donegal Ulster Border Railway
Heritage railway and museum
Douglas Hyde Centre Frenchpark Roscommon Connacht West Biographical
website , life of Douglas Hyde , scholar of the Irish language who served as the first President of Ireland from 1938 to 1945
Douglas Hyde Gallery Dublin Dublin Leinster Dublin Art
Contemporary art
Dublin Castle Dublin Dublin Leinster Dublin Historic house
Medieval fortress now used for state occasions, tours of the state apartments, undercroft, Chapel Royal, craft shop, heritage centre
Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane Dublin Dublin Leinster Dublin Art
Municipal gallery of contemporary Irish art, formerly the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery
Dublin Writers Museum Dublin Dublin Leinster Dublin Literary
Irish writings and literature
Dunbrody New Ross Wexford Leinster South-East Maritime
Replica 19th-century sailing ship with exhibits about Irish emigrants
Duncannon Fort Duncannon Wexford Leinster South-East Military
website , star-shaped 16th-century fort used to house prisoners from the Irish Rebellion of 1798 , also features a maritime museum, children's museum and art gallery
Dunfanaghy Workhouse Heritage Centre Dunfanaghy Donegal Ulster Border Multiple
website , local history and culture, the Great Famine, life in the workhouse , art exhibits
Dungarvan Castle Dungarvan Waterford Munster South-East Military
website , medieval castle keep with 18th-century military barracks
Dunguaire Castle Kinvara Galway Connacht West
Historic house
16th-century castle
Dunlewey Centre Dunlewey Donegal Ulster Border Historic house
website , includes historic tweed weaver's cottage
Dunsandle Castle Athenry Galway Connacht West Historic house
15th-century castle
Elizabeth Fort Cork
Cork
South-West
Munster
Military
17th century star-shaped fort used for military and law enforcement purposes
Elphin Windmill Elphin Roscommon Connacht West Mill
information , restored 18th-century windmill, also Mill Cottage Agricultural Museum
EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum
Dublin
Dublin
Leinster
Dublin
Multiple
Dedicated to Irish emigration, housed in the restored vaults of a 19th-century warehouse in Dublin's Docklands
Emo Court Emo Laois Leinster Irish Midlands Historic house
Late-18th-century mansion and gardens
Fairbrook House Kilmeaden Waterford Munster South-East Art
website , contemporary figurative art and gardens
Famine Warhouse 1848 Ballingarry County Tipperary Munster South-East History
website , scene of the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848
Farmleigh Castleknock Dublin Leinster Dublin Historic house
Official Irish State Guest House, 19th-century mansion and gardens open for tours
Fethard Folk Farm and Transport Museum Fethard County Tipperary Munster South-East Multiple
information , information , household items, vehicles, farm tools and equipment, folk life exhibits
Fort Dunree Buncrana Donegal Ulster Border Military
Mostly 19th-century fort with military memorabilia and displays
Foxford Woollen Mills Visitor Centre Foxford Mayo Connacht West Industry
information , includes tours of the operating mill, art galleries
Fr McDyer's Folk Village Museum Glencolmcille Donegal Ulster Border Open air
website , thatched rural cottage village with replica furnished cottages from the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries
Fr Murphy Centre Boolavogue Wexford Leinster South-East Agriculture
website , restored 19th-century farmyard, earlier home of Father John Murphy , one of the leaders of the Irish Rebellion of 1798
Fr Patrick Peyton CSC Memorial Centre Attymass Mayo Connacht West Religious
information , life and apostolic works of Reverend Father Patrick Peyton
Fox's Lane Museum Youghal Cork Munster South-West History
website , evolution and development of household conveniences and appliances used in the home from the 1850s to the 1950s
Frye Model Railwyay Malahide Dublin Leinster Dublin Railway
Located in Malahide Castle , collection of handmade models of Irish trains
GAA Museum Dublin Dublin Leinster Dublin Sports
Located at Croke Park, history and contributions of the Gaelic Athletic Association
Galway City Museum Galway Galway Connacht West
Local
City's history, culture, trade, industry, military
Glasnevin Museum Glasnevin Dublin Leinster Dublin History
Social, historical, political and artistic development of modern Ireland through the lives of the generations buried in Glasnevin Cemetery
Glebe House and Gallery Letterkenny Donegal Ulster Border Art
website , early-19th-century Regency House decorated with William Morris textiles, Islamic and Japanese art, features the Derek Hill collection of works by leading 20th-century artists
Glengowla Mines Oughterard Galway Connacht West Mining
website , 19th-century silver and lead mine
