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Plunket Museum of Irish Education in the grounds of the Church of Ireland College of Education.

The photograph is of the schoolroom dating from about 1900.

Courtesy of the Plunket Museum of Irish Education

The National Leprechaun Museum

The National Leprechaun Museum takes visitors on an entertaining journey through the folklore and fairy tales of the Irish people and how Leprechauns are depicted in modern popular culture.

(c) The National Leprechaun Museum

Conger eel at Galway Atlantaquaria, National Aquarium of Ireland

Conger eels are just one of the many sea creatures that can be seen at the Galway Atlantaquaria, National Aquarium of Ireland, Salthill, Co. Galway

(c) Galway Atlantaquaria, National Aquarium of Ireland

As children play, they learn

Imaginosity provides an interactive environment which expands children’s boundaries, engaging them in a range of creative lateral thinking experiences, full of fun and adventure.

(c) Imaginosity, Dublin Children’s Museum

The Ledwidge Cottage Museum

The Ledwidge Cottage Museum commemorates the Irish poet, political activist, nationalist and war hero Francis Ledwidge (1887-1917).

Interior of Greyfriars Municipal Art Gallery

Housed in a late Victorian gothic style church used by the Methodists until 1973, Greyfriars Municipal Art Gallery is home to the Waterford Municipal Art Collection, which includes paintings by Jack B. Yeats, Paul Henry, Evie Hone, and Louis Le Brocquy. Exhibitions based on a selection of municipal artworks are displayed throughout the year. Contemporary art shows are occasionally displayed.

Photograph by Anthony Costine

Bakery Cart, Irish Agricultural Museum, Co. Wexford

Bakery Cart, Irish Agricultural Museum, Co. Wexford. The museum exhibits numerous artifacts illustrating old ways now extinct.

(c) Irish Agricultural Museum

Statue of IRA Leader Sean Russell (1893-1940)

At Cashel Folk Museum the World War II-era IRA leader Sean Russell (1893-1940) is commemorated. During the Second World War, while the Irish Free State remained neutral and many Irishmen fought on the Allied side, Sean Russell sought German support for the political unification of Ireland. He died aboard a German U-boat and was buried at sea off the coast of Co. Galway.

(c) Walsh Colour Print Tralee Road, Castleisland, Co Kerry, Ireland

NUI Galway Map

The James Mitchell Geological Museum is indicated by the black arrow.

(c) NUI Galway

Lismore Castle Arts and Gardens

The beautiful gardens of Lismore Castle, Lismore, Co. Waterford.

(c) Lismore Castle Arts and Gardens