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Allihies Copper Mine Museum |
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Allihies Copper Mine
Museum - The objective of the
museum is to recognise, research,
preserve and celebrate the rich mining
heritage of Allihies.
The museum achieves this through
the display of artefacts, the use of
photographs, illustrations, original
drawings and documents, diagrams and
maps, as well as a number of key
large-scale models together with text
panels. The location of the museum is a
key factor being the Methodist chapel
built in 1845 for the Cornish miners
working in the mines.
The Mountain Mine
copper vein in
Allihies, was discovered in 1813.
It started as an open cast mine,
following the copper bearing quartz
vein, as can be seen in the huge gaping
holes.The Copper Café
onsite commands views over the sandy
beach at Ballydonegan. The beach is in
fact a by-product of the 19th century
mining industry, being the crushed
quartz resulting from the ore extraction
process, washed down and deposited on
the shore. |
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Bantry House And Garden |
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Bantry House in West Cork is a very
historic house contains
an important collection of
tapestries, paintings, furniture and
artefacts.
Bantry House is the ancestral home of
the Earls of Bantry, still lived in by
their descendant Egerton & Brigitte
Shelswell-White, and their family.
About 1820
Richard, the first Earl of Bantry,
enlarged the house by adding the two
drawing rooms. It was his son, then
Viscount Berehaven, who travelled
extensively and amassed an eclectic
collection of items.
Lord Bantry’s outstanding contribution,
however, was unquestionably the
collection of tapestries that adorn the
walls of several of the rooms. With the
exception of a set, 17th Century Dutch
in origin, the panels are French having
come from the workshops of Gobelins,
Beauvais and Aubusson in the late 18th
Century. One Gobelins panel is said to
have hung in the Palace of Versailles
and there is a particularly beautiful
rose-coloured set of Aubusson which is
said to have been made by order of Louis
XV for Marie Antoinette on her marriage
to the Dauphin of France. Two other
panels formed part of the Royal Garde
Meuble of the Tuileries. Undoubtedly the
oldest item is some tiling from Pompeii
bearing the inscriptions Cave Canem and
Salve. Italy of much later times is
represented by stained glass, ceiling
paintings from a Venetian Palace, and
plaster-work executed by Italian
craftsmen said to have been brought to
Bantry expressly for the purpose. |
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Ceim Hill Museum |
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Ceim Hill Museum is
a 500 year old farm house with an
open hearth near
Union Hall, West Cork. This
private collection housed here has
artefacts from Neolithic times, Old and
New Stone Age, Bronze and Iron Ages. The
visitor can see old farm tools as well
as lace, linen and West Cork cloaks. For
history enthusiasts there is a "War of
Independence" room.
The curator
will also
share her knowledge of the early history
of the area. |
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Cobh Heritage Centre |
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Cobh Heritage Centre The story of
Cobh's origins, it's unque history and
legacy are dramatically recalled at The
Queenstown Story - a stunning multi
media exhibition at Cobh's restored
Victorian Railway Station.
Themes include The Titanic, Emigration &
Famine. New Genealogy Service
available. |
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Cobh Museum |
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Cobh Museum is located in the former
Scots Presbyterian Church on the the
main road into Cobh.
It was opened in 1973
and is open to the public April
to October. It
contains details on domestic and
commercial life in Cobh from times gone
by and also to be see there are samples
of handmade Irish lace from late 19th
and 20th centuries.
Features from the Victorian
period can be see in
the buildings in Cobh today and Cobh
Museum has an exhibition
which
illustrates many features of
architecture and domestic life typical
of this era, and
gives details
of the lives of famous Victorians
associated with the town.
There is also a section on maritime
which gives the history of the US
Naval presence in Queenstown during WW1
and details the co-operation between the
British and US Navies during that
period. |
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Cork Butter Museum
Cork City |
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The Cork Butter Museum
gives the history of
the butter trade & development of Cork
Butter Exchange. Located in the
historic Shandon area of Cork city, the
story begins with the central role of
dairy culture in the Island of Saints
and Scholars. The Museum goes on to
describe the internationally important
Butter Exchange in nineteenth century
Cork, the traditional craft of home
butter making and the modern success of
the Kerrygold brand.
