Part III &#8211; Heritage Sites/Battlefields

Web http://www.stpatricks-cathedral.org/

Armagh

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Armagh County Museum

The Mall East,

Armagh,

BT61 9BE

Tel: 028 3752 3070

Fax: 028 3752 2631

Website: Armagh County Museum Website

This
museum has on display important collections of objects related to the
Tyrone, Louth and Armagh Militia; the Irish Volunteers, Yeomanry and
Royal Irish Fusiliers. It also holds weapons including pikes used in
the 1798 Rebellion and a range of materials related to the two World
Wars. The Museum library contains a number of Army Lists: of Army and Royal Marines, and Yeomanry from the early nineteenth Century.

Open Mon-Fri 10.00am-5.00pm, Sat 10.00am-1.00pm

Admission free.

Benburb

Valley

Heritage Centre

89 Milltown Road

Tullymore, Benburb.

Tel: 028 3754 9885

This
heritage centre is close to the site of the June 1646 battle where
Gaelic forces under the command of Owen Roe O’Neill defeated Scottish
troops under Robert Munroe. The biggest battle of the eleven-year
Confederate War, some historians have described it as the only pitched
battle the Gaelic Irish ever won.

Open Mon-Thurs 9.00am-5.00pm, Fri 9.00am-2.00pm

St.Patrick’s Cathedral

The Library,

Abbey St.

Armagh

Tel: 028 3752 3142

e-mail dean@armagh.anglican.org

Possibly
the oldest church in Ulster still in use, St. Patrick’s is the burial
site of Brian Boru, the High King of Ireland, who died in battle at
Clontarf in 1014. The Old Cathedral contains the military chapel of the
Royal Irish Fusiliers and the regimental colours of the regiment as
well as local militia and volunteer units are on display. The cathedral
also displays the colours of French General Humbert’s 2^nd Battalion, 70^th Demi-Brigade, captured by the
Armagh
militia at the battle of Balinamuck in September 1798.

Open Daily, 10.00 am-5.00 pm April-October, 10.00 am-4.00 pm November-March

Royal Irish Fusiliers Museum,

The Sovereign’s House,

Mall East, Armagh, BT61 9DL

Tel: 028 3752 2911

E-mail fusiliersmuseum@aol.com

Web http://www.rirfus-museum.freeserve.co.uk/

The museum holds the uniforms, medals and regalia of the regiment,
known as the ‘Faughs’ from their battle cry ‘Faugh-a-Ballagh’ (Clear
the Way). Exhibits tell the story of the Royal Irish Fusiliers (RIr
Fus) from its formation in 1793 during the Napoleonic Wars, through the
Crimean War, the Boer War, where the regiment relieved
the besieged Ladysmith, to extensive service in the First and Second
World Wars where the Fusiliers fought at the Somme, Dunkirk, north
Africa and in Italy. The regiment amalgamated with the Royal
Inniskilling Fusiliers and the Royal Ulster Rifles in 1968 to form the
Royal Irish Rangers (RIr Rang).

Open Mon-Fri 10.00am-12.30pm, 1.00pm-4.00pm

Admission charge.
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Carlow

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Carlow Castle

Town Centre,

Carlow.

The
Mote was erected by Hugh de Lacy in the 1180s. Later the castle was
granted to the earls of Norfolk by the crown. It was captured by James
FitzGerald in 1494 and Silken Thomas in 1535. In 1642 it was occupied
by the armies of the Catholic Confederation, only to be retaken by
Cromwellian troops 8 years later.

Open weekdays

Carlow Military Museum

Old Church , St. Dympna’s, Athy Road , Carlow.

Tel: 087 2850509

E-mail:Carlow Military Musuem

The
museum’s main focus is on the history of the Irish Defence Forces.
Displays feature the uniforms and insignia of the Defence Forces
through the years and document their United Nations service in the
Congo , Lebanon and Somalia . Other displays focus on the involvement
of Carlow people in military service from the Carlow Militia to Captain
Myles Keogh of the US 7th Cavalry and up to the First World War.

Open alternate Sundays during spring and summer. Otherwise by appointment.

Admission charge.

Carlow County Museum

Carlow Town Council,

Town Hall,

Carlow Town

Tel: 00 353 (0) 59 9131759

Collections mainly relating to the social and commercial history of the county.

Open Tues-Fri 11.00am-5.00pm.

Web:Carlow County Museum Website

Cavan

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Cavan County Museum

Virginia Road,

Ballyjamesduff,

Co. Cavan.

Tel: 049 44070

Fax: 049 44332

E-mail: Cavan County Musuem

The county’s local museum, which contains some material of interest to military history.

Open Tues-Sat 10.00am-5.00pm

Sun 2.00pm-6.00pm (June-September only).

Admission charge.

Clare

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Bunratty Castle

Co. Clare

Airport road,

eight miles west of Limerick.

Web: Bunratty Castle Website

Norman
castles were built here from 1251 onwards, although Vikings had
previously established a fortification here earlier, on a strategic
island with a view of river traffic entering and leaving the port of
Limerick . The castle was at first the home of the Gaelic MacNamara
family but passed through marriage into the hands of the O’Briens of
Thomond. The building suffered during the conflicts of the 1600s, when
the O’Briens abandoned it. Today it is internationally known for its
Folk Park and medieval banquets.

Open Daily, year round
Mon-Fri

Summer
9.00 am-6.30 pm

Winter 9.30 am-5.30 pm

Carrigaholt Castle

Seven miles west of Kilkee, Co. Clare (In ruins).

Web: Carrigaholt Castle Website

Built
by the McMahons in the fifteenthcentury, this tower house dominated the
Corcabascin Peninsula . In 1588 seven ships of the Spanish Armada
anchored at Carrigaholt. Soon afterwards government forces
unsuccessfully besieged the castle. In 1589 however. the Earl of
Thomond captured the castle and killed all its defenders, passing the
castle to his brother’s control. His grandson Viscount Clare raised a
regiment of horse for James II’s armies in the 1680s but following the
victory of the Williamites the castle and estate were confiscated by
the crown.

Clare Museum

Arthur’s Row, off O’Connell Square,

Ennis, Co. Clare.

Tel: 065 682 3382

E-mail: Clare Museum

Website: www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/claremuseum

The
museum holds a number of weapons, medals and memorabilia from the 1798
Rebellion, First and Second World Wars and the War of Independence.
These include pike heads from 1798, rifles and revolvers from the
1916-23 period, mines and anti-submarine devices washed ashore during
the Second world War and the Africa Star, Italy Star and 1939-45 Silver
Medals awarded to nurse Josephine Canny.

Open All year round.

Admission charge.

Craggaunowen

Kilmurry,

Sixmilebridge,

Co. Clare.

Tel: 061 360788

Fax: 061 361020.

Web: Craggaunowen Website

Reconstruction of Celtic village life, including a ring fort.

Open Daily, March-October

Admission charge.

Dysert O’Dea Castle

Dysert O’Dea,

Corofin,

Co. Clare.

Tel: 065 6837401

Web: Dysert O’Dea Castle Website

The
castle was built in 1480 by Diarmaid O’Dea. It was badly damaged by
Cromwellian forces in 1651. It is close to the site of the 1318 Battle
of Dysert O’Dea, where Norman overlord Richard de Clare was defeated
and killed by Murtagh O’Brien, king of Thomond and his allies the
O’Deas. The castle now houses a museum.

Killaloe Heritage Centre

Killaloe,

Co. Clare.

Tel: 061 376866

Website: Killaloe Heritage Centre

The
centre is devoted to Ireland ’s Celtic heritage. Killaloe was the
birthplace of Brian Boru, king of Munster and the most successful of
the old Irish kings.

Open Daily, 10.00am-6.00pm, May-September

Knappogue Castle

Quin

Co. Clare.

Tel: 061 360788

Web: Knappogue Castle Website

The
castle, seat of the MacNamara family from 1467, was occupied by
Cromwellian forces as a consequence of Douglas MacNamara’s
participation in the 1641 rebellion.

Open Daily, May-October.

Cork

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Ballincollig Gunpowder Mills Heritage Centre

Killarney Road

five miles from Cork city.

