Bloomsday 2025 Finalists

We are delighted to share the names, ages and locations of our 10 Bloomsday competition finalists! Although we will select an overall winner, all finalists will be published on our website after Bloomsday and will be invited to our awards event in the beautiful Marsh’s Library in early September. Well done to all. We had… Continue reading Bloomsday 2025 Finalists

Where are the Queens of the road?

By Eemer Eivers For the past two years, the Museum of Childhood Ireland has been running a blog series called When We Were Kings and Queens of the Road. It is a look back at childhood, recalling how the freedom experienced on journeys between home and school shaped each writer, but it has another function.… Continue reading Where are the Queens of the road?

Reading Joyce

Jinan Ashraf’s Joycean journey from Kerala to Dublin My first encounter with James Joyce was by chance. The local library in my hometown of Kannur in India was a bit chaotic, with almost all titles uncatalogued, database non-existent — which meant that finding a book you were looking for was a game of chance. I… Continue reading Reading Joyce

Childhood Services Week / Seachtain Seirbhísí Leanaí

May 19-23, 2025 As part of National Childhood Services Week 2025, the Museum of Childhood Ireland are very happy to host a recorded read-along / draw-along with Tarsila Kruse. My Little Album of Ireland is a bilingual wordbook from Tarsila & Juliette Saumande. It takes very young readers on an illustrated fun-filled tour of Ireland.… Continue reading Childhood Services Week / Seachtain Seirbhísí Leanaí

Bloomsday 2025: Young Author Competition

Welcome to our annual Bloomsday competition, open to anyone under 18, with prizes for primary school and second level entrants! Read on to learn what’s involved and how to submit an entry. Newsflash! Deadline extended to noon, Friday May 23rd What to write James Joyce was an Irish writer who wrote a very famous book… Continue reading Bloomsday 2025: Young Author Competition

Children as Active Citizens

Election by Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Pix4free Have you ever seen a young baby explore the environment around them? Squeezing, tapping and tasting items that intrigue them. Exploring the world in this manner shows a young toddler’s level of interest in relating to and participating in the world. This form of exploration is also known as sensory… Continue reading Children as Active Citizens

The Educator’s Image of the Child as a Learner

This blog is written by the Museum’s Education Team member, Dr Rita Melia, to coincide with Children’s Workshops – Childhood Services Week 2024 – National Childhood Network (NCN). Encouraging Creativity – Igniting Joy. The blog considers what influences the educator’s image of the child as a learner. The theory of the looking glass self, first… Continue reading The Educator’s Image of the Child as a Learner