Museums & culture in Ireland
Museums, galleries, open-air heritage sites and the collections worth planning a day around.
museum
14 Henrietta Street
museum
Allihies Copper Mine Museum
heritage town
Ardara
museum
Arigna Mining Experience
horse fair
Ballinasloe Horse Fair
museum
Blasket Centre
literary festival
Bloomsday
craft tradition
Bodhran Making
craft tradition
Claddagh Ring
craft tradition
Clones Lace
nature reserve and estate
Coole Park
museum
Cork City Gaol
music festival
Cork Jazz Festival
art gallery
Crawford Art Gallery
boat tradition
Currach Boats
craft studios
Donegal Craft Village
tradition
Donegal Tweed and Handweaving
museum ship
Dunbrody Famine Ship
observatory
Dunsink Observatory
music festival
Electric Picnic
museum
EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum
folklore and archaeology
Fairy Forts
music festival
Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann
working mill
Foxford Woollen Mills
museum
Foynes Flying Boat Museum
boat tradition
Galway Hooker Boats
arts festival
Galway International Arts Festival
racing festival
Galway Races
folk museum
Glencolmcille Folk Village
devotional sites
Holy Wells
factory tour
House of Waterford Crystal
art gallery
Hugh Lane Gallery
tradition
Hurling and Gaelic Games
musical tradition
Irish Harp Tradition
art museum
Irish Museum of Modern Art
tradition
Irish Pot Still Whiskey
dance tradition
Irish Step Dancing
museum
Irish Wake Museum
museum
James Joyce Centre
museum
James Joyce Tower
craft tradition
Kenmare Lace
museum
Kerry Writers' Museum
pilgrimage site
Knock Shrine
festival
Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival
literary festival
Listowel Writers' Week
library
Marsh's Library
museum
Medieval Mile Museum
museum
Museum of Literature Ireland
museum
National Leprechaun Museum
library
National Library of Ireland
museum
National Museum of Country Life
museum
National Museum of Ireland, Archaeology
agricultural show
National Ploughing Championships
inscribed stones
Ogham Stones
museum
Patrick Kavanagh Centre
festival
Puca Festival
festival
Puck Fair
festival
Rose of Tralee Festival
singing tradition
Sean-nos Singing
oral tradition
Seanchai Storytelling
working mills
Skerries Mills
music region
Sliabh Luachra
festival
St Patrick's Day
pilgrimage site
St Patrick's Purgatory
vernacular architecture
Thatched Cottages
theatre
The Abbey Theatre
library
The Chester Beatty
tradition
The Gaeltacht and the Irish Language
museum
The Hunt Museum
gallery
The National Gallery of Ireland
museum
Titanic Experience Cobh
island
Tory Island
tradition
Traditional Irish Music
library
Trinity College and the Book of Kells
musical tradition
Uilleann Pipes
opera festival
Wexford Festival Opera
festival
Willie Clancy Summer School
folk tradition