- The early years of uniformed youth groups in Ireland, 1888-1930by Mary O’DowdBy Marnie Hay Were you ever a Cub Scout or a Girl Guide – or a member of any other youth group that required you to wear a uniform of some sort? Did you play games and learn new skills at weekly meetings, get to know kids from other schools, and enjoy (or dread) the… Continue reading The early years of uniformed youth groups in Ireland, 1888-1930
- Culture Night Óiche Chultúir 2022by Maja McAllisterEvent 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… Continue reading Culture Night Óiche Chultúir 2022
- Heritage Week 2022: Suggestions for Objects for the Museum of Childhood Irelandby Mary O’DowdFor Heritage Week 2022 the Museum of Childhood Ireland is asking members of the public to make suggestions of objects that they would like to see in the Museum. Do you have an object that that tells a story about the history of children and childhood in Ireland? Or can you think of an item… Continue reading Heritage Week 2022: Suggestions for Objects for the Museum of Childhood Ireland
- Wanted Suggestions for Objects for the Museum of Childhood Irelandby Mary O’DowdFor Heritage Week 2022 the Museum of Childhood Ireland is asking members of the public to make suggestions of objects that they would like to see in the Museum. Do you have an object that that tells a story about the history of children and childhood in Ireland? Or can you think of an item… Continue reading Wanted Suggestions for Objects for the Museum of Childhood Ireland
- The early years of uniformed youth groups in Ireland, 1888-1930by Mary O’DowdBy Marnie Hay Were you ever a Cub Scout or a Girl Guide – or a member of any other youth group that required you to wear a uniform of some sort? Did you play games and learn new skills at weekly meetings, get to know kids from other schools, and enjoy (or dread) the… Continue reading The early years of uniformed youth groups in Ireland, 1888-1930
- A Youthful Revolution?by Mary O’DowdBy Sarah-Anne Buckley One of the most well-worn phrases in recent years has been the 1916 Proclamation’s reference to “cherishing all of the children of the nation equally”. The line was intended to refer to all citizens not just children, but it highlights the symbolic significance of childhood and the role children and younger people… Continue reading A Youthful Revolution?
- Culture Night 17th September 2021by Maja McAllisterLorraine 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… Continue reading Culture Night 17th September 2021
- Memories of a Cork Jewish Childhoodby Maja McAllisterRuti Lachs. https://www.rutilachs.ie/memories-of-a-cork-jewish-childhood.html Memories of a Cork Jewish Childhood, a short video produced by Ruti Lachs, includes stories and memories from Jewish people around the world who grew up in Cork city, interspersed with photographs and music from Jewish Cork past and present. The film was Runner-Up for a National Heritage Day Award in 2021.… Continue reading Memories of a Cork Jewish Childhood
- Baby’s First Clothes – Clothing New-born Infants in Rural Ireland in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuriesby Mary O’DowdBy Anne O’Dowd In 1940 the Irish Folklore Commission circulated a questionnaire – Old time Irish country dress – to schoolteachers in primary schools in the 26 counties of Ireland. It was devised to collect facts and traditions relating to clothing in a rural context regarding those with very little disposable income and who made… Continue reading Baby’s First Clothes – Clothing New-born Infants in Rural Ireland in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
- Children’s Clothing in Modern Irelandby Mary O’DowdBy Mary Hatfield (hatfielm@tcd.ie) One of the many sources that historians of childhood use to gain insight into childhood in the past is clothing. How children were dressed, and what was considered fashionable for children manifest something of the cultural ideas and values of a particular historical moment. For example, in contemporary culture we distinguish… Continue reading Children’s Clothing in Modern Ireland
- Photography and Irish Children: A Window into Childhood Fashionby Mary O’DowdBy Mary Hatfield (Hatfielm@tcd.ie) Photographs provide a rich and detailed source for exploring children’s lives and their place and role in Irish society. Even a brief glance through historic photograph collections indicates the many ways Irish childhood was constructed and experienced across different periods, classes, and localities. Since the invention of photography in the mid-nineteenth… Continue reading Photography and Irish Children: A Window into Childhood Fashion
- Children’s Clothing in Modern Irelandby Mary O’DowdBy Mary Hatfield(hatfielm@tcd.ie) One of the many sources that historians of childhood use to gain insight into childhood in the past is clothing. How children were dressed, and what was considered fashionable for children manifest something of the cultural ideas and values of a particular historical moment. For example, in contemporary culture we distinguish boys… Continue reading Children’s Clothing in Modern Ireland
- A Brief Reflection on Researching Children and Postwar Humanitarianismby Mary O’DowdBy Lorraine McEvoy If you ever find yourself wandering around the southwestern corner of St Stephen’s Green, you are likely to stumble upon a statue called the Three Fates. Unveiled in 1956, it was a gift of gratitude from West Germany to the Irish people for humanitarian aid they provided after the Second World War.… Continue reading A Brief Reflection on Researching Children and Postwar Humanitarianism
- Growing Up in Late 20th Century Irelandby Maja McAllister[photo courtesy of Museum of Childhood Ireland] Date And Time Thursday, Dec 10, 2020, 7:00 PM GMT Location Online Event Event description What can we learn about growing up in Ireland from the Dublin One City One Book for 2020, Tatty by Christine Dwyer Hickey? Join us for an online panel discussion of how this… Continue reading Growing Up in Late 20th Century Ireland
- Researching the History of Children and Childhood in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century Irelandby Maja McAllisterBy Mary O’Dowd Writing the history of children and childhood in Ireland before the eighteenth century is a challenging task. Historical records which refer to children are scarce and those that do survive tell us more about adults’ perception of childhood than the lived experience of children. Irish children’s voices are hard to find before… Continue reading Researching the History of Children and Childhood in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century Ireland
- History of Children and Childhood, 1500-1700by Mary O’DowdBy Mary O’Dowd Childbirth and Infant Care Touching child-bearing, women within two hours after they are delivered many times leave their beds to go fop and drink with women coming to visit them; and in our experience a soldier’s wife delivered in the camp did the same day, and within a few hours after her… Continue reading History of Children and Childhood, 1500-1700
- History of Children and Childhood, 1700-1800by Mary O’DowdBy Mary O’Dowd There were important changes in attitudes to children in the eighteenth century. Throughout western Europe and colonial America, there was a new interest in the education and formation of children. Philosophers and writers such as Jean Jacques Rousseau, Mary Wollstonecraft and many others wrote about the rearing and education of children. There… Continue reading History of Children and Childhood, 1700-1800