During the Napoleonic Wars the British Board of Ordnance bought local
mills and turned them into a major arms producing centre, employing 500
local men and boys by the 1880s.

Open: This Heritage Centre was closed in 2002.

Bantry French Armada Centre

East Stables,

Bantry House,

Bantry,

Co.Cork

Tel: 027 51796

Web: Bantry French Armada Centre Website

In
1796 a French Fleet carrying almost 15,000 troops, among them the
United Irish leader Wolfe Tone, almost succeeded in landing on the Cork
coast. This centre features audiovisual reconstructions of French Naval
life and the plans of Tone and the United Irishmen.

Open April-October

Admission charge.

Charles Fort

Summer Cove

Kinsale

Tel: 021 4772263

Fax: 021 4774347

Web: Charles Fort Website

One
of the largest military forts in Ireland, the construction of this fort
commenced in 1677 on the site of a medieval castle, which had itself
been occupied by Spanish forces in 1601. The star shaped Charles Fort
saw fighting soon after its construction when it was besieged by the
Williamite general the Duke of Marlborough . It was also the scene of
fighting during the Civil War.

Opening Times

Mid March-October 10.00am-6.00pm

Nov-Mid March, Sat-Sun 10.00am-5.00pm , weekdays by arrangement.

Admission charge & regular guided tours.

Cobh Heritage Centre

Cobh, Co. Cork .

Tel: 021 4813591 Fax 021 4813595

E-mail: Cobh Heritage Centre

The centre is primarily concerned with the story of Irish emigration but contains some material relating to naval warfare.

Open Daily, 10.00am-6.00pm (5.00pm in Winter).

Admission charge.

Collins Barracks Cork Military Museum

Collins Barracks

Cork.

Tel: 021 4514125 & 021 4514126

Fax: 021 4502666

The
museum opened in 1985 and was conceived as a tribute to soldiers from
the barracks on lost their lives in the line of duty. Its core
collection is that of memorabilia associated with Michael Collins,
including his personal diary, some personal papers, two of his
revolvers and his War of Independence medal. In addition, the museum
houses a large photographic collection dedicated to the history of the
barracks.

Access controlled. Write to Officer Commanding Collins Barracks, Cork.

Conna Castle

Four miles west of Tullow

Built
in the 1550s by Sir Thomas Roe FitzGerald, the castle was lost to the
Earl of Essex after FitzGerald joined the 1599 revolt. In 1645 the
castle was captured by Confederate Catholic forces and its garrison
killed.

Cork Public Museum

FitzGerald Park

Mardyke

Cork

Tel: 021 4270679

Fax: 021 4270931

E-mail: Cork Public Museum

The
museum holds an extensive collection relating to the War of
Independence period in Cork, with artefacts and memorabilia belonging
to Tom Barry, Terence MacSwiney and Thomas MacCurtain. Uniforms, medals
and weapons feature in the collection. The museum also holds a small
number of collections which relate to the involvement of Cork people in
the American Civil War.

Open Times

Mon-Fri 11.00 am-1.00 pm, 2.15 pm-5.00 pm.

Sun 3.00 pm-5.00 pm

Admission free

Desmond Castle

Cork Street

Kinsale.

Tel: 021 477 4855

Web: Desmond Castle Website

Built
in 1500 this castle was captured by the Spanish in the winter of 1601,
during the Battle of Kinsale; it was used to house captured
American sailors during the American Revolution. Known locally as the
‘French Prison’ after 54 French prisoners burned to death here in 1747.

Open Times:

April-June Tue-Sun 10.00am-6.00pm,

June-October, daily 10.00am-6.00pm.

Admission charge.

Kinsale Museum

Market Square

Kinsale.

Tel: 021 4777930

Website: homepage.tinet.ie/~kinsalemuseum/index.html

The
Battle of Kinsale was a decisive turning point in Irish history,
bringing to an end a nine year rebellion which had seen a powerful
alliance of Ulster Gaelic chieftains drive the English from that
province and spread insurrection throughout Ireland. A Spanish
expeditionary force landed in the Kinsale area in September 1601 but
was besieged by English forces under the Lord Deputy Mountjoy. A large
force of Gaelic soldiers led by Hugh O’Neill and Red Hugh O’Donnell
marched from Ulster to link up with the Spanish. Despite early
successes the Irish forces were routed in early 1602 and the Spanish
agreed to withdraw. The defeat ended Spain ’s immediate interest in
Ireland and broke the spirit of the Ulster lords’ resistance, setting
the scene for plantation and conquest. The museum contains a major
exhibition on this theme. There are also collections relating to the
sinking of the Lusitiania in 1915.

Open Times:

Sat 10.00am-5.00pm, Sun 2.00pm-5.00pm.

Mallow Castle

Mallow

Co. Cork

Web: Mallow Castle Website

A
fortress of the Desmond family it was granted in 1584 to Sir Thomas
Norreys, lord president of Munster . It held out against the
Confederates in 1645 and fell into disuse soon after.

West Cork Regional Museum

Western Road

Clonakilty

Co.Cork .

The
museum’s main exhibition focuses on the War of Independence in west
Cork . Arms and militaria are displayed and there is a special emphasis
on the career of Michael Collins.

Derry

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Derry City Walls

Having withstood the famous 105-day siege by Jacobite forces in 1689,
Derry is the only remaining completely walled city in Ireland . The
walls encircle the old city, a circuit of one mile and are open to the
public from dawn till dusk, admission free.

Plantation of Ulster Centre

50 High Street

Draperstown

Co. Derry .

Tel: 028 7962 7800

Fax: 028 7962 7732

E-mail: Plantation of Ulser Centre

Interactive
museum and heritage centre which explains the military and political
background to the Ulster Plantations. Following the defeat of the nine
years insurrection, the submission of the major Gaelic lords during the
early 1600s and the ‘Flight of the Earls’ in 1607 the Crown confiscated
land in Donegal, Tyrone and Fermanagh and granted it to English and
Scottish planters.

Open Times:

Easter-Sept

Mon-Sat 10.00am-5.00pm

Sun 1.00pm-5.00pm.

Oct-Easter

Mon-Fri, 10.00am-4.00pm.

Admission charge.

St. Columb’s Cathedral

London Street

Derry

Tel: 028 71267313

Web: St. Columb’s Cathedral Website

The
Cathedral’s museum contains artefacts from the Siege of Derry. The
Cathedral itself contains a copy of Ireland’s Memorial Records of World
War One, memorials to local war dead as well as British and American
regimental flags. The cannon ball which contained a Jacobite note
demanding Derry ’s surrender in 1689 is on display outside the
Cathedral.

Open Mon-Sat, all year round

Summer 9.00am-5.00pm

Winter 9.00am-1.00pm & 2.00pm-4.00pm.

Admission charge.

Tower Museum

The Union Hall Place

Derry

Tel: 028 71372411

Web: Tower Museum Website

The
award winning museum holds numerous artefacts relating to the Siege in
1689, the conflicts between 1912 and 1922 as well as the impact of both
World Wars on the city of Derry.

Open Sept-June,

Tues-Sat & Bank Holiday Mondays 10.00am-5.00pm

July-August, Mon-Sat, 10.00am-5.00pm

Admission charge.

Workhouse Museum

23 Glendermott Road ,

Tel: 028 71318328.

Web: Workhouse Museum Website

The
museum’s first floor contains the Atlantic Memorial exhibition that
details the role the city played during the Battle of the Atlantic .
The exhibition contains uniforms, paper items and artefacts.

Open Times

Mon-Thurs and Sat 10.00am-4.00pm.

July-August also open Fridays.

Admission free.

Donegal

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Castledoe

Two miles north east of Creeslough on the coast, by Sheephaven bay.

Built
in the 1520s by MacSweeney Doe, head of a branch of the O’Donnell
family, the castle was subjected to over twenty sieges before being
abandoned in the late 1600s. Sailors from the Spanish Armada were given
refuge at the castle in 1588. In 1601 Red Hugh O’Donnell seized the
castle, as did Confederate Catholics in 1641, the Cromwellians in 1650
and both Jacobites and Williamites during the 1690s.

Donegal Castle

Donegal Town.

