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Upgrade works to begin on Famine Memorial Garden in Letterkenny

The Famine Memorial Garden in Letterkenny will get a makeover. The amenity is located just off High Road and resting between Letterkenny Garda Station and the Donegal County Museum. The garden will be closed for eight weeks to facilitate the works, ...

18 Jan 2024 at 13:20

Arts & Entertainment

National: 'They Gave The Walls A Talking'

EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum has this week unveiled 'They Gave The Walls A Talking', a meticulously researched and poignant exhibition that has been months in the making. Developed in collaboration with Hot Press, Ireland’s legendary music, ...

12 Dec 2023 at 17:32

Northern Ireland

Funding boost for museum announced by minister during US visit

The Ulster American Folk Park in Co Tyrone is to receive a £750,000 funding boost as part of a drive to increase cultural and heritage links with the US. The announcement was made by Communities Minister Gordon Lyons during a visit to the ...

11 Mar 2025 at 17:13

What's On

Calling All Heritage Week Event Organisers

The County Donegal Heritage Office is inviting all this year’s Heritage Week event organisers in the county to a launch event for National Heritage Week in the County Museum, High Road, Letterkenny at 1pm on Thursday, August 1. Event ...

24 Jul 2024 at 10:34

Letterkenny/Milford

Glebe House and Gallery achieved official accreditation from the Heritage Council

Six museums were celebrated at a ceremony in Kilkenny Castle this week as they were awarded accreditation under the Heritage Council’s Museum Standards Programme for Ireland (MSPI). Glebe House and Gallery was the only museum in ...

23 Jul 2024 at 13:45

National News

'The keepers of our history' - Up to €1m in funding secured for late night museum scheme

A new late night museum pilot scheme to support Ireland's Night-Time Economy (NTE) has been announced. The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin, today (May 17) announced news of the ...

17 May 2023 at 15:05

Arts & Entertainment

REVEALED: The reason for extinction of early humans in Europe

An extreme cooling event in Europe caused an extinction of early humans on the continent around 1.1 million years ago, a study suggests. The abrupt climate changes saw ocean surface temperatures off Lisbon dropping below 6C – ...

13 Aug 2023 at 10:00

Spring forward takes time: One museum team has to change 600 clocks this Easter Sunday!

National News

As clocks spring forward at weekend, this team has over 600 clock times to change!

Spare a thought for the team of volunteers and staff who will work this Easter to change the time on over 600 clocks. As the clocks go forward by one hour at 1am this Easter Sunday, March 31, a team of staff and volunteers ...

30 Mar 2024 at 15:15

Pictures & Videos

PICTURES: Take a look behind the scenes of Ireland’s biggest, best and quirkiest museums

USE ARROWS OR NEXT BUTTON TO SEE MORE PICTURES Jump behind the scenes at Ireland’s biggest and best museums, as RTE’s Ireland's Hidden Treasures takes viewers on a journey through time and across the country. Running for ...

19 Apr 2024 at 15:46

Northern Ireland

Mandelson can be ‘champion’ for NI in US, Little-Pengelly says

The appointment of Peter Mandelson as the UK Ambassador to the US is a “huge opportunity for Northern Ireland”, the deputy First Minister has said. DUP deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly met Lord Mandelson at ...

11 Mar 2025 at 19:07

National News

Saoirse Ronan presents award for making ‘challenging cinema’ to Paul Mescal

Saoirse Ronan has presented her fellow Irish actor Paul Mescal with an award at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures gala event. Normal People star Mescal, who was nominated for a best Oscar actor gong for his role ...

20 Oct 2024 at 15:18

National News

Much-loved 'Dead Zoo' to close for a number of years for refurbishment

The Natural History Museum in Dublin is to close from September for a number of years to facilitate major refurbishment works, it has been confirmed. However, the timeline for the work for The Dead Zoo, to address ...

14 Jun 2024 at 08:44

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