For International Children’s Day 2025, explore poetic responses to your locality and create your own poem, with acclaimed young Irish poet Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi* and the team at the Museum of Childhood Ireland The workshop connects child and youth voices about their local environments with Ireland’s rich architectural heritage. This concept aligns beautifully with the museum’s… Continue reading International Children’s Day 2025
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Remembering Paul Durcan: A Poet shaped by Childhood and Adolescence
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Durcan “Bring me back to the dark school – to the dark school of childhood: To where tiny is tiny, and massive is massive.” https://www.rte.ie/radio/doconone/647306-radio-documentary-podcast-paul-durcans-mayo https://www.newisland.ie/shop/p/paul-durcans-diary Paul Durcan, Pól Mac Duarcáin, born in Dublin in 1944, was one of Ireland’s most distinctive and celebrated contemporary poets. His unique voice, combining surrealism, social critique, and deeply… Continue reading Remembering Paul Durcan: A Poet shaped by Childhood and Adolescence
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, and play engagement workshops across Ireland, since early 2018, known as ‘Tír na nÓg. Throughout 2025 the work… Continue reading Tir na nÓg