Web: Donegal Castle Website

Built
in the 1400s this castle became the chief seat of the powerful
O’Donnell clan. After the flight of the earls the O’Donnell lands were
granted to the Brooke family, who successfully defended the castle
during the 1641 rebellion and the Jacobite wars.

Donegal County Museum

High Road, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal.

Tel: 074-24613

Web: Donegal County Museum Website

Exhibits chart the history of the county and include a section on the Emergency.

Open Daily. Admission free.

Flight of the Earls Heritage Centre

Rathmullan Harbour

Co. Donegal.

Tel: 074 9158131

Based
in a fort constructed during the Napoleonic Wars and situated close to
where the ‘flight’ took place, exhibits explain how in 1607 Hugh
O’Neill, earl of Tyrone, Rory O’Donnell, earl of Tyrconnell and
Cuchonnacht Maguire, lord of Fermanagh fled Ireland. The government
declared their leaving treasonous and confiscated their lands to make
way for the Ulster Planatation.

Open Easter weekend

mid May-mid September, Mon-Sat, 10.00 am-6.00 pm, Sun, 12.00-6.00 pm.

Admission charge.

Fort Dunree Military Museum

Dunree

Linsfort

Buncrana

Co. Donegal.

Tel: 077 61817

E-mail: Fort Dunree Military Museum

Website: www.dunree.pro.ie/

Originally
built to guard against French naval incursion between 1798 and 1800, by
1900 Fort Dunree was a modern coastal defence fortification. During
October 1914 its guns protected the British Grand Fleet while it
sheltered in Lough Swilly. In 1938 the fort was handed over to the
Irish Free State and was an important part of the defence effort during
the Emergency. It continued to be used for military training until the
1980s. The museum uses interactive technology to bring to life the
history of the fort.

Open June-September, Mon-Sat 10.30am-6.00pm, Sun 1.00-6.00pm.

Greencastle (Northburgh)

East of Greencastle village,

on Inishowen shore of Lough Foyle . (In ruins)

Built
by the Earl of Ulster, Richard de Burgo in 1305 to subdue the local
O’Donnells and O’Neills. The castle was an important strategic post
controlling entry to Lough Foyle. In 1316 it was captured by Edward
Bruce. Following the murder of William de Burgo in 1333, the de Burgos
lost their power in the region, and the castle passed into the control
of the O’Dohertys. However in 1555 the castle was almost destroyed
during fighting among the O’Dohertys and O’Donnells and although
garrisoned by the crown into the 1600s it was eventually abandoned.

Grianan of Aileach

Off Buncrana-Derry road,

Inishowen.

Web: Grianan of Aileach Website

This
was the ancient fort and stronghold of the O’Neills of Ulster from the
fifth to the twelfth centuries, until its destruction by Murtagh
O’Brien of Munster in 1101. Set 800 feet above sea level the fort
provides spectacular views of Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly.

Down

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Down County Museum

The Mall,

Downpatrick,

Co. Down BT30 6AH

Tel: 028 4461 5218

Fax:028 4461 5590

E-mail: Down County Museum

Web: Down County Museum Website

This
museum is situated in the former Down county gaol, in which former
United Irish leader, thomas Russell was imprisoned prior to his public
execution in 1803. The museum holds material relating to the 1798 and
1803 rebellions including weapons and documents. There are also
exhibits on the Ulster and Irish Volunteer’s from 1912 onwards and
substantial collections relating to the two World Wars..

Open Tue-Fri 11.00am-5.00pm, Sat & Sun, 2.00pm-5.00pm.

Dundrum Castle

Dundrum village,

Co. Down.

Web: Dundrum Castle Website

Founded
by John de Courcy in 1177 the castle was seized from him by King John
in 1210. The castle was in turn seized by the Magennis family in the
1300s, who held it until expelled by Lord Mountjoy in 1601. The
Maginnis family retook the castle during the 1641 Rebellion but it was
captured and dismantled by Cromwellian forces in 1652.

Open.

Green Castle

Seashore Carlingford Lough

off A2 Kilkeel-Warrenpoint road.

Tel: 028 9054 3037

E-mail:Green Castle

Web: Green Castle Website

Built
in the mid thirteenth century the castle commanded the sea link to
Carlingford. It was besieged and captured by Edward Bruce in 1316. It
was again besieged in 1333-34 and captured by Irish forces in 1343 and
1375. In 1505 it was granted to the Earls of Kildare but was destroyed
by Cromwellian forces in 1652.

Guided tours available.

Grey Point Fort

The Fort,

Helen’s Bay,

Co. Down BT19 1LE

Tel: 028 9185 3621

Web:

A
coastal artillery site was built at Grey Point on the shores of Belfast
Lough between 1904 and 1907, to provide security for Belfast port.
Housing 6 inch guns and two mark VII saluting guns, it was
operational during both world wars and remained manned until 1957. With
the fort’s closure its guns were removed. When in 1987 the fort
was restored as a historic site, two 6 inch guns Mark VII, were donated
by the Irish Defence Forces from coastal defence forts in Cork Harbour .

Open All year round, 10.00 am-5.00 pm.

Jordan’s Castle

Ardglass,

Co. Down.

Tel: +44 (0) 28 90546552

Built in the 1400s to defend the seaport of Ardglass, it withstood a lengthy siege during Tyrone’s rebellion.

Open to public.

North Down Heritage Centre

Town Hall,

Bangor

Co. Down.

Tel: +44 (0)28 91271200

Web: North Down Heritage Centre

The centre houses material relating to the social history of the county.

Open Daily, 10.30am-4.30pm

Somme Heritage Centre,

233 Bangor Road,

Newtownards,

Co. Down, BT23 7PH

Tel: 028 4782 3202

E-mail: Somme Heritage Centre

Website: www.irishsoldier.org

This
Heritage Centre holds over 5000 artefacts dealing with the First World
War. Education is central to the Centre’s aims and guided tours and
education packs aimed at school goers are available. Elements of the
battlefields of the War are reconstructed in a multi-media
exhibition and the political background to pre war Ireland is
illustrated through the use of material from the Irish and Ulster
Volunteers. There is a database of Irish fatalities of the Great War
for those wishing to trace details of relatives. The Somme Association,
which coordinates research into Ireland ’s part in the First World War,
is based at the Centre.

Open Mon-Thurs 10.00am-4.00pm, Sat& Sun 12.00pm-4.00pm.

Dublin

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Arbour Hill Cemetry

Arbour Hill,

Dublin 7.

Web: Arbour Hill Cemetry

The
1916 Memorial, located in the cemetery at the rear of the Church of the
Sacred Heart, contains the graves of 14 of the executed leaders of the
1916 Rising. The cemetery also contains the graves of many soldiers who
died while serving with the British army in Dublin . The colours of
various battalions of the Defence Forces formed to serve with the
United Nations are laid up in the Scurch of the Sacred Heart. The
church also contains a number of British army regimental plaques.

Open Daily 9.00 am-5.00 pm

Bank of Ireland

College Green,

Dublin 2.

Situated
within the bank and open to the public is the former House of
Lords of the Irish parliament during the eighteenth century. On either
wall are tapestries commemorating the battle of the Boyne and the siege
of Derry . College Green was the site for numerous mobilisations of the
Volunteer movement during the 1780s. The cannon, a carronade, in the
Bank’s forecourt date from the period of the Napoleonic Wars.

Open Mon-Fri, 10.00am-4.00pm.

Christchurch Cathedral

Dublin

Tel: 01 6778099

Website: www.cccdub.ie/visitors/visitinfo.html

The
cathedral is the burial place of many of the first Anglo Norman lords
of Dublin and site of memorials to Irish dead of the two World Wars.

Open Mon-Fri 9.45am-5.00pm, Sat & Sun 10.00am-5.00pm

Admission-donation

City Hall

Dame Street , Dublin 2.

Tel: 01 6722204 Fax 01 6722620

E-mail: City Hall

Website: City Hall Website

A
permanent multi-media exhibition The Story of the Capital includes many
references to the experience of warfare in Dublin from the Viking
period onwards. The City Hall itself was the scene of fighting during
the 1916 Rising and a plague commemorates members of the Irish Citizen
Army killed there.

Open Mon-Sat, 10.00am-5.15pm,

Sun 2.00am-5.00pm.

