Tag: diaspora

Randolph Caldecott print

Framed, with a red mount by the Neptune Gallery, Dublin in the 1970s for Susan Browne, who was born in New York to Irish parents. Susan returned age 18 years of age in the early 1970s, to study history in Trinity College Dublin. Randolph Caldecott was an English artist and illustrator and the creator of… Continue reading Randolph Caldecott print

Snapshots of our Childhood

Joe Jackson, 1960s Glasthule Joe, age 7 on a wall in Glasthule, with Sandycove in the background. Photo by Joe Jackson senior. Memories of Two Cinemas and a Beat Club.  Every time I pass by the Spar shop in Glasthule, I am reminded of that building in three of its previous incarnations – the Astoria… Continue reading Snapshots of our Childhood

Community & Diaspora Engagement

Photo by Nils Nedel

Hello! Welcome to the Community Engagement programme at the Museum of Childhood Ireland, we’re thrilled you stopped by. Here you will find stories, memories and interviews shared by our friends and followers about all things childhood, and growing up in Ireland and amongst the diaspora.  We at the Museum feel that the community should be… Continue reading Community & Diaspora Engagement