Early 19th C wooden, three storey, doll’s Town House, belonging to the Russell family, Seafield, Waterford. Barbara Wright played with the Seafield Dolls house as a small girl. It had been given to her by her Aunt Kathleen Hudson (nee Russell) who lived in a large house called Carriganore just outside Waterford in the late… Continue reading Russel Family Doll House
Category: Doll Houses
Doll House Vacuum Cleaner
A little Japanese made 1950s tin plate and wire ‘electric’ doll house vacuum cleaner, donated to the Museum of Childhood Ireland in 2018. Research is ongoing. As children in Dublin in the 60s, we called our carpet vacuum sweeper by the manufacturing company’s name, the Electrolux, and others called theirs the Hoover, in much the… Continue reading Doll House Vacuum Cleaner
Ann Finegan-Hyland’s Toy furniture and house
My oldest sister had this Lines Brothers, Triang dolls house that we all played with in the 1970s. It had two floors and a red roof. All of the little pieces of furniture were used in the house. We would also play in our living room with the toy furniture, making other houses for our… Continue reading Ann Finegan-Hyland’s Toy furniture and house
Rea’s Matchbox Dressing Table
My mammy and my older sister made the dressing table for us. It was modelled on our Nana’s dressing table in her bedroom. They used matchstick boxes and leftover wallpaper, along with buttons for handles. Cardboard was cut out in the same shape as the mirror and the mirror piece was glued into place. It… Continue reading Rea’s Matchbox Dressing Table
Joanne Sloan’s Doll House 1980s
“This dolls house was hand made for my daughter Joanne by my brother Maurice Sloan in 1984. It is a copy of one my Grandad William made for me in 1951. He also made four or five others for my cousins. Some of the contents are from the original house. I hope people will enjoy… Continue reading Joanne Sloan’s Doll House 1980s
Rachel Abraham’s Doll House 1970s
My name is Rachel and I was born almost 50 years ago, in 1971. At some point in my childhood, I received the gift of my dolls house; I believe it was a birthday present, and I LOVED it! There was no such thing as a doll/house lifestyle experience (that I knew anyway), so there was all… Continue reading Rachel Abraham’s Doll House 1970s
Lorraine O’Connor’s Doll House 1960s
“Typical of Irish 60’s built houses. After 43 years I’m looking forward to handing a piece of my own childhood history over into the safe hands of the Museum of Childhood Ireland. An amazing dolls house complete with individual pieces of wooden furniture, handmade by my dad, Tom and decorated in detail by my mother,… Continue reading Lorraine O’Connor’s Doll House 1960s
Rose’s 1960s Lines Brothers ‘Triang’ Doll House
This is a two-story metal fronted dolls’ house. It is a Triang Doll house model number 65. The house was given to Rose by her parents at Christmas 1965 or 1966. Her mother Berney recalled buying it in a shop at the top of Roche’s Street in Limerick. The house was almost empty when it… Continue reading Rose’s 1960s Lines Brothers ‘Triang’ Doll House
Noreen Olwill’s Doll House, 1950s
My Doll’s House started life in Mallow, Co. Cork where it was made by my father in 1958. In the early sixties my family and I moved to Stillorgan, Co. Dublin and my Doll’s House came with us. My two younger sisters enjoyed playing with it. They loved decorating the rooms with scraps of wallpaper.… Continue reading Noreen Olwill’s Doll House, 1950s
Judy McDonnell Durnin’s Doll House 1950s
As a four year old in the 1950’s I requested a dolls house for Christmas. My parents acquired a second hand bungalow dolls house from friends of theirs and bought new furniture for it. However two weeks before Christmas I announced that my new house would have stairs and bedrooms just like my own house.… Continue reading Judy McDonnell Durnin’s Doll House 1950s