Admission charge.

Civic Museum

58 South William Street ,

Dublin 2

Tel: 01 6794260

Exhibits deal with the social, economic and political history of Dublin .

Open Times

Tues-Sat 10.00am-6.00pm

Sun 11.00am-2.00pm

Admission free.

Croppies’ Acre Memorial Garden

Collins Barracks,

Dublin 7.

The
portion of the esplanade, in front of Collins Barracks, is called is
called the Croppie’s Acre . This is because hundreds of executed rank
and file of the 1798 Rebellion are said to be buried there. An
official memorial was formally unveiled here in 1998.

Dublin Castle

Dame Street

Dublin 2.

Tel: 01 6777129

Fax: 01 6797831

Web: Dublin Castle Website

Built
originally in the thirteenth century it functioned as a prison,
treasury, courts of law and military fortress but, most famously, as
the seat of English and British administration in Ireland and hence was
subject to numerous sieges and attacks over the centuries. Its Heraldic
Museum holds a collection of flags of the eighteenth century Irish
regiments of France .

Open Courtyard every day. 10.00am-5.00pm. Admission free.

State Apartments Mon-Fri 10.00am-5.00pm, Sat,

Sun and Bank Holidays 2.00pm-5.00pm. Admission charge

Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) Museum

New Cusack Stand

Croke Park , Dublin 3.

Tel: 01 8192323

Fax: 01 8192324

E-mail: GAA Museum

website: Gaa Museum Website

This
museum holds many materials related to the development of militant
nationalism in the early twentieth Century as well as from the 1916-21
period. The Croke Park stadium itself was the scene of the November
1920 Bloody Sunday massacre.

Open May-September Mon-Sat,
9.30am-5.00pm October-April Mon-Sat 10.00am-5.00pm, Sundays
12.00pm-5.00pm (restrictions on match days).

Admission charge.

Garda Siochana Museum and Archives

The Records Tower , Dublin Castle , Dublin 2.

Tel: 01 6719597

Website: www.esatclear.ie/~garda/index.html

The
museum features exhibits relating to the history of the Garda from 1922
but also material on the story of policing in Ireland with much
relevance to the conflicts of the twentieth century.

Open Mon-Fri 9.00am-5.00pm

Admission free.

Garden of Remembrance

Parnell Square East , Dublin 1.

Tel: 01 6472498

This memorial garden was opened in 1966 and is dedicated to those who gave their lives for Irish independence.

Open Every day – Summer 9.30am-8.00pm

Winter 11.00am-4.00pm.

Admission free.

General Post Office (GPO)

O’Connell Street

Dublin 1.

Web: General Post Office Website

The headquarters of the 1916 rebels, almost destroyed by shelling during the Rising, it was reopened in 1928.

Open Daily.

Glasnevin Cemetery

Finglas Road

Dublin 11.

E-mail: Glasnevin Cemetry
Website: www.glasnevintrust.ie

This
is the final resting place of numerous personalities connected to the
Irish nationalist and republican movement among them Michael Collins,
Eamon de Valera, Countess Markievicz, Roger Casement and Kevin Barry.

Open Daylight hours. Admission free.

Tours Wednesday and Friday – contact 01 8301133.

Irish Jewish Museum

3-4 Walworth Road,

South Circular Road

Dublin 8.

Tel: 01 4531797/6760737

Web: Irish Jewish Museum Website

The
museum holds some material on the involvement of Irish Jews in warfare,
such as Robert Briscoe, IRA gunrunner during the War of Independence
and later lord mayor of Dublin.

Open May-September, Sun, Tue, Thurs, 11.00am-3.30pm.

October-April, Sunday only, 10.30am-2.30pm.

Donations accepted.

Kilmainham Jail

Inchicore Road, Dublin 8

Tel: 01 4535984

Fax: 01 4532037

Web: Kilmainham Gaol Website

Today
one of the largest unoccupied gaols in Europe, Kilmainham housed rebel
prisoners in 1798, 1803, 1848, 1867, 1916 and from 1919-23. Numerous
personalities from Irish history such as Robert Emmett, Charles Stewart
Parnell, James Connolly and Eamon de Valera were imprisoned here. It
was the scene of many executions and dramatic escapes and continued in
use until the end of the Civil War. Its museum has a comprehensive
exhibition of materials relating to Irish history. Guided tours of the
prison daily, on the hour. The gaol and museum are often extremely busy
during the summer months.

Open April-September, daily 9.30am-6.00pm
(last admission 4.45) October-March, Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm (last
admission 4pm) Sun 10.00am-6.00pm (last admission 4.45). Tours last one
hour – allow extra 30 minutes to see exhibition. Admission charge.

National Maritime Museum Dun Laoghaire

The Mariners Church

Haigh Terrace

Dun Laoghaire .

Tel: 01-2800969

Website: www.dun-laoghaire.com/dir/maritime.html

Among
the items of military interest on display are the Bantry Boat, a 38’
long officers barge captured during the failed French landing of 1796
and the Irish merchant ship Kerlogue that rescued 168 German sailors in
the Bay of Biscay during 1943. The museum also houses a permanent
display of models, photographs, documents and uniforms that
commemorates the Naval Service.

Open From Easter Sundays and Bank Holidays 1.00pm-5.00pm.

May-September Tues-Sun 1.00pm-5.00pm

Admission Charge.

National Museum of Ireland ,

Collins Barracks

Benburb Street ,

Dublin 7.

Tel: 01 6777444

Fax: 01 6777828

Web: National Museum Website

Situated
in a former military barracks, from 2007 this museum has included
a major permanent exhibition dealing with Ireland’s military heritage.
While other areas of the museum deal with the military history of
Ireland until 1600, this exhibition traces military history in Ireland,
and uses origianl artefacts, letters, replicas and interactives to show
how soldiering and war affected the lives of Irish people Three main
themes are explained through the eyes of the average Irish soldier and
civilian caught up in war and conflict here in Ireland: Irish soldiers
at home; Irish soldiers abroad; and Irish soldiers in the 20th century.
The exhibition also looks at the economic and social aspects of war:
why soldiers jopin armies; women and families at war; and soldiers’
experience of war and conflict.

The extensive collection of
military artefacts, loand and recent donations have been sourced from
museums all over the world. It is on permanent display over eight
galleries, covering 1,700 sq m in Collins Barracks.
Open times

Tues-Sat 10.00am-5.00pm

Sun 2.00pm-5.00pm

Admission free.

The National Museum

Kildare Street , Dublin 2.

Tel: 01 6777444

Fax: 01 6766116

Permanent
exhibitions on the impact of the Viking and Norman invasions contain
much of military interest. ‘Kings, Lords and Warriors’ deals with the
wars of the Norman conquest and includes exhibits such as an early
siege gun. Medals and flags from the nineteenth century include those
relating to the Young Irelanders and the Fenians. The Museum contains a
permanent exhibition entitled the ‘Road to Independence ’, which
features uniforms, weapons, medals and flags from the 1912 -23 period.
Included among the exhibits are weapons that belonged to Patrick
Pearse, Countess Markievicz, Ernie O’Malley, Michael Collins and Eamon
de Valera.

Open times

Tues-Sat 10.00am-5.00pm

Sun 2.00pm-5.00pm

Admission free.

National War Memorial Park

Islandbridge,

Dublin 8.

Tel: 01 6472498 or 01 6770236

Web: National War Memorial Park Website

Site
of the National War Memorial Gardens built as a permanent tribute to
the Irish dead of the World War One, the Gardens now also commemorate
Irish fatalities of World War Two. Sunken rose gardens and extensive
tree planting make the site an area of great beauty. Four granite
Bookrooms contain the names of the 49,400 Irish dead of 1914-1918 in
Ireland’s Memorial Records.

Open Mon-Fri 8.00am

Sun 10.00am Daylight hours.

Access to Bookrooms by arrangement with management.

Admission free.

Pearse Museum and St. Enda’ Park

St. Enda’s Park,

Grange Road

Rathfarnham, Dublin 16.

Tel: 01 493 4208

Fax: 01 493 6120

Web: Pearse Museum and St Enda’s Park Website

Situated
in the building that housed the school run by the 1916 rebel leader,
with audiovisual presentation ‘This Man Kept a School’ and attractive
gardens and nature walks.

