Cruinniú na nÓg 2025

A day of free creativity for children and young people For Cruinniú na nÓg 2025 pupeteer Sineád Lynch and the Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann’s Arts/Craft/Play ‘Tír na nÓg’ team,* bring you an engagingly creative ‘Make and Story’ Shadow Puppetry session. Taking place in room 2 on level 5 at the Lexicon,… Continue reading Cruinniú na nÓg 2025

Glantór/Eraser

For Cruinniú na nÓg 2022 we launched a new monthly online story writing programme from the Museum of Childhood Ireland for Children and Youth aged up to 18 years Following on from the wonderful experiences of our previous creative writing initiatives, and popular teen in-person writing club, this is a new monthly online workshop to… Continue reading Glantór/Eraser

Stylus / Stíleas

For Cruinniú na nÓg, we’ve a new song/music writing platform for children and youth from the Museum of Childhood Ireland. Following on from our previous initiatives, this is a new platform, celebrating and promoting the diversity of song writing from young people at home and abroad. It will be moderated by guest song writers/ musicians.… Continue reading Stylus / Stíleas

Pencil/ Peann luaide

New Art Gallery for Children and Youth from the Museum of Childhood Ireland. Following on from the experiences of our previous Creative Art Initiatives, this is a new platform celebrating and promoting art from young people at home and abroad. This will be online, and highlighted twice yearly. email: info@museumofchildhood.ie New work uploaded February 2025:… Continue reading Pencil/ Peann luaide

Pen / Peann

https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-history-and-purpose-behind-the-4-color-multi-pens-Do-the-colors-have-specific-uses New Poetry platform for children and youth at the Museum of Childhood Ireland. Following on from the experiences of our previous and ongoing creative writing initiatives, and our popular teen writing club, this is a new platform celebrating and promoting diverse poetic writing from young people at home and abroad. This will be online,… Continue reading Pen / Peann

Shakespeare Lives

Shakespeare Lives through Kenneth Branagh on Stage and Screen For Cruinniú na nÓg 2018 we have an Exhibition and workshops at the Museum of Childhood Ireland office. Few have done more to celebrate and popularise the work of Shakespeare than actor and director, Kenneth Branagh, born in Belfast in December 1960. From his early days… Continue reading Shakespeare Lives