7 year old Michael Going to and from School 1952-1961 According to Google Maps it’s 1.9 kilometres and takes 25 minutes to walk from where we lived in the railway cottage, through Carrowleam and Shancough, to Rockfield National School. So our daily route to primary school was just over a mile. I think it usually… Continue reading When We Were Kings and Queens of the Road: Michael Farry
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St. Patrick’s Day, Lá Fheile Padraig 2025
A celebration of childhood, creativity, and community spirit! Today the Museum of Childhood Ireland / Músaem Óige na hÉireann, took part in the 2025 Dún Laoghaire – Rathdown St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Our 100 strong team walked with the museum’s art/crafts group ‘Tír na nÓg’s, intergenerational, ‘Land and Sea; Celebrate your locality’ (using sustainable materials)… Continue reading St. Patrick’s Day, Lá Fheile Padraig 2025
Tír na nÓg – Downloadable Resource
Fill out the worksheet below! This comes from the tale of Oisín and Niamh in Tír na nÓg. In this story, Oisín, son of Finn Mac Cumhaill, and a member of the Fianna, the legendary group of warriors, falls in love with a beautiful woman, Niamh. She was the daughter of the king of Tír… Continue reading Tír na nÓg – Downloadable Resource
World Book Day 2025!
Happy World Book Day 2025! The theme of this year is Read Your Way. Here at the Children’s Rights Team of the Museum of Childhood Ireland, we think this ties into a really important right that all children on this island have. Article 30 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child… Continue reading World Book Day 2025!
St. Patrick’s Day Memories: Joanna Hill
For most of my early childhood my family of 6 lived in a one-bedroom flat on the 9th floor of a tower block in Inchicore. When I was 9 we moved to a new 3 bedroom house in Ballyfermot. Our new home was one of 5 new builds at the end of Rossmore Road. There… Continue reading St. Patrick’s Day Memories: Joanna Hill
Snapshots of our Childhood
Ian Ford, Bangor, 1940s Danielle with her Grandpa and her twin sister in his home A Wartime Childhood in Bangor, NI I was the first in my family to move to Northern Ireland in over 80 years. The last time had been in 1941, when my grandfather, Ian, had moved to Bangor as a bright-eyed… Continue reading Snapshots of our Childhood
Barbie Dolls in the Dorothy Hanley Collection
Barbie Dolls in the Dorothy Hanley Collection at the Museum of Childhood Ireland Barbie Dolls in Hanley Collection at the Museum of Childhood Ireland, by JaneLeonard (MCI intern, QUB): Selection Identified and Listed (lists also placed inrelevant boxes) Introduction Number 1 Barbie; also known asPonytail Barbie; 1959. Bubblecut Barbie circa 1961. Twist n’ Turn Barbie;… Continue reading Barbie Dolls in the Dorothy Hanley Collection
Historical Diary Entries – Downloadable Resource
Download this resource to learn more about children across space and time in Ireland, from their perspective! It encourages research of each of these different time periods. Try to imagine what life was like in each period! Answer key is at the end of the document. These are not primary sources, but written to showcase… Continue reading Historical Diary Entries – Downloadable Resource
All About Me and You. Downloadable Intergenerational – Resource
All About Me and You! This downloadable form is suitable for children and adults to use! To take part, scrap paper, pencils, colours might be useful. Record some history of you and your family…..Use at home or in your class for a project and if you like email it to the museum at info@museumofchildhoo.ie Contact… Continue reading All About Me and You. Downloadable Intergenerational – Resource
When We Were Kings and Queens of the Road: Desmond Morris
WALKING TO SCHOOL When Britain declared war on Germany on 3rd September 1939, I was an eleven-year-old schoolboy. I was a day boy at the Swindon High School, and walked there and back each day on my own. It was a distance of about a quarter of a mile. I kept mostly to main streets,… Continue reading When We Were Kings and Queens of the Road: Desmond Morris