Open May-August daily, 10.00am-8.00pm

September-October 10.00am-7.00pm

November-March, 10.00am-4.30pm.

Admission free.

Fermanagh

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Enniskillen Castle

Castle Barracks

Enniskillen

Co. Fermanagh

E-mail: Enniskillen Castle

Website: www.enniskillencastle.co.uk

Tel: 028 663 25000

Fax: 028 663 27342

The
castle was built in the 1400s as a stronghold of local Gaelic
chieftains the Maguires, whose rule was interrupted periodically by
attacks from the neighbouring O’Neills and O’Donnells. In the 1600s the
English took the castle and the plantation town of Enniskillen took its
name from the building. Later it became the headquarters of the Royal
Inniskilling Fusiliers. Today Enniskillen Castle comprises the Castle
Keep and an array of nineteenth century buildings.The Fermanagh County
Museum is located in the latter, while the Castle Keep is hme to the
Inniskillings Museum .

Open Times

Open
All year round, Mon-Fri, Sundays, July and August only.

Admission charge.

Fermanagh County Museum

Enniskillen Castle

Co. Fermanagh

Tel: 028 663 25000

Fax: 028 663 27342

The museum’s colourful exhibits and audio-visual programmes relate to the history, wildlife and landscape of Fermanagh.

Open Mon-Sat, all year round, Sundays, Julay and August only.

Old Crom Castle

Crom, west of Newtownbutler.

Only built in 1611 the castle withstood two Jacobite sieges in 1689.

Open to public.

Inniskillings Museum, The

The Castle

Enniskillen

Co. Fermanagh BT74 7HL

Tel: 028 6632 3142

Fax: 028 6632 0359

Web: Inniskillings Museum Website

The museum tells the story of Enniskillen’s two famous regiments, the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards.

Situated in the historic building of Enniskillen Castle, the museum consists of a series of show cases containing a wide selection of artefacts, uniforms, weapons and regimental silver. Each case also contains information panels telling the regiments’ history. There are also a number of figure reconstructions representing episodes in the regiments’ history. Hundreds of campaign and gallantry medals are displayed. Touch screens further enrich the visitors’ experience. Also on show are military vehicles such as would have been used by the regiments. In the ground floor is a virtual reality tour for the handicapped.

The library contains archives relevant to the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and these may be consulted by appointment.

Open May-September Mon-Sat 10.00am-5.00pm

(Sunday 2.00pm-5.00pm during July & August)

Winter Mon-Fri.

Admission charge.

Tully Castle

West shore of Lower Lough Erne , on A46 Enniskillen-Belleek Road .

Tel: 028 9054 3037

e-mail: Email Tully Castle

Web: Tully Castle Website

Built
in during the Ulster Plantations by the Hume family, it was captured
and burned by the Maguires during the rebellion of 1641 and its
inhabitants massacred.

Open to public.

Galway

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Athenry Castle

Athenry

Co. Galway .

Tel: 091 844797

Fax: 091 845796

E-mail: Athenry Castle

Web: Athenry Castle Website

A
Norman fortification built by Meiler de Bermingham from 1250 onwards,
its walls were completed by 1316. It was captured and destroyed by Red
Hugh O’Donnell in 1596. It now contains an audiovisual exhibition.

Open Times

April-October Tues-Sun 10.00am-5.00pm

(June-mid September open Mondays).

Admission charge.

Aughnanure Castle

Oughterard

Co. Galway .

Tel: 091 552214

Fax: 091 557244

Web: Aughnanure Castle Website

This castle was built by the O’Flahertys in 1500 on what is virtually a rocky island close to Lough Corrib.

Open Times

May-mid June Sat-Sun 9.30am-6.00pm

Mid June-September daily, 9.30am-6.00pm

October, Sat, Sun 9.30am-6.00pm.

Admission charge.

Battle of Aughrim Interpretative Centre

Aughrim,

Ballinasloe,

Co. Galway .

Tel: 0905 73939

The
Centre commemorates the key Williamite victory of July 1691, which saw
45,000 soldiers from across Europe join in battle at this site. St
Ruth, the Jacobite commander, made his stand here after retreating from
Athlone, but was outflanked and he died early in the battle. 7,000
Jacobite troops were killed, many as they fled, and the back of
Jacobite resistance in Ireland was broken. Exhibits explain the
background to the war in England ’s Glorious Revolution (1688), and its
aftermath, with the departure of the Wild Geese from Ireland .

Open Times

June-September guided tours available

Battlefield signposted.

Admission charge.

Fiddaun Castle

5 miles south west of Gort, Co. Galway

Web: Fiddaun Castle Website

Built
during the 1500s for the O’Shaughnessy family, it was forfeited to the
crown in 1697 because of the participation of Sir William O’Shaughnessy
in the Jacobite armies. He fled to France and became a mareschal de
camp in 1734.

Military Museum , Dun Ui Mhaoiliosa,

Renmore Barracks,

Galway .

Tel: 091 701054, 087 9083105

For visits 091 751156

E-mail: Military Museum Dun Ui Mhaoiliosa

Originally
the depot of the Connaught Rangers, Renmore has been an Irish Army base
since 1922. Several exhibits commemorate the Connaught Rangers with
uniforms, weapons and a regimental drum on display. The War of
Independence and Civil War displays include weapons landed from the
Asgard in 1914, and guns belonging to Dan Breen, Michael Collins and
the Countess Markievicz. There is also a motorcycle belonging to IRA
leader Liam Mellows. Among the items featured from the Emergency period
is a parachute used by downed German airmen in Galway . Finally the
various peacekeeping missions of the Defence Forces are illustrated,
most poignantly by weapons from the 1960 Niemba ambush in the Congo in
which 9 Irish soldiers died.

Visits by appointment only – call a week in advance if possible.

Oranmore Castle

The
stronghold of the Anglo Norman Clanricarde family, it was surrendered
to Cromwellian forces in 1651, the Clanricardes having joined the 1641
rebellion.

Pearse Cottage

Ros Muc, off R340 road.

Tel: 091 574292.

Web: Pearse House Website

The summer residence of the 1916 leader, destroyed during the War of Independence, it now contains an exhibition on his life.

Open Times

Easter Sat, Sun, Mon 10.00am-5.00pm.

June-September daily, 10.00am-6.00pm.

Admission charge.

Wild Geese Heritage Museum and Library

Auvergne Lodge

Dominic Street

Portumna

Co. Galway .

Tel: 0509 41138

E-mail: Wild Geese Heritage Musuem & Library

Website: indigo.ie/~wildgees/

This
museum is dedicated to the Irish soldiers who fled into foreign service
after 1691, aims to become an international research centre on the
subject.

Kerry

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Carrigafoyle Castle.

2 miles north of Ballylongford. (In ruins).

Tel: (068) 43304

Built
in the late 1400s by the O’Connors of Kerry, the castle saw several
bloody sieges. In 1580 the castle was held for the earl of Desmond by a
mixture of Irish, Italian and Spanish troops. Then Lord Justice Sir
William Pelham besieged and captured the building and hanged all its
defenders.

Kerry County Museum

Thomas Ashe Memorial Hall

Tralee .

Tel: (066) 7127777

Email: Email Kerry Museum

Web: Kerry County Museum

The
museum holds a number of items relating to the War of Independence
including Irish Volunteers minute books and activists’ diaries.

Open Times

17 March-October 31 10.00am-6.00pm.

November-December 21 11.00am-4.00pm

Ross Castle

Killarney

Co. Kerry.

Tel: 064 35851/2

Web: Ross Castle Website

Built
in the late fifteenth century by the O’Donoghue Ross chieftains, the
castle is considered typical of Irish Chieftains’ strongholds in that
period.

Open April-October daily, 10.00am-5.30pm.

Admission charge.

Kildare

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Athy Heritage Centre

Town Hall, Athy,

Co. Kildare.

Tel: (059) 8633075

E-mail: Athy Heritage Centre

Important
collections devoted to the rich military history of this county,
especially during the First World War, are housed in this centre.

Open Times

Mon-Sat 10.00am-6.00pm

Sun 2.00pm-6.00pm

Admission charge.

