Culture Night

Oiche Chultúir

  • Children on the Move: A Past and Present Conversation
    by Maja McAllister
    Children on the Move: A Past and Present Conversation for Culture Night 2023 Free |On Zoom| Register here and a link will arrive in your inbox in advance of the event | Culture Night 2023 By Museum of Childhood Ireland/Músaem Óige na hÉireann Date and time Fri, 22 Sep 2023 18:00 – 20:00 IST Location … Read more
  • Culture Night Óiche Chultúir 2022
    by Maja McAllister
    Event 1. Online Age group: Suitable for all ages, child to adult Author Nora Corcoran reads from her ‘Tadgh and Maranda’ series Join author Nora Corcoran as she performs a reading from one of her children’s books celebrating Traveller heritage and culture. “Mister, teach me to be a Tinsmith. so I can keep our Traveller … Read more
  • Culture Night 17th September 2021
    by Maja McAllister
    Lorraine McEvoy Today’s Children, Tomorrow’s Hope”: Recuperative Holidays in Ireland and the UK for Children Impacted by the Second World War   After the destruction of the Second World War, individuals and communities throughout Europe organised recuperative holidays, in which groups of children were temporarily hosted abroad to restore their physical and psychological health. The … Read more
  • Culture Night / Oíche Chultúir 2020
    by Maja McAllister
    Boscaí / Boxes 1 & 2 Culture Night 2020 (from 4pm today) and beyond! (until November 30th) We’re delighted to be partnering with the fantastic Robert Emmet CDP in Dublin to bring you the Museum of Childhood Ireland’s Boscaí / Boxes 1 & 2 (Memory Boxes) as a physical exhibition. Where: The Robert Emmet Community … Read more
  • Culture Night / Oíche Chultúir 2019
    by Maja McAllister
    Croithlí or Croichshlí (anglicised as Crolly) is a village in the Gaeltacht parishes of Gweedore (Gaoth Dobhair) and The Rosses (Na Rossan) in the west of County Donegal, Ireland.  The official name of the village is Croithlí. This is taken to come from the old Irish Craithlidh meaning shaking bog or Quagmire. Croichshlí, the less … Read more
  • Culture Night /Oíche Chultúir 2018
    by Maja McAllister
    On september 18th, Culture Night, Join us between 4 and 11pm to view the wonderful boyhood Enid Blyton Books collection. of the late Dr Damien O’Muirí . Our team of readers will be on hand too for regular readings throughout the evening. Where? 94 Lower Georges St. This event is completely accessible as the downstairs … Read more
  • Culture Night / Óiche Chultúir 2017
    by Maja McAllister
    Join us around the fireside at 94, Lower Georges St., on Friday September 22nd from 6pm for an evening of readings and discussion on Patrick Weston Joyce’s ‘A Childs History of Ireland’.( Book from the Museum of Childhood Ireland collection) From the Museum of Childhood Ireland Collection: A rare First Edition of this important book … Read more