National Museum of Ireland
Glass quilt created during lockdown goes on display
Fifty artists who were confined to their homes during the Covid lockdown collaborated on the project.
New exhibits to go on show for Irish Wars 1919-1923 exhibition at National Museum of Ireland
THE death masks of Arthur Griffith, Michael Collins, Cathal Brugha and Terence MacSwiney are among items returning to public display at the National Museum of Ireland.
1914 gun-running baton donated to Irish state
A HISTORIC baton owned by a senior member of the Irish Volunteers, who was involved in the 1914 Howth gun-running, was among artefacts donated to the Irish state.
Major new Dublin exhibition for Co Antrim glass artist Alison Lowry
THE National Museum of Ireland in Dublin is opening a major new installation by acclaimed Co Antrim glass artist Alison Lowry this month.
Stolen decapitated head of 800-year-old Crusader recovered by gardaí
Police have recovered the decapitated head of an 800-year-old mummy that was stolen from a church in Dublin.
A century of changes for Irish woman will be assessed in a major Dublin conference
A CENTURY of changes for Irish woman, 100 years after some won the right to vote, will be assessed in a major conference at the National Museum of Ireland.
Farmer uncovers ancient 'gold hoard' while digging drain
A County Donegal farmer has uncovered a quantity of gold which Ireland’s National Museum believes could be of archaeological significance. Norman Witherow was digging a drain on land near Convoy close to the Donegal-Derry border when he found four gold...
Growing excitement over Convoy gold artefacts
There will be enormous excitement over the discovery of gold artefacts, which may be thousands of years old, during drainage work in a field on the Donegal-Derry border.
Nuala McCann: Michael Collins's knife and other treasures you might find in your aunty's attic
MY AUNT lived in a stern three-storey house above the pub that her husband ran, just opposite the railway station in a long ago time.