Leixlip Castle

Web: Lexilip Castle Website

Built
by the Anglo-Norman de Hereford family in 1171, the castle was besieged
by Edward Bruce in 1317. It then became the stronghold of the powerful
Kildare FitzGeralds, one of the pre-eminent families of medieval
Ireland , until it was seized following the rebellion of ‘Silken
Thomas’ FitzGerald in 1534.

Maynooth Castle

Maynooth,

Co. Kildare.

Tel: 01 628 6744

Fax: 01 628 6848

E-mail: Maynooth Castle

Web: Maynooth Castle Website

Great
stone castle built around 1200 and the principal stronghold of the
Kildare FitzGeralds, one of Ireland’s most powerful families of the
Middle Ages. In 1316 King Edward II raised John fitz Thomas Fitzgerald
to the earldom of Kildare for his It was captured by Henry VIII’s Lord
Deputy in Ireland , Sir William Skeffington, in 1535 after a siege
involving one of the first uses of siege guns in Ireland . Despite the
garrison’s surrender they were all killed. It again saw fighting during
the 1641 rebellion.

Open June-Sept Mon-Fri 10.00am-6.00pm Sat, Sun, Bank Holidays, 1.00pm-6.00pm. October Sun 1.00pm-5.00pm.

Admission charge.

Kilkenny

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Kilkenny Castle

Kilkenny City.

Tel: 056 21450

Fax: 056 63488

web: Kilkenny Castle Website

This
is a twelfth century castle which for many years was the seat of the
Butler family, the dukes of Ormonde. Kilkenny castle was at the centre
of power struggles in medieval Ireland several parliaments being held
there. During the Civil War Anti-Treaty forces occupied it briefly.

Open Daily, April-May, 10.30am-5.00pm, June-August, 9.30am-5.00pm, October-March, 10.30am-12.45pm, 2.00pm-5.00pm.

Admission charge.

Laois

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Ballaghmore Castle

Mountrath,

Co. Laois.

Tel: 0505 21453

Web: Ballaghmore Castle

Built by the local Gaelic overlord MacGiollaphádraig in 1480, the castle was partially destroyed by Cromwellian forces in 1647.

Dunamase Castle

3 miles west of Stradbally.

Built
in the 1200s by the Anglo-Normans, it fell to the O’Mores during the
fourteenth century. It was taken from them by Sir Charles Coote in 1641
but retaken by Eoghan Roe O’Neill in 1646. The castle was dismantled
after being captured by Cromwellian forces in 1650.

Lea Castle

2 miles west of Portarlington.

Built
in the 1200s and owned by Sir William Marshall, the castle was burnt in
1285 by the O’Connors, in 1307 by the O’Mores and in 1315 by Edward
Bruce. It passed through the ownership of several warring families
before it was finally destroyed by Cromwellians in 1650.

Leitrim

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Parkes Castle

Fivemile Bourne.

Tel: 071 64149

Web: Parkes Castle Website

This was formerly the stronghold of the O’Rourkes, the local overlords
during the Middle Ages. Sir Brian O’Rourke was executed at Tyburn,
London in 1591.

Open Times

Mid March-end October daily 10.00am-6.00pm.

Admission charge.

Limerick

A B C B D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Adare Castle

Adare village,

Co. Limerick. (In ruins).

Web: Adare Castle Website

Built in the early 1200s the castle was for 300 years a stronghold of
the Kildare FitzGeralds. Following the final supression of the
rebellion of silken Thomas in 1536, it was granted to the earl of
Desmond but was lost to English troops in 1578. There were further
sieges in 1579, 1581 and 1600. It was finally destroyed by English
troops in 1657.

Carrigogunnell Castle

Two miles north west of Mungret village. (In ruins).

Web: Carrigogunnell Castle Website

This thirteenth century castle was the property of the O’Briens of
Thomond, but in 1536 it was captured by government forces under Lord
Deputy Grey who massacred its garrison. The castle was confiscated from
the O’Briens during the Cromwellian forfeitures. In 1691 it was mined
and blown up by Williamite troops after its Jacobite defenders had
surrendered.

De Valera Museum

Bruree schoolhouse,

Bruree,

Co. Limerick .

Tel: 063 91300/90900

The National School attended by de Valera is now a museum dedicated to
his life in its personal, military and political spheres.

Open Times

Mon-Fri 10.00am-5.00pm

Sat-Sun 2.00pm-5.00pm

Foynes Flying Boat Museum

Foynes,

Co. Limerick .

Tel: 069 65416

Web: Foynes Flying Boat Museum Wesbite

During the 1930s and 1940s Foynes was a fulcrum point for air travel
between the United States and Europe . During the Emergency key radio
and weather surveillance was carried out here. The museum features an
exhibition on the war years.

Open Times

April-31 October 10.00am-6.00pm

King Johns Castle

Kings Island

Limerick city.

Tel: 061 360788

Fax: 061 361020

Web: King Johns Castle Website

Built originally between 1200 and 1210, the castle was captured by
Edward Bruce’s forces in 1316, the O’Briens and MacNamaras in 1369,
Confederate Catholics in 1642 and Cromwell’s army in 1651. It withstood
the Williamite army in 1690 but was captured by them a year later.

Open Times

April-October 9.30am-5.30pm,

Nov-March 10.30am-4.30pm

Admission charge.

Limerick City Museum – Jim Kemmy Municipal Museum

Castle Lane,

Nicholas Street

Limerick City.

Tel: 061 417826

E-mail: Limerick City Museum

Web: Limerick City Museum

Exhibits
of military interest include those on the sieges of the city in the
1640s and 1690s; the history of the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the
Boer and First World Was; and local experience during the 1916-23
period. There is an extensive collection relating to the stand off
between pro and ant-treaty forces in the city during July 1922.

Open Times

Tues-Sat, 10.00 am-5.00 pm

Admission free.

Longford

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G H I J K L M N O
P Q R S T U V W X
Y Z

Ballinamuck Battle Heritage Centre

Ballinamuck,

Co. Longford.

Tel: 043 24848

The
centre commemorates the final battle of the 1798 rebellion. In
September 1798 French troops under General Humbert, having scored
successes in the west, eventually surrendered to a British force under
General Cornwallis. Honourable terms were offered to the French but
their Irish allies were scattered with great losses. The battlefield
itself is signposted, with a walking trail available. There is also a
1798 Garden of Remembrance in the town.

Open Times 10.00am-6.00pm

Admission charge.

Louth

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Boyne Valley Site

Oldbridge
estate. On south bank of the river Boyne, approach from Slane or
Drogheda by Donore village or from N51 across Obelisk Bridge .

Tel: 041 9884343

Fax: 041 988 4323

E-mail: Boyne Valley Site

Web: Battle of the Boyne Website

The site of the famous battle in July 1690, when King James II and King
William III led over 60,000 men into battle against each other. Jame’s
Jacobite army hoped to cut off the Williamite advance towards Dublin
but were outflanked and forced to retreat, without fighting a major
engagement. Hence losses on both sides were relatively light, with
about 1,000 Jacobites and 500 Williamites killed. The presence of both
James and William at the battle and its subsequent adoption as the
central festival of the Orange Order have made it possibly the best
known military encounter in Irish history. However it was less
strategically important than the Williamite victory at Aughrim a year
later.

The battle site has developed as a historical site.

Open Times June-8 September 9.30am-5.30pm.

Guided tour – outdoors.

Castle Roche

Web: Castle Roche Website

Built by the Anglo-Norman De Verdon family this castle was one of
the frontier outposts of the English Pale. It is close to the
site of the Battle of Faughart, which occasioned the death of Edward
Bruce in 1318. The castle itself was burnt in 1332.

Drogheda Heritage Centre

Mary Street

Drogheda .

Tel: 042 983 1153

This c entre for local history houses several interactive social history displays.

Dundalk County Museum

Jocelyn Street,

Dundalk

Co. Louth.

Tel: 042 9327056

Fax 042 9327058

Email Dundalk County Museum

Web: Dundalk Museum Website

Exhibits on the story of Louth from ancient times to the present day.

Open Times

Mondays (May to September) 10.30am to 5.30pm

Tues-Sat 10.30am-5.30p

Sun 2.00pm-6.00pm.

