Tir na nÓg

Children’s Art, Craft, Create, Imagine and Play Workshops from the Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann team The Museum of Childhood Ireland Músaem Óige na hÉireann (MCI) have hosted free children’s and intergenerational, art, craft, play engagement workshops across Ireland, since early 2018. They are called ‘Tír na nÓg. Throughout 2025 the work… Continue reading Tir na nÓg

The Ghost of Halloween Parties Past

This week we’re featuring some photos taken by Michael McCarthy of a Halloween Party some 50 years ago in Trinity College Dublin. Thank you to Michael for sharing! Want to be featured as part of our Halloween event? Send us your memories and pictures now at cbrowne@museumofchildhood.ie to be featured on our website and socials!

Halloween Memories – Connie Hurley

This week we’ve received some wonderful images from Connie Hurley, who remembers her childhood Halloweens fondly. “For the longest time as a very small girl I dressed everyday in my ‘fairy princess getting married’ outfit. I would go to the shops in it with my mum, take my big sister to school in it, go… Continue reading Halloween Memories – Connie Hurley