Tag: Dublin

Dante to Joyce

Museum of Childhood Ireland’s 5 year ‘Dante to Joyce’ Project began in 2023, and continues annually until 2027 To celebrate both Dante Day or Dantedi and Bloomsday the MCI developed another world first, a lovely Irish-Italian project on Dante Alighieri and James Joyce for younger children (4-12 years). The project is a collaborative concept and… Continue reading Dante to Joyce

Bloomsday 2025: Young Author Competition

Welcome to our annual Bloomsday competition, open to anyone under 18, with prizes for primary school and second level entrants! Read on to learn what’s involved and how to submit an entry. Newsflash! Deadline extended to noon, Friday May 23rd What to write James Joyce was an Irish writer who wrote a very famous book… Continue reading Bloomsday 2025: Young Author Competition

Richard’s McDonald’s Happy Meal Toys

Toy Collecting — Richard’s McDonald’s Happy Meal Toys display at BOI, 101 George’s Street Upper, Dún Laoghaire “Growing up in Dublin, McDonald’s wasn’t a regular occurrence for me but more an occasional treat. The only other times I found myself there as a child was for a birthday party. It was very common ( particularly… Continue reading Richard’s McDonald’s Happy Meal Toys

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

MCI at Dublin Comic Con 2025 – Barbie Project!

Hello! Great to see you at Comic Con Dublin 2025 Thank you for your interest in the Museum of Childhood Ireland’s Barbie Project!  Imagine, craft, document, display…Inspired by the Dorothy Hanley collection: The doll that is now in your custody is waiting for you to craft her an outfit/s so that she can be the… Continue reading MCI at Dublin Comic Con 2025 – Barbie Project!

Remembering Jennifer Johnston: A Voice That Bridges Generations

“We read real books, right from the age of four up to 17. We also read history books. But it always seemed to me that history books were written by people who were trying to explain some enormous mess that we’d all got into but were never going to be able to explain. Whereas novelists… Continue reading Remembering Jennifer Johnston: A Voice That Bridges Generations

YEATS, Jack B RHA (1871-1957): The Wren Boys

Hand-coloured Cuala Press print. Framed, 62.5 x 33.5cm (24.6 x 13.2in). Size of print 48 x 19cm (18.9 x 7.5in). Scene depicts a traditional December 26th, Saint Stephen’s Day celebration. Four boys carry a bush decorated with ribbons through a village. Footprints suggest snow, and open mouths suggest the boys are singing the traditional rhyme.… Continue reading YEATS, Jack B RHA (1871-1957): The Wren Boys

When We Were Kings and Queens of the Road: Alan Lambert

The early morning walks to school that I experienced in the late 1970s have never really receded into the past, as they are revived every time I connect with any part of the Metals, the lanes that run parallel to the railway lines from Dalkey to Dun Laoghaire. As we lived near Sallynoggin, at the… Continue reading When We Were Kings and Queens of the Road: Alan Lambert

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