Millmount Museum

Millmount

Drogheda

Co. Louth.

Tel: 041 9833097 Fax 041 9841599

E-mail: Millmount Museum

This museum is located in the former Officer’s Quarters of a barracks.
Historically Millmount was the site of a Norman fortification and was
the scene of fighting during Cromwell’s siege of the town in 1649. The
museum holds weapons and memorabilia relating to local involvement in
the Williamite Wars, the 1798 Rebellion, the 1867 Fenian Rebellion, the
1916-23 period and the First and Second World Wars. Of particular
interest are exhibits dealing with the bloody capturing of the town by
Cromwell and the Battle of the Boyne . There is now a fully restored
Martello Tower dating from the Napoleonic Wars open to the public. The
tower itself was the scene of fighting in 1922 during the Civil War.

Open daily. Admission charge.

Mayo

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Clew Bay Heritage Centre,

The Quay, Westport, Co. Mayo.

Tel: 098 26852

E-mail westportheritage@eircom.net

Web: Clew Bay Heritage Centre Website

The
centre’s exhibitions include a section on the War of Independence and
Civil War, and a display on the life of Major John MacBride, an officer
in the Irish Brigade during the Boer War who was later executed for his
part in the 1916 Rising. The centre also holds a small collection of
papers relating to the Westport battalion of the IRA during the War of
Independence.

Davitt Museum

Straide

Foxford

Co. Mayo.

Tel: 094-31022.

E-mail: Davitt Museum

Website: www.museumsofmayo.com/davitt.htm

The museum commemorates the life of Fenian and Land League leader
Michael Davitt, a key figure during the Land War of the 1880s.

Open Times

10.00am-6.00pm daily.

Granuaile Centre,

Off main street

Louisburgh, Co. Mayo.

Tel: 098 66341

Fax: 098 66455

Displays and an audio-visual presentation tell the story of Grace
O’Malley the legendary ‘pirate queen’ who ruled over this part of the
west coast during the late 1500s. Her navy defeated English forces
deployed to subdue her in 1574 and 1579. In 1588 she captured ships
belonging to the Spanish Armada and massacred their crews, for which
Queen Elizabeth received her in state.

Open June-mid September.

MAYO PEACE PARK – GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE

The Mayo Peace Park was set up following a public meeting held on Thursday the 22nd of August 2002 and is operated by a voluntary committee, which is elected on an annual basis. It gained charitable status under the revenue regulations in the Republic of Ireland. The Mayo Peace Park, Garden of Remembrance, remembers and commemorates the Mayo military men and women who died in worldwide conflicts, on UN service and Gardaí in the course of their official duty within the state.

Contact details:

E-mail: info@mayopeacepark.ie

Website: http://www.mayopeacepark.ie

Rockfleet Castle

Westport Tourist Office

James Street,

Westport

Tel: 098 25711

From 1566 Rockfleet was the stronghold of Grace O’Malley, and the base from which her navy controlled the west coast.

Meath

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V
W X Y Z

Boyne Valley Site

Oldbridge
estate. On south bank of the river Boyne, approach from Slane or
Drogheda by Donore village or from N51 across Obelisk Bridge .

Tel: 041 9884343

Fax: 041 988 4323

E-mail: Boyne Valley Site

Web: Battle of the Boyne Website

The battle site has developed as a historical site.

Open Times June-8 September 9.30am-5.30pm.

Guided tour – outdoors.

Donore Castle

8 miles south west of Trim.

Built during the 1400s as part of the Pale defences, the castle was the
scene of the massacre by Cromwellian troops of over 40 inhabitants
including the family of its owner James MaGeoghegan in 1650.

Ledwidge Museum

Janeville,

Slane,

Co. Meat h

Tel: 041 9824544

Web: Ledwidge Museum Website

Former home of the poet Francis Ledwidge, a member of the Irish
Volunteers who joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in 1914, saw
service with the 10 th (Irish) Division at Gallipoli and was killed
while serving with the 16 th (Irish) Division near Ypres, Belgium in
1917.

Open Times 7 days a week , 10.00am-1.00pm, 2.00pm-5.30pm.

Admission charge.

Trim Castle

Trim,

Co. Meath.

Tel: 046 9438619

Fax: 046 9438618.

Web: Trim Castle Website

The largest Anglo Norman fortress in Ireland , constructed over a
period of thirty years after 1172 by Hugh de lacy and his son Walter to
curb the expansionist policies of rival lord Richard de Clare
(Strongbow). The castle had to be rebuilt after an attack by Roderick
of Connaught in 1174.

Open Times

May-Oct daily. Guided tours.

Admission charge.

Trim Heritage Centre

Castle Street

Trim

Co. Meath.

Tel: 046 9436633

Tells the story of the Norman presence in the county.

Monaghan

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Monaghan County Museum

1-2 Hill Street, Monaghan. Tel: 047-82928 Fax 047 71189

E-mail moncomuseum@tinet.ie

Web: Monaghan County Museum Website

The museum contains numerous collections relevant to military history,
especially as it impacted on Monaghan. Exhibits deal with the Battle of
Clontibret (1595), the growth of the Volunteer movement in the 1780s,
the yeomanry and rebels of 1798 up to the War of Independence and the
Civil War.

Open Tues-Sat. 10.00 am-5.00 pm

Admission free

Offaly

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Leap Castle

Leap,

Co. Offaly.

A fortress of the O’Carroll family, the castle survived an attack by
the FitzGeralds in 1516 and the earl of Sussex in 1557. After the
plantation years, it passed into the ownership of the Darby family.
However, it was destroyed in 1922 during the Civil War.

Open to the public.

Roscommon

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Ballintober Castle

Village, 11 miles north west of Roscommon.

Built in the 1290s, it was taken over by the O’Connors in the
mid-1300s, who made it the chief seat of their family until 1652. In
1598 they were forced to submit to Red Hugh O’Donnell when he attacked
the castle with cannon. The O’Connors joined the 1641 rebellion and, as
a result, the castle was confiscated in 1652.

King House

Main Street,

Boyle,

Co. Roscommon

Tel: 079 63242 Fax 079 63243

e-mail: King House

From 1788 King House was a barracks in which the headquarters of the
Roscommon Militia and from 1881 the 4 th (Militia) Battalion of the
Connaught Rangers (88 th Foot) was located A permanent
exhibition traces the history of the Connaught Rangers, focusing on
recruitment, living conditions and the regiment’s campaigns, including
the mutiny in India in July 1920.

Open Times

May-October, daily 10.00am-6.00pm.

October –May weekends 10.00am-6.00pm

Roscommon Castle

Roscommon Town . (In ruins)

Web: Roscommon Castle Website

Built originally by Robert de Uffort in 1269 as part of an attempt by
the Anglo-Normans to establish control west of the Shannon , the castle
was partially destroyed by Hugh O’Connor in 1272 and 1277. Despite new
fortifications the castle was again stormed by the local lord Donogh
O’Kelly in 1308. It was captured by government forces in 1569 and
granted to Sir Nicholas Malby, governor of Connaught . From 1645 to
1652 it was occupied by Confederate Catholics, and following its
capture by Cromwellian troops, it was dismantled.

Roscommon County Museum

John Harrison Memorial Hall,

The Square,

Roscommon.

Tel: 0903 25613

Web: Roscommon County Museum Website

The museum exhibits deal with the social history of the county.

Sligo

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Ballinafad Castle

6 miles north west of Boyle.

Web: Ballinafad Castle Website

Built in 1590 as a military post to defend pass through the Curlew
Mountains. In 1642 it was captured by rebels after a short siege.

Ballymote Castle

Ballymote village, Sligo . (In ruins)

Web: Ballymote Castle Website

Built after 1300 Ballymote was one of the strongest Norman
fortifications in Connaught . In 1317 the castle was captured by the
O’Connors and for two hundred years possession passed between them and
the MacDonaghs. In 1584 it was garrisoned by English troops, who
remained until the arrival of Red Hugh O’Donnell in 1598. It was at
Ballymote that O’Donnell assembled his forces for the march to Kinsale
in 1601. The castle was captured by Cromwellian forces in 1652 and
demolished by Williamite troops in 1690.

