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

Rediscover Timeless Tales

Rediscovering Timeless Tales: The Enduring Magic of Joan Aiken, Mollie Hunter, and Violet Needham Introduction: An Invitation to Revisit Forgotten Classics I often return to books from my childhood—the kind of stories that offered wonder, excitement, and a hint of danger. It’s like reconnecting with an old friend: comforting, familiar, but always full of surprises. Recently,… Continue reading Rediscover Timeless Tales

From Achill Island to Nebraska

The Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann’s ‘The Children of Achill & Robert Henri Project & History Festival’ in 2023, inspired an exhibition in the artist’s boyhood home in Nebraska by Jessica Sharkey. “The Children of Achill and Robert Henri year of Research, followed by a Festival on Achill Island in March 2023… Continue reading From Achill Island to Nebraska

MCI’s Primary School Outreach 2024

Ongoing project Two 3rd and 4th class primary school classes gathered information from parents and grandparents about their childhoods, including celebratory holidays and traditions for a curriculum history module, and engaged with the museum to explore the subject. As a group they also watched the RTE Today Show with Dáithí and Maura for the lovely… Continue reading MCI’s Primary School Outreach 2024

Féile na Draíochta

Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann, with Sticky Fingers Arts Festival Day Time! Tales of Ireland’s Ancient East at Ice House Hill Park, Dundalk 12-4pm. Saturday 12th October 2024. Puppetry, art, craft, mythology, folklore, history, magic, play and storytelling…adventures of curious creatures across land and sea, and exploring the many different worlds in-between.… Continue reading Féile na Draíochta

When We Were Kings and Queens of the Road: Dr Martina Devlin

Photo: Steve Humphreys

FINDERS, KEEPERS – Martina Devlin I learned about the concept of turning in lost property as a result of my walk home from school one day. It was a mystifying notion – instinctively, my acquisitive little brain preferred the ‘finders, keepers’ version. Our family lived close to Loreto Convent Primary School in Omagh, at that time based in a clattery old building on top of a hill, while our house was at the bottom. The school journey… Continue reading When We Were Kings and Queens of the Road: Dr Martina Devlin

When We Were Kings and Queens of the Road: Peter Keane

Reminiscences of my daily schooldays journey Back in the day (the late 1950’s, many moons ago), I lived on Oliver Plunkett Avenue, Monkstown Farm. I attended pre-primary school in Convent Road and CBS Primary and Secondary on Eblana Avenue, Dun Laoghaire. Every schoolday I walked to Dun Laoghaire with my sisters, and walked back home… Continue reading When We Were Kings and Queens of the Road: Peter Keane

A Look to the Future: Researching Childhood and Youth

Now is an exciting time to be researching on the theme of childhood and youth. Across diverse fields such as history, literature, law, education and the sciences, there is a wealth of new research underway by PhD students, senior scholars and independent researchers alike. For Culture Night this year the Museum of Childhood Ireland will… Continue reading A Look to the Future: Researching Childhood and Youth

When We Were Kings and Queens of the Road: Dr Richard Hogan

I started walking to school with my brothers when I was five years old. Bag wobbling around my back, mother nervously waving us off. Down the muddy patch us adventurers traversed, the morning light breaking over the roofs of grey houses in Shamrock Lawn, friends joining as we slowly moved towards school. Talk of homework,… Continue reading When We Were Kings and Queens of the Road: Dr Richard Hogan

2.Heritage Week 2024

Voices of the Village, Guthanna an Sráidbhaile Dumha Acha Seachtain Náisiúnta na hOidhreachta. Heritage Week 2024 takes place from 17th – 25th August 2024. This year’s theme is “Connections, Routes and Networks”, and the Heritage Council invites all to explore how we are connected to each other both through physical routes and cultural connections.  Robert… Continue reading 2.Heritage Week 2024