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Museum of Childhood Ireland

Músaem Óige na hÉireann

  • Welcome / Fáilte!
    • Why a Museum of Childhood?
    • Pinweel logo
    • Technology and Exhibition Design
    • Our Board
    • Our Team
    • Governance
    • Please Donate!
    • Fundraising: Thank you!
    • Get Involved
  • History
    • History Team
    • History Blog
    • Culture Night Óiche Chultúir 2022
    • ­­­­Heritage Week 2022: Suggestions for Objects for the Museum of Childhood Ireland
    • History of Children and Childhood, 1500-1700
    • History of Children and Childhood, 1700-1800
    • Childhood and Youth in Ireland, 1800-the Present
    • A Youthful Revolution?
    • The early years of uniformed youth groups in Ireland, 1888-1930
    • 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
    • Growing Up in Late 20th C Ireland
  • Education
    • Education Team
    • Education Blog
    • Reflections On . . . The Educational Value of Folklore and Local History
    • Reflections On . . . The Need for Traveller Characters in Children’s Stories
    • Education Blog Archive: Reflections On . . .
    • Education Seminars Let’s Talk About . . .
    • Online Exhibition: We Are . . . Cantonese Irish
    • Bloomsday Centenary Writing Competition
      • Online Exhibition: Bloomsday Centenary Writing Competition
    • James Joyce 21 Writing Competition
      • Online Exhibition: James Joyce 21
    • I Love my boots because…
      • Online Exhibition: I Love My Boots Because . . .
  • Literature
    • Literature Team
    • Literature Blog
    • Marginalia & The Pollard Collection of Children’s Books
    • International Children’s Authors: Literature Lessons from Around the World 
    • 12 Irish Children’s Literature Authors
  • Rights
    • Rights Team
    • Rights Blog
    • Early Childhood Voices
      • Voices of Children International Gallery Exhibition
      • Creative Expression & Children’s Voices in Early Years
      • “Can We See Our Voices?”
      • All About Me – Full body portraits
    • Child & Youth Voices
      • Dundalk Town Centre’s historic Long Walk Trees
      • Heritage Week Tipperary 2022
      • Tipperary Photography Competition
      • #Sustainability
      • Art to Reimagine Tipperary Town
      • Photos, Heritage Week in Tipperary Town
    • Our Town: Our Future
      • From Apple Seeds to Apple Trees
    • The children of Achill & Robert Henri 1913-1928
    • Irish Stories & Legends in Ukranian
      • Ukrainian Stories and Legends in English
      • Ukrainian language Children’s books
    • Memories of a Cork Jewish Childhood
    • MOCI’S Online Creative Workshops
      • Glantór / Eraser
      • Pen…
      • Pencil / Peann luaide
      • Stylus / Stíleas
    • Tree Week 2021- 2023
    • 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
    • Poetry with Chiamaka Enyi -Amadi
    • Poetry Day 2021
    • Shakespeare Lives
    • Making Dublin Greener, with Dublin Gazette
    • The GEL Project
  • Engagement
    • Engagement Team
    • Engagement Blog
    • Season’s Greetings!
    • Halloween at the Museum of Childhood Ireland
    • Back to School at the Museum of Childhood Ireland
    • Community Memories: Bernie Carroll
    • Community Memories: Marie Farrell
    • Community Memories: Growing up in Donnycarney
    • Snapshots
    • Generational interaction at MoCI
    • Memory Boxes Cuimhne Boscai 2020
  • Exhibitions
    • The Shirley Lewis Scrapbook 1917
    • Linda (Betty) Egan
    • Dr Damien O’Muirí’s Enid Blyton books
    • Nancy Drew at 90
    • Izzy Jones-McAuley Collection
    • The Charlotte Raftery Collection.
    • Sewing Patterns
    • The Bubbauns
    • Crolly Dolls
    • Ellen Worrall’s holiday souvenir dolls
    • Fashion Dolls
    • Action Force Collection
    • Star Wars Collection
    • The Clifford Cradle
    • The Reddin Family’s Suncar.
    • Guilfoyle Family : Moses Basket
    • 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
  • Events
    • Children in War, 2020-21
    • Children in War 2018-2019
    • Children in War, 2017
    • Heritage Week 2019
    • Heritage Week 2018
    • Heritage Week 2017
    • Bloomsday 2019
    • Bloomsday 2018
    • Bloomsday 2017
    • MoCI at Dublin Wizard Con 2022
    • Seumas O’Kelly
    • Jane Stanford
    • Cliona Buckley
    • Veronica Haywood
    • Martin Swords
    • Angela Patton
    • John Goggins
    • Fion Gunn

Education (old)

Dr Matthew Fogarty

Dr Mira Dobutowitsch

Dave Lordan

Dr Suzanne O’Keeffe

Melatu Uche Okorie

Projects and Events

Bloomsday Centenary Writing Competition
Online Exhibition: Bloomsday Centenary Writing Competition
I Love My Boots Because . . .
Online Exhibition: I Love My Boots Because . . .
James Joyce 21 Writing Competition
Online Exhibition: James Joyce 21

Ongoing Initiatives

Education Blog: Reflections On . . .
Education Seminars: Let’s Talk About . . .
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