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Museum of Childhood Ireland

Museum of Childhood Ireland

Músaem Óige na hÉireann

  • Welcome / Fáilte!
    • About Us
    • What is the MCI?
    • Our Board and Project Group
    • Please Donate!
    • Fundraising:Thank you!
    • Get Involved
  • History of Children and Childhood
    • History of Children and Childhood, 1500-1700
    • History of Children and Childhood, 1700-1800
    • Researching the History of Children and Childhood in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century Ireland
    • A Brief Reflection on Researching Children and Postwar Humanitarianism
    • Photography and Irish Children: A Window into Childhood Fashion
    • Children’s Clothing in Modern Ireland
    • Baby’s First Clothes – Clothing New-born Infants in Rural Ireland in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
    • Event:Growing Up in Late 20th C Ireland
  • Education
    • Education Blog: Reflections On . . .
      • Ag Machnamh ar . . . an nGaeilge agus ar na Meáin Shóisialta
      • Reflections On . . . Being a Student in Direct Provision
      • Reflections On . . . What Disney is Teaching Our Children
      • Reflections On . . . Having a Playful Christmas
      • Reflections On . . . Teaching Philosophy in Secondary Schools
      • Reflections On . . . Technology and the Social Skills of “Digital Natives”
      • Reflections On . . . Excluding Traditional Chinese from the Leaving Certificate
      • Reflections On . . . The Great Early Childhood Education Language War
      • Reflections On . . . Supporting Transgender and Gender-Diverse Young People in the Classroom
      • Reflections On . . . Outdoor Activities and Activation Energy
      • Reflections On . . . How Not to Cause Harm to Children
      • Ag Machnaimh Ar . . . An Ghaeilge agus Oideachas
      • Reflections On . . . Consent and Boundaries – Let’s Focus on Both
      • Reflections On . . . Being a Leaving Cert Student in 2020
      • Reflections On . . . Formal Education as a Member of the Traveller Community
      • Reflections On . . . Anti-Bullying Strategies in Early Education
      • Reflections On . . . “Coming Out” (or “Bearing Witness”?) as a Teacher
    • Education Seminars Let’s Talk About . . .
      • Writing Irish Institutions: Jacinta Daly, Melatu Uche Okorie, and Emilie Pine
      • Teaching James Joyce in Secondary Classrooms
    • Bloomsday Centenary Writing Competition
    • James Joyce 21
      • Online Exhibition: James Joyce 21
    • I Love my boots because…
      • Online Exhibition: I Love My Boots Because . . .
  • Children’s Literature
    • 12 Irish Children’s Literature Authors
  • Children’s Rights
    • Children’s Rights Blog
  • Youth & Child Voices @ MoCI
    • Our Town: Our Future
    • Robert Henri, and the children of Achill Island 1913-1928
    • Memories of a Cork Jewish Childhood
    • Snapshots
    • MOCI’S Online Creative Workshops
    • Glantór/Eraser
      • Pen…
      • Pencil/ Peann luaide
      • Stylus / Stíleas
    • Tree Week 2021
    • International Adolescent Health Week 21-27th March
    • DouglassWeek
    • Children’s Voices Project 2020/21 Together, Le Chéile
      • Slide show
      • Project 2021 Exhibition
      • Project 2020 Exhibition
      • Press Release
    • GEL Project
    • Poetry with Chiamaka Enyi -Amadi
    • Artist in Residence, Fion Gunn
      • About Fion Gunn
    • Shakespeare Lives
  • Exhibitions
    • The Shirley Lewis Scrapbook 1917
    • Linda(Betty)Egan
    • The Bubbauns
    • Izzy Jones-McAuley Collection
    • The Charlotte Raftery Collection.
    • Crolly Dolls
    • Fashion Dolls
    • Dr Damien O’Muirí’s Enid Blyton books
    • Nancy Drew at 90
    • Rachel Finnegan’s Doll Kitchen 1900s
    • Rachel Dawnay’s Doll House 1930s
    • Judy McDonnell Durnin’s Doll House 1950s
    • Lorraine O’Connor’s Doll House 1960s
    • Rachel Abraham’s Doll House 1970s
    • The Reddin Family’s Suncar.
    • Guilfoyle Family : Moses Basket
    • The Clifford Cradle
  • Events
    • Irish Stories & Legends in Ukranian
    • Poetry Day 2021
    • for Bloomsday 2020, 2021+ see Education section
    • Bloomsday 2019
    • Bloomsday 2018
    • Bloomsday 2017
    • for Heritage Week 2021 see History section
    • Heritage Week 2020
    • Heritage Week 2019
    • Heritage Week 2018
    • ”Warts and all”
    • Heritage Week 2017
    • Culture Night 17th September 2021
    • Culture Night / Oíche Chultúir 2020
    • Culture Night / Oíche Chultúir 2019
    • Culture Night /Oíche Chultúir 2018
    • Culture Night / Óiche Chultúir 2017
    • Children in War, 2020-21
    • Children in War 2018-2019
    • Children in War 2017
    • Stars and Souls of the Liffey
    • Cliona Buckley
    • Play and Growing Up in Dublin
    • Angela Patton
    • Seumas O’Kelly
    • Martin Swords
    • Jane Stanford
    • John Goggins
    • Veronica Haywood
    • Photo Gallery
  • About the Museum
    • Our Museum Worldwide
    • Governance
    • A Museum of Childhood
    • Our Aims
    • Who We Are
    • Some Background
    • Making It Happen – initial stages
    • Why a Pinweel?
    • Technology and Exhibition Design
    • Programmes and Exhibitions
    • We Love
    • Archives at the museum
    • Curators at the museum
  • Bloomsday Centenary Writing Competition

Education

Dr Matthew Fogarty

Esther Ayo-James

Dylan Emerick-Browne

Dr Mira Dobutowitsch

Catherine Gilliland

Projects and Events

I Love my boots because…
Online Exhibition: I Love My Boots Because . . .

Ongoing Initiatives

Education Blog: Reflections On . . .
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