Glenveagh Castle Churchill Donegal Ulster Border Historic house
19th-century castle and gardens
Glenview Folk Museum Ballinamore Leitrim Connacht Border History
website , agriculture equipment and machinery, recreated shops and a pub, household artefacts
Famine Museum and Granuaile Visitor Centre Louisburgh Mayo Connacht West History
information , life of 16th-century pirate queen Gráinne O'Malley , exhibits about the Great Famine in County Mayo
Greenan Farm Museums & Maze Greenan Wicklow Leinster Mid-East Agriculture
website , working family farm, a barn museum with historic farming tools and equipment, a bottle museum with antique 19th- and early-20th-century Irish bottles, jars and vessels, and a 16th–17th-century-period farmhouse
Guinness Storehouse Dublin Dublin Leinster Dublin Food
Brewing ingredients, process, brand history, memorabilia
Gurtnagrough Folk Museum Ballydehob Cork Munster South-West History
information , rural life artefacts
Hennigan's Heritage Centre Knock Mayo Connacht West Local
website , information , heritage of life of the Mayo area, farming, home, jobs and work, culture
Hillview Museum Bagenalstown Carlow Leinster South-East History
information [permanent dead link ]
Hook Lighthouse Fethard-on-Sea Wexford Leinster South-East Maritime
Visitor centre and guided tours of the lighthouse tower
Hunt Museum Limerick Limerick Munster Mid-West Art
Fine art and antiquities dating from the Neolithic to the 20th century
Ionad Deirbhle Aughleam Mayo Connacht West Local
information , also known as Eachléim Heritage Centre, local folklore, archaeology, history rural life, currach fishing, construction of old houses
Imaginosity, Dublin Children’s Museum Sandyford Dublin Leinster Dublin Children's
website
Inishowen Maritime Museum Greencastle Donegal Ulster Border Maritime
website , lifesaving, Malin Head Radio Station, fishing, seafaring, lighthouses, shipwrecks, naval history, planetarium
International Museum of Wine Kinsale Cork Munster South-West History
Links between Ireland and the wine trade
Ireland's Historic Science Centre Birr Offaly Leinster Irish Midlands Science
Located at Birr Castle, Ireland's historic scientists and their contributions to astronomy and botany
Irish Agricultural Museum Johnstown Castle , Murrintown Wexford Leinster South-East Agriculture
Farming, famine and country life
Irish Fly Fishing and Game Shooting Museum Attanagh Laois Leinster Irish Midlands Sports
information , information , vintage rods, reels, guns, tackle, tools and specimens of birds and fish
Irish Jewish Museum Dublin Dublin Leinster Dublin Ethnic
Located in a former synagogue, history and culture of Ireland's Jewish communities
Irish Museum of Modern Art Dublin Dublin Leinster Dublin Art
Modern and contemporary art, located at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham
Irish National Heritage Park Wexford Wexford Leinster South-East Open air
Recreated homesteads, places of ritual, burial modes and remains
Irish National Stud Celbridge Kildare Leinster Mid-East Sports
Includes the Horse Museum about horse racing in Ireland, Japanese gardens
Irish Rock N Roll Museum
Dublin
Dublin
Leinster
Temple Bar Music
website , Irish musical icons and their recordings, vintage guitars and amplifiers, Thin Lizzy band
Jackie Clarke Library and Archives Ballina Mayo Connacht West Library
website , under development, exhibits from its document collections of over 400 years of Irish history
James Joyce Centre Dublin Dublin Leinster Dublin Literary
Life and works of author James Joyce
James Joyce Tower and Museum Sandyford Dublin Leinster Dublin Literary
Life and works of author James Joyce
James Mitchell Geology Museum Galway Galway Connacht West Natural history
website , part of Galway's University , rocks, minerals and fossils
Jeanie Johnston Dublin Dublin Leinster Dublin Maritime
Replica of a 19th-century three-masted barque of the same name, exhibits about the Great Famine and immigration
Kennedy Homestead New Ross Wexford Leinster South-East Historic house
website , birthplace of President John F. Kennedy 's great-grandfather Patrick Kennedy
Kerry Bog Village Museum Glenbeigh Kerry Munster South-West historic houses
website , historic houses/village and some animals
Kerry County Museum Tralee Kerry Munster South-West Local
County history, culture, archaeology, explorer Tom Crean , medieval founding and life
Kilmainham Gaol Kilmainham Dublin Leinster Dublin Prison
Historic former prison
Kilmore Quay Maritime Museum Kilmore Quay Wexford Leinster South-East Maritime
information , housed on board the lightship Guillemot
Kiltartan Gregory Museum and Millennium Park Gort Galway Connacht West Biographical
website , life of Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory , local history
Kiltimagh Museum Kiltimagh Mayo Connacht West Local
Local history and culture, located in a former railway station