Beginning with the origins of
dairying in Ireland, this gallery
display deals with the Irish practice of
preserving butter in bogs, the
importance of milch cows in medieval
Ireland and cattle raiding. In the
course of this story, the commercial,
social, and domestic life of Ireland is
recalled. The
Cork Butter Museum deals with the
development of the Cork Butter Exchange,
Cork’s international trade in butter,
which became the largest butter
market in the world. |
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Cork Museum,
Fitzgerald's Park, Cork City |
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Cork Museum located
in a Georgian building, built in 1845
and purchased from the Duke of
Devonshire by the Beamish Family, and
then purchased by Cork Corporation in
1901. Cork Museum is located in the
beautiful Fitzgerald's Park with the
'Shaky Bridge' on one side and the new
Mardyke Walk Bridge on the other side,
both pedestrian
bridges. Cork Public
Museum places a particular emphasis on
the trades and crafts of Cork, including
a fine collection of Republican silver,
and so beautiful Youghal Lace. The
collections at Cork Museum includes
Ireland’s oldest Pick and Shovel,
discovered in a Bronze Age copper mine
in Mount Gabriel. Cork Museum has an
illuminated address presented to Parnell
by the Corporation of Cork and the Cobh
Famine Relief Book. There is also have a
selection of objects from the classical
world of Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome
on display. The Museum was extended in
2005 providing purpose built conditions
in that section for some collections.
The Museum also have an exhibition
devoted to the Cork International
Exhibition, Cork sport, including a Roy
Keane Manchester United UEFA Cup Jersey
and singlet belonging to Sonia
O’Sullivan. Our new costume case
displays a Regency dress, 19th century
wedding dress, Huguenot costume as well
as Hooded Cloaks from West Cork. Various
accessories such as a fan, a dressing
case and hand made shoes are also on
display. |
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Desmond Castle / Wine Museum |
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Desmond
Castle, (French Prison) Cork Street,
Kinsale, built as a custom house by the
Earl of Desmond c. AD 1500. Desmond
Castle has had a colourful history,
ranging from Spanish occupation in 1601
to use as a prison for captured American
sailors during the American War of
Independence. Known locally as 'The
French Prison' after a tragic fire in
which 54 prisoners, mainly French
seamen, died in 1747. The castle was
also used as a borough jail from 1791 to
the onset of the Great Famine when it
was used as an auxiliary workhouse
tending to the starving populace.
Over the main entrance to the
castle you may see the Geraldine arms,
bees on a quartered shield, while high
above is displayed a mirror image of the
royal arms. The well constructed
building, founded on rock, consists of a
keep with storehouses to the rear. The
former is a fine example of a town
castle with domestic offices on the
first and second floors. A variety of
window forms, beneath the Irish stepped
battlements, add interest to the main
facade. |
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Kinsale Museum |
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Kinsale Regional
Museum in the town centre of Kinsale was
built about 1600, with additions in 1706
that included the frontage with the
loggia on the ground floor. The
courthouse was used for the inquest into
the sinking of the liner Lusitania on
Monday May 10th 1915. It was in this
building that the Kinsale Town
Corporation conducted their affairs and
the Courthouse was also used for
ceremonial occasions in the 18th
century. The Museum in the Courthouse
has many interesting items on display
which includes a display on the famous
Kinsale Giant. He was Patrick Cotter
O'Brien. He died in 1806 and is believed
to have been over 8 foot tall. The
Museum also houses the largest
collection of maritime artefacts in
Ireland. |
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Michael Collins Centre, Clonakility,
West Cork |
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The Michael
Collins Centre,
located at Castleview, Clonakilty, West
Cork displays an audio/ visual
of Michael Collins (the
Big Fella’s)
childhood, his family history, his
school days and the important Collins’
sites around Clonakilty. A guide then
continues the presentation, using
slides, large photographs or film clips,
the visitor is taken through the 1916
rebellion, War of Independence, Treaty
talks and the Civil War. The tragic
death of Michael Collins at Beal Na
Blath and his Legacy are also discussed.
The presentation ends with a guided tour
of the ambush trail, a life size replica
of an ambush site complete with Crossley
Tender and replica of Michael Collins,
famous Rolls Royce Armoured Car, “Sliabh
Na mBan”. Here the events at Beal na
Blath and the history of the vehicles in
the Collins convoy are explained in more
detail. Visitors can then return to the
Cottage/ Theatre to view the exhibition
of photographs, documents and militaria. |
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West Cork Regional Museum |
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West Cork Regional Museum
pays tribute to Clonakilty's
industrial past, especially its linen
industry |
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Millstreet Museum |
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