Sligo County Museum

Heritage Centre,

Stephen Street , Sligo .

Tel: 071 46798

This museum houses artefacts and exhibits of local archeaology, folk life and local history

Tipperary

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Cahir Castle

Castle Street,

Cahir,

Co. Tipperary.

Tel: 052 7441011

Fax 052 42324

EMail: Email Cahir Castle

Web: Cahir Castle Website

A Norman fortification and stronghold of the Butler family, in 1599 the
earl of Essex took the castle following a three day siege and in 1650
it surrendered to Cromwell’s forces. It was used as a military barracks
as recently as the Civil War.

Open 9.30am-5.00pm daily. Guided tours available.

Admission charge.

Nenagh Castle

Nenagh,

Co.Tipperary.

Web: Nenagh Castle Website

Built
in 1200 by Theobald Walter, the founder of the Butler dynasty, the
castle was captured by the O’Briens during the 1400s but was retaken by
the Butlers in 1533. It was finally destroyed by the Williamites
following its capture by General Ginkel in 1690.

South Tipperary Museum

Mick Delahunty Square

Clonmel,

Co. Tipperary .

Tel: 052 34550

E-mail: Tipperary SR Museum

Web: South Tipperary Museum Website

Exhibits tell the story of Tipperary’s land and its people from the
Stone Age to the present day, including the impact of war and conflict
on the county, with material on the locally recruited Royal Irish
Regiment, the War of Independence and the Civil War.

Open Times

Tue-Sat 10.00am-1.00pm, 2.00pm-5.00pm .

1848 Warhouse

Ballingarry, Co Tipperary

Tel: 087 9089972

Web: 1848 Warhouse Website

The house was the scene of the abortive Young Ireland rebellion of
1848. An exhibition explains the political background to the rebellion
and the story of the Young Irelanders.

Open Times

Summer Wed-Sun 2.30pm-5.30pm

Winter Sat & Sun only 2.00pm-4.00pm

Admission charge.

Tyrone

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Benburb Castle,

South of the village main street. (In Ruins).

Built between 1611 and 1614 the castle was captured in October 1641 by
Phelim O’Neill, who had all its inhabitants put to death. In 1646 Owen
Roe O’Neill gathered his forces here before he successfully confronted
the English at Benburb.

Grant Ancestral Home,

45 Dergenagh Road,

Ballygawley,

Dungannon,

Tyrone BT70 1TW

Tel: +44 (0) 28 85551733

Home of the great-grandfather of Ulysses S. Grant, commander of the
Union Armies during the American Civil War and twice president of the
United States. Exhibits tell the Grant family story.

Open March-May & October, Mon-Fri, 10.30am-4.30pm. June-September, Mon-Sat, 10.00am-6.30pm, Sun 2.00pm-6.00pm.

Admission charge.

Ulster American Folk Park

Castletown,

Omagh,

Co. Tyrone.

Tel: +44(0)28 82243292

Website: Ulster American Folk Park Website

The park tells the story of Ulster emigration to the Americas in the
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Many Ulster emigrants were
centrally involved in the conflicts between Britain , France and Spain
in the new world, warfare with the Native Americans and the American
Revolution.

Open Times

April-September Mon-Sat 10.30am-4.30pm

Sun 11.00am-5.00pm

October-March, Mon-Fri 10.30am-3.30pm.

Admission charge.

Ulster History Park

Cullion

Lislap

Omagh

Co. Tyrone.

Tel: +44(0)28 8164 8188.

This Omagh based park details the history of Ulster until the seventeenth Century.

Waterford

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Dungarvan Castle

Castle Street,

Dungarvan,

Co. Waterford .

Tel: 058 48144

Web: Dungarvan Castle Website

This twelfth century castle contains a restored eighteenth century barracks featuring exhibition and visitor facilities.

Open for guided tours.

Dungarvan Museum

Old Town Hall, St. Augustine Street, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford .

Tel: 058 45960

Website: www.dungarvanmuseum.org/
This museum holds important collections of material relating to local
involvement in the First and Second World Wars, the War of
Independence, the Civil War and the Emergency. There are also artefacts
dating from the 1798 Rebellion and the Boer War.

Open Times

Mon-Sat 10.00am-1.00pm, 2.00pm-4.45pm.

Admission free.

Lismore Castle

Built
in 1185 by Prince John the castle was owned for a period by Sir Walter
Raleigh. In 1645 it was sacked by Catholic rebel forces. Following his
defeat at the Battle of the Boyne King James II stayed here.

Waterford City Walls

Waterford City Tourist Services,

Waterford .

Tel: 051 873711

Web: Waterford City Walls Website

Fortifications dating from the Viking and Anglo Norman period, second
only to Derry’s city walls with six towers still standing. Walking
tours available.

Westmeath

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Athlone Castle

Athlone,

Co. Westmeath.

Tel: 090 6472107/6492912

Web: Athlone Castle Website

A fort stood here from 1129, eventually becoming a Norman castle. For
over a week during June 1691 18,000 Williamite troops under General
Ginkel fought to capture the town defended by 23,000 Jacobite soldiers
under St Ruth. The castle sustained what was probably the heaviest
bombardment in Irish history, with over 12,000 cannon balls and 600
bombs fired at its walls. The story of siege is illustrated by an
exhibition at the castle.

Open Times

Mayo-September daily and for groups by arrangement.

Columb Barracks and Military Museum,

Mullingar,

Co. Westmeath.

Tel: 044 48391

The new museum is located in the old guard room adjacent to the main gate. It is a most suitable location, as thousands of soldiers of differing race, creeds, uniforms and corps, have toiled in its hall and cells since it was built in 1815. This is also the very building in which the legendary Gen Sean McEoin, ‘the blacksmith of Ballinalee’ was incarcerated in March 1921. This followed his arrest at Mullingar train station by British forces.

Tyrrellspass Castle and Museum

Tyrrellspass,

Co. Westmeath.

Tel 044 23105

Web: Tyrrellspass Castle and Museum Website

The castle was built by the Tyrrells, Anglo-Norman lords and cousins of William the Congueror , c. 1411 .

Wexford

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Ballyhack Castle

Ballyhack village,

Wexford.

Tel: 051 389468

Web: Ballyhack Castle Website

Built in 1450 by the Knights Hospitallers the castle is a commanding position overlooking the Waterford estuary.

Visitors are advised to phone in advance.

Admission charge.

Duncannon Fort

Duncannon, Co. Wexford.

Tel: 051 389454

Web: Duncannon Fort Website

Built in 1588 in expectation of an attack by the Spanish Armada, there
was previously a Celtic fort and a Norman castle on the site.
Restoration in progress at time of publication.

Enniscorthy Castle & Co. Wexford Historical and Folk Museum

Enniscorthy,

Co. Wexford.

Tel; 054 35926.

The castle was built by the Anglo-Norman Prendergast family during the
thirteenth century and was owned at one stage by the Elizabethan poet,
Edmund Spenser. It was besieged by Cromwellian forces in 1649 and used
as a prison during the 1798 Rebellion. The museum contains collections
relating to the 1798 Rebellion and the 1916-23 period .

Open Times

March-September daily,

October-February Sundays only.

Admission charge.

Ferns Castle

Ferns,

Co. Wexford.

Tel: 053 9366395

Web: Ferns Castle Website

The building dates from the 1220s. It was captured by the O’Tooles in
1331 but recovered shortly afterwards and held thereafter by the
Bishopric of Ferns. In the 1370s it was again captured, this time by
the MacMurroughs, who lost it to Lord Grey in 1536. The castle was
demolished by Cromwellian soldiers in 1649.

National 1798 Visitor Centre

Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford

Tel: 053 9237596/7

Email: National 1798 Visitor Centre

Website: National 1798 Visitor Centre

Interactive
displays explain the political and social background to the rebellion
of 1798. Audio-visual presentations bring alive the reality of the
bloody warfare that saw eleven major battles take place in Wexford in
just four weeks, with 20,000 fatalities. Artefacts and weapons from the
period are on permanent display in the museum. School groups are
particularly welcome.

Open Times

Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.00pm,

Sundays 11.00am-5.00pm.

Admission charge.