King House Boyle Roscommon Connacht West
Historic house
website , early-18th-century Georgian mansion with audio-visual dioramas of local history
King John's Castle Limerick Limerick Munster Mid-West Historic house
16th-century fortress
Knappogue Castle Quin Clare Munster Mid-West Historic house
Medieval tower house and gardens
Knock Shrine Knock Mayo Connacht West Religious
Major Roman Catholic pilgrimage site with museum about the Knock Apparition of 1879
Lackagh Museum And Heritage Park Turloughmore Galway Connacht West Historic house
information , restored traditional Irish cottage, open by appointment
Lár na Páirce Thurles County Tipperary Munster Mid-West Sports
website history of gaelic games
Lewis Glucksman Gallery Cork Cork Munster South-West Art
Part of University College Cork
Lifetime Lab Cork Cork Munster South-West Technology
Former steam-powered waterworks, exhibits on water, waste, energy and nature
Lifford Courthouse Lifford Donegal Ulster Border Prison
website , 18th- and 19th-century life in the courthouse and prison
Limerick City Gallery of Art Limerick Limerick Munster Mid-West Art
Contemporary Irish art
Limerick City Museum Limerick Limerick Munster Mid-West Local
Also known as Jim Kemmy Municipal Museum, city history, culture, industry
Lismore Castle Lismore Waterford Munster South-East Art
Includes Lismore Castle Arts Gallery, gardens with contemporary sculpture
Lismore Heritage Centre Lismore Waterford Munster South-East Local
website , local history, culture
Lissadell House Sligo Connacht Border Historic house
19th-century Regency-style house and gardens
The Little Museum of Dublin Dublin Dublin Leinster Dublin Historic Building, History
A history of Dublin through artefacts, housed in a restored Georgian building on St. Stephen's Green
Lockes Distillery Museum Kilbeggan Westmeah Leinster Irish Midlands Industry
Small pot still whiskey distillery
Lough Gur Visitors Centre Bruff Limerick Munster Mid-West Archaeology
Pre-Celtic Stone age site with artefacts and replica dwellings
Malahide Castle Malahide Dublin Leinster Dublin Historic house
Marsh's Library Dublin Dublin Leinster Dublin Library
Exhibits from its collections of 16th- to 18th-century medicine, law, science, travel, navigation, mathematics, music, surveying and classical literature
Mayo North Family Heritage Centre Castlehill Mayo Connacht West Multiple
website , includes the Irish Heritage Centre Museum with local farm and household artefacts (also known as Enniscoe Museum), a family history research centre, and a forge and craft training centre
Michael Collins Centre Clonakilty Cork Munster South-West Biographical
website , life and times of Michael Collins , leader of the IRA and later the Free State movement
Michael Davitt Museum Straide Mayo Connacht West Biographical
information , life of 19th-century political leader Michael Davitt
Mill Museum Tuam Galway Connacht West Mill
information , preserved corn mill and miller's house
Model Arts and Niland Gallery Sligo Sligo Connacht Border Art
Contemporary arts centre
Monaghan County Museum Monaghan Monaghan Ulster Border Local
County history, art, culture
Mountmellick Museum Mountmellick Laois Leinster Irish Midlands Local
website , town's Quaker heritage, Mountmellick embroidery
Tara's Palace Museum of Childhood Enniskerry Wicklow Leinster Dublin Toy
Located in Powerscourt House , 22 room doll's palace, collection of historic dolls houses
Muckross House Killarney Kerry Munster South-West Open air
Includes the 19th-century Victorian-period mansion, 1930–40s-period heritage farms, Victorian garden
Museum of Country Life Castlebar Mayo Connacht West History
Rural way of life of the Irish people between 1850 and 1950; part of the National Museum of Ireland
Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLi)
Dublin
Dublin
Leinster
Dublin
Irish Literature
Museum Website , Exhibitions on Irish writing
Museum of the Master Saddler Corlough Cavan Ulster Border Industry
website , saddle and harness-making
Museum of Style Icons
Newbridge
Kildare
Leinster
Mid-East
Irish Literature
Clothing and other memoribilia associated with Hollywood stars and other celebrities
National 1798 Rebellion Centre Enniscorthy Wexford Leinster South-East History
website , history and aftermath of the Irish Rebellion of 1798
National Gallery of Ireland Dublin Dublin Leinster Dublin Art
Irish and European art
Natural History Museum Dublin Dublin Leinster Dublin Natural history
Victorian-period cases of Irish mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, invertebrates and microbes; part of the National Museum of Ireland
National Leprechaun Museum Dublin Dublin Leinster Dublin Culture
Irish folklore, mythology and story-telling, featuring not only the leprechaun, but many Irish characters and heroes from Irish culture.
