heritage centres ireland

Tyrone Cristal is unique and individual. Each piece is mouth blown, hand cut and polished. The manufacturing process is fascinating, it requires the attention of twenty six highly trained people and attracts visitors from all over the world.
At the factory visitors can avail of a guided tour and find out about every step in the crystal making process. Following a factory tour, visitors are invited to browse round the craft centre....

Opened August, 1994 - themes include the life and work of St Mogue, founder of a monastic settlement here in the 7th century; boating on the Barrow, and the local milling and craft industries.
The museun is located in the old  Church of Ireland and near the site of the old monastic settlements.
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A converted school building which houses displays of spademaking, Roslea lace and a reconstructed early 20th century classroom. The centre also offers a genealogy service for County Fermangh....

The Old Jameson Distillery in Smithfield Village is in the heart of Old Dublin. Irish Whiskey can trace its history back to the 6th century.
It was established in 1780 by John Jameson and it's now one of Dublin's top attractions. It's almost like a tour of a working distillery as you can follow the fascinating craft of whiskey making through the different stages from grain intake to malting, mashing, fermentation, distillation, maturation and bottling.
Finally the tour culminat...

Skerries Mills complex comprises a watermill, 5-sail windmill and 4-sail thatched windmill.
In the ownership of Fingal County Council, the mills have been restored to working order in a seven-year renovation project in association with FAS.
The Mills are now open to the public throughout the year. Visitors learn about the history of milling through the ages; the history of Skerries Mills and the workings of the mill machinery and associated mill races and mill pond....

The finest and best preserved of all the town fortifications of Ireland are the walls of the city of Derry, or Londonderry as it became known after the city was granted to the London Companies by a charter of James 1 in 1613. It was these planters who laid out the town on a cross-shaped street grid and surrounded it with town walls between 1613 and 1618.

These walls successfully withstood three sieges - in 1641, 1648-9 and, most memorably, in 1688-89, when Irish and French Jacobite for...

Kilrush in Landlord Times tells the story of Kilrush, from its establishment as an Estate Town by the Vandeleur Landlords at the end of the 18th century. Features of the Exhibition include:

- The achievement of the Irish Landlord Class in building a unique urban environment, which can be experienced by you in Kilrush.

- The importance of the town's port during the Napoleonic Era.

- The disastrous impact of the Great Famine of 1847 on the people of Kilrush.
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In a modern building, constructed in the Grand Canal Basin, this exhibition is designed to introduce the visitor to Ireland's inland waterways and to the range of activities and experience they offer.

One of the most interesting exhibitions focuses on the men who built the canals. They were known as "navigators" or more commonly "navvies". Other attractions include an audio-visual show, working models and interactive multimedia presentation.

There is access for people with disa...

A recreated traditional Irish cottage which evokes a period when such a cottage was the focus for entertainment. Family and neighbours gathered around the hearthstone to listen to a seanachai (story-teller) or the music from a travelling fiddler or piper and the flagstones rang to the happy taps of dancing feet.

Full Meals and Bar Facilities available, Toilets, Telephone, Bureau-de-Change. Within 200 metres of Railway Station and Bus Stop. Suitable for small groups or self catering...

The Michael Davitt Museum and the adjoining community centre were opened on 23 April 1984 in Straide to honour its native son, Michael Davitt, founder of the National Land League, politician and one of Ireland's greatest patriots.
Michael Davitt (1846-1906) was the founder, chief organiser and inspiring genius of the Land League, the biggest mass movement in modern Irish history, which transformed tenant-farmers into owner-occupiers by constitutional means. When Michael was four years...