Today marks our 48th Birthday!
On Sunday 2nd December 1973, Carlow County Museum opened its doors for the first time in the grounds of the old Academy here on College Street, now the Cathedral Parish Centre. – (l to r) coverage of the opening of Carlow County Museum in the Nationalist newspaper, December 1973 Opening at weekends, it was […]
16th Century Effigy of Robert Hartpole returns to Carlow Town from Portarlington after c. 200 Years
– The 16th century effigy of Robert Hartpole, Constable of Carlow Castle, before conservation and after its conservation and relocation from Portarlington to Carlow County Museum. The effigy of Robert Hartpole, Constable of Carlow Castle was returned to Carlow Town on Wednesday October 13th, 2021, last after a sojourn of approximately two hundred years in […]
Culture Night 2021 at Carlow County Museum
The sixteenth Carlow Culture Night brought together a diverse and talented array of local artists, performers, groups and creatives last Friday, as the county came together in person to celebrate the annual national event, which this year, more than ever, was eagerly anticipated and keenly welcomed. Scenes from ‘Macbeth’ Audiences were able to properly enjoy […]
Kevin Barry’s death mask now on public display at Carlow County Museum
Kevin Barry of Tombeagh, County Carlow, was executed just over one hundred years ago on the 1st November 1920 in Mountjoy Gaol, Dublin, for his role in the Irish War of Independence. Kevin was just 18 years old when he was hanged, in what was the first execution since the 1916 Rising. Both these events lead […]
Carlow ‘Hopes to Hop’ again in 2023
First Published 25th May 2021 – a group, in white shirts, participating in the Hopping Procession with packed streets looking on Today, on what is traditionaly know as Whit Tuesday, would under normal circumstances, see the town of Echternach, Luxembourg, hosting many thousands of people as they take part in the annual @UNESCO World Heritage […]
Carlow County Museum is Presented with Interim Museum Accreditation Standard award (MSPI)
First Published on 5th February 2021 – The Museum Standards Programme for Ireland (MSPI) Award Winners 2020 “it is a very high honour for the Museum to be awarded this prestigious accreditation and congratulations to all involved.” CLLR. KEN MURNANE, CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF CARLOW COUNTY MUSEUM, 2021 On Wednesday February 3rd, 2021, Carlow […]
Scéal na Gaeilge i gCeatharlach The Story of the Irish Language in Carlow (2014)
First Published : January 2021 Scéal na Gaeilge i gCeatharlach I 2014, chuir Músaem Contae Cheatharlach i gcomhar le Glór Cheatharlach an taispeántas “Scéal na Gaeilge i gCeatharlach, The Story of the Irish Language in Carlow” i láthair. Dhírigh an taispeántas ar an tréimhse ó 1899 go 2014. Tá an taispeántas sealadach seo curtha i […]
#Tyndall200 Online Lecture Event
I Know why the Sky is Blue. Do You? Marking the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of John Tyndall Left and Above. Alicia Premkuma, MC of the #Tyndall200, which was live streamed on Facebook on John Tyndall’s birthday, 2nd August 2020 In early August 2020, Carlow County Museum in association with the Tyndall National Institute, marked the 200th anniversary […]
Carlow County Museum featured in Irish Country Magazine
Carlow County Museum is featured in the December 2020 edition of Irish Country Magazine as one of four sites to visit in Ireland by historian and author Gillian O’Brien. Describing the Museum as a “brilliant hidden gem”, she makes reference to one of our more unique exhibits, Kevin Barry’s last cigarette, as part of the […]
Carlow County Council Decade of Centenaries Programme 2020
A series of events to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the execution of Kevin Barry and forming part of Carlow County Council Decade of Centenaries Programme 2020, culminated last month with the broadcast of ‘Kevin Barry & the Oral Tradition 1920-2020’. – ‘Kevin Barry & the Oral Tradition 1920-2020’ The production was the focal […]