National Library of Ireland Dublin Dublin Leinster Dublin Library
Exhibits from its collections of historic documents
National Maritime Museum of Ireland Dún Laoghaire Dublin Leinster Dublin Maritime
Ireland's maritime heritage
National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology Dublin Dublin Leinster Dublin Archaeology
Prehistoric Ireland, church treasures, Viking and medieval periods, items from Egypt, Cyprus, and the Roman world; part of the National Museum of Ireland
National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History Dublin Dublin Leinster Dublin Multiple
Weaponry, furniture, silver, ceramics, glassware, folk artefacts, coins and currency, costumes; part of the National Museum of Ireland
National Photographic Archive Dublin Dublin Leinster Dublin Library
Exhibits of photography from its collections
National Print Museum of Ireland Dublin Dublin Leinster Dublin Art
Exhibits of contemporary and history printed art and documents, features historic printing presses
National Science Museum at Maynooth
Maynooth
County Kildare
Leinster
Mid-East Region, Ireland
Displays of Scientific instruments. http://museum.maynoothcollege.ie
National Transport Museum of Ireland Howth Dublin Leinster Dublin Transportation
Public service and commercial road transport vehicles
National Wax Museum Dublin Dublin Leinster Dublin Wax
Irish history and cultural figures
Newtownbarry House Bunclody Wexford Leinster South-East Historic house
website , 19th-century country house and gardens, art gallery
Newmills Corn and Flax Mills Milltown Donegal Ulster Border Agriculture
Working watermill
Nora Barnacle House Galway Galway Connacht West
Historic house
website , information , late-19th- to early-20th-century cottage family home of Nora Barnacle , wife of author James Joyce
Number Twenty Nine - Georgian House Museum Dublin Dublin Leinster Dublin Historic house
website , late-18th-century Georgian era house
Ormonde Castle Carrick-on-Suir County Tipperary Munster South-East Historic house
Tudor manor house
Parke's Castle Leitrim Connacht Border Historic house
Restored early-17th-century plantation castle
Patrick Kavanagh Centre Inniskeen Monaghan Ulster Border Literary
Life and works of poet Patrick Kavanagh
Patrick Pearse's Cottage Rosmuc Galway Connacht West Biographical
website , restored summer residence and school of Patrick Pearse , leader of the 1916 Easter Rising
Partry House Partry Mayo Connacht West Historic house
information , 17th-century house, farm and gardens
Pearse Museum Rathfarnham Dublin Leinster Dublin Natural history
Irish plants and animals, educators and naturalists Patrick Pearse and his brother, William
Phoenix Park Visitor Centre Dublin Dublin Leinster Dublin Local
History of the park and the area, including Ashtown Castle
Photo Museum Ireland Dublin Dublin Leinster Dublin Art
website , contemporary photography
Poet's Cottage Camross Laois Leinster Irish Midlands Historic house
information , information
Portumna Castle Portumna Galway Connacht West Historic house
17th-century house under restoration, features the Wild Geese Heritage Museum about the 17th century Flight of the Wild Geese
Project Arts Centre Dublin Dublin Leinster Dublin Art
Multidisciplinary contemporary arts centre
Quiet Man Cottage Museum Cong Mayo Connacht West Media
information , replica of the 1920s period cottage in the 1952 movie The Quiet Man
Radio Museum Experience Cork Cork Munster South-West Technology
website , located in the Cork City Gaol , historic radio equipment, restored 6CK Radio Broadcasting Studio, history of Guglielmo Marconi and his Irish connections
Rathfarnham Castle Rathfarnham Dublin Leinster Dublin Historic house
16th-century castle
Redwood Castle Lorrha County Tipperary Munster Mid-West Historic house
Medieval tower castle house
Rock of Cashel Carrick-on-Suir County Tipperary Munster South-East Historic house
Medieval fortress castle and cathedral remains
Roscommon County Museum Roscommon Roscommon Connacht West Local
Local history and culture
Ross Castle Killarney Kerry Munster South-West Historic house
Medieval Chieftain's stronghold
Rothe House Kilkenny Kilkenny Leinster Dublin Local
Geology, archaeology, history of Kilkenny, operated by Kilkenny Archaeological Society
Royal Hibernian Academy Dublin Dublin Leinster Dublin Art
Exhibits of contemporary art
Russborough House Blessington Wicklow Leinster Mid-East Historic house
Large 18th-century house with fine art collection, fine furniture, tapestries, carpets, porcelain, silver
Science Gallery Dublin Dublin Leinster Dublin Science
Part of Trinity College
Sheep and Wool Centre Leenane Galway Connacht West
Industry
website , local textile industry, spinning, weaving, sheep raising
Skibbereen Heritage Centre Skibbereen Cork Munster South-West Local
website , local history, impact of the Great Famine , natural history of Lough Hyne
Sligo Abbey Sligo Sligo Connacht Border Religious
Ruins of a medieval abbey
Sligo County Museum Sligo Sligo Connacht Border Local
County history and culture
Sligo Folk Park Riverstown Sligo Connacht Border Open air
website , rural history and agricultural artefacts, 19th-century-period house, recreated village streetscape with shops and services
South Tipperary County Museum
Clonmel County Tipperary Munster South-East Multiple
website , art exhibits, county history, culture, natural history, archaeology
St. Connell's Museum Glenties Donegal Ulster Local
Border Local history and culture, the Great Famine, prison cells of the late-19th-century courthouse, artefacts of the County Donegal Railways Joint Committee
St. Kilian's Heritage Centre Mullagh Cavan Ulster Border Religious
information , life, work, martyrdom and cult of Saint Kilian , a 7th-century saint born in Mullagh
St. Mullins Heritage Centre St Mullin's Carlow Leinster South-East Local
website , local history
Stradbally Steam Museum Stradbally Laois Leinster Irish Midlands Transport
website , steam, fire and farm engines
National Famine Museum & Strokestown Park Strokestown Roscommon Connacht West Historic house
Restored 18th-century mansion, museum commemorating the Great Famine of 1845, walled garden
Swiss Cottage Cahir County Tipperary Munster South-East Historic house
Early-19th-century thatched ornamental cottage
Thomas Dillon's Claddagh Gold Museum Galway Galway Connacht West Multiple
website , historic Claddagh rings , photographs of local history
Thoor Ballylee Gort Galway Connacht West Literary
Norman tower summer home of author W. B. Yeats
Thurles Famine and War Museum Thurles County Tipperary Munster Mid-West Multiple
website Great Famine , war
Tipperary Agricultural and Heritage Museum Golden County Tipperary Munster South-East Local
Also known as the Maher Farm Machinery Museum . Contains exhibits and artifacts covering Irish countryside life from the latter half of the 19th Century up to the late 20th Century. Indoor and outdoor display areas. Officially opened on the 7th of July, 2013. Museum Facebook page is here . Website here .
Tullow Museum Tullow Carlow Leinster South-East Local
website , local history
Waterford County Museum Dungarvan Waterford Munster South-East Local
website , local history, culture
Waterford Museum of Treasures Waterford Waterford Munster South-East Local
City history, culture, archaeology, Viking and medieval heritage, ethnic, cultural and religious diversity
Waterways Ireland Visitor Centre Dublin Dublin Leinster Dublin Maritime
website , heritage of Ireland's waterways
West Cork Regional Museum Clonakilty Cork Munster South-West Local
information , local history
Westport House Westport Mayo Connacht West Historic house
18th-century stately home with original contents, gardens
Wexford County Museum Enniscorthy Wexford Leinster South-East Local
information , located in Enniscorthy Castle, county history and culture
Wicklow's Historic Gaol Wicklow Wicklow Leinster Mid-East Prison
website , 18th-century prison
Ye Olde Hurdy Gurdy Museum of Vintage Radio Howth Dublin Leinster Dublin Technology
website , vintage radios, music
boxes, gramophones and other related items
Yeats Memorial Building Sligo Sligo Connacht Border Biographical
website , exhibition on poet W. B. Yeats
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