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    • Tomás McCurtain and Terence McSwiney – The County Cork Connection
    • Terence MacSwiney Artifacts
      • Cork Lord Mayor Terence MacSwiney’s Hunger Strike 12th of August 1920 – 25th October 1920
      • Terence MacSwiney Funeral Hearse Wheel
      • Terence MacSwiney Dish Ring
      • Shard of Wood
  • The Museum
    • Object of the month
      • The Famine Pot
      • Terence MacSwiney Funeral Hearse Wheel
      • Grenade and Home-made Bomb
      • Irish Democratic Labour Federation Badge
      • Aghabullogue Hurley – Cork’s First All Ireland Title.
      • Rush Light Holder from Kilkea Castle
      • Rusheen Pike
      • Manchester Martyr’s Table
      • Princess Mary Gift Box
      • Cork Total Abstinence Medal
      • Bullet from Upton Ambush
      • St. Patrick’s Gift Box
      • Cell No.6, Cork Military Detention Barracks
      • Racehorse shoe owned by Abraham Morris
      • Piece of Fr. Dominic’s Tunic
      • Cromwellian Cannon Ball
      • Oswald Swanzy Gun
      • Shard of Wood
      • Prize Winning Pin Cushion
      • Oswald Swanzy Gun
      • Chinese Embroidered Hat
      • Old school seat from Kilmurry Boys School
    • Articles
      • Kilmurry Hidden Gems Tour Notes Heritage Week 2017
      • The Warrens of Warrenscourt
      • Ireland XO
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  • About KHAA
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  • Home
  • Local Ambushes
    • Ambush at Coolnacaheragh
    • Lissarda Ambush Centenary Exhibition 1920-2020
  • Terence MacSwiney
    • The Annual Terence MacSwiney Weekend
    • Tomás McCurtain and Terence McSwiney – The County Cork Connection
    • Terence MacSwiney Artifacts
      • Cork Lord Mayor Terence MacSwiney’s Hunger Strike 12th of August 1920 – 25th October 1920
      • Terence MacSwiney Funeral Hearse Wheel
      • Terence MacSwiney Dish Ring
      • Shard of Wood
  • The Museum
    • Object of the month
      • The Famine Pot
      • Terence MacSwiney Funeral Hearse Wheel
      • Grenade and Home-made Bomb
      • Irish Democratic Labour Federation Badge
      • Aghabullogue Hurley – Cork’s First All Ireland Title.
      • Rush Light Holder from Kilkea Castle
      • Rusheen Pike
      • Manchester Martyr’s Table
      • Princess Mary Gift Box
      • Cork Total Abstinence Medal
      • Bullet from Upton Ambush
      • St. Patrick’s Gift Box
      • Cell No.6, Cork Military Detention Barracks
      • Racehorse shoe owned by Abraham Morris
      • Piece of Fr. Dominic’s Tunic
      • Cromwellian Cannon Ball
      • Oswald Swanzy Gun
      • Shard of Wood
      • Prize Winning Pin Cushion
      • Oswald Swanzy Gun
      • Chinese Embroidered Hat
      • Old school seat from Kilmurry Boys School
    • Articles
      • Kilmurry Hidden Gems Tour Notes Heritage Week 2017
      • The Warrens of Warrenscourt
      • Ireland XO
  • Museum Books
  • News
  • Lectures and Field Trips
  • Attractions
    • Trails and Walks
  • About KHAA
  • Contact Us
  • Donate

Welcome to Independence Museum Kilmurry

 

 

 

 

 

Opening hours:

Thursday    2-5pm

Friday          2-5pm

Saturday     2-5pm

Sunday        2-5pm

 

Group Bookings and viewing by appointment available. Contact the museum for details.

 


  • President MIchael D. Higgins officially opening the Independence Museum Kilmurry
  • Members of the Association
  • Hidden Gems Tour 2017
  • Part of the Independence Museum Collection

 

Current Exhibitions:

 

Heritage Room  –   94 DAYS                                                                                                                                                                               Book also available

 

 

 

 

Museum Room A    WAR, TRUCE, TREATY and …  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Independence Museum Kilmurry Archive Digitisation Project 2021         

 

Independence Museum Kilmurry are delighted to announce the release of a digital presentation, comprising our main collection dealing with one community’s experience from the Great Famine, through revolution, and on to independence. This release comprises approximately 1/3 of our extensive collection and will showcase our current museum collection as well as our archive; many of these artefacts are available here for the first time and thus make them easily accessible to citizens, students, national and international scholars, and historians.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Substantial funding has been generously granted from the Heritage Council, for resources, under their Community Heritage Grant Scheme for 2021.

 

The digital archive will be standardised according to international museum standards as part of the National Museum of Ireland’s aim “to encourage communities across the country to document and digitally safeguard the irreplaceable artefacts of their local heritage.” 

 

While nothing can recreate the unique experience of the physical proximity to history and heritage that an actual visit to a museum offers, the digital aspect allows for the wider presentation, perusal and protection of documents and artefacts that would not otherwise be possible. The digital presentation will also allow a wider and more inclusive audience to browse or indeed search and engage with our archive.

 

Independence Museum Kilmurry 

October 2021

This project has been funded by The Heritage Council @HeritageHubIRE

 

 

 

 

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Object Of The Month April

 

Old school seat from Kilmurry Boys School

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Independence Museum Kilmurry
  • Home
  • Local Ambushes
    • Ambush at Coolnacaheragh
    • Lissarda Ambush Centenary Exhibition 1920-2020
  • Terence MacSwiney
    • The Annual Terence MacSwiney Weekend
    • Tomás McCurtain and Terence McSwiney – The County Cork Connection
    • Terence MacSwiney Artifacts
      • Cork Lord Mayor Terence MacSwiney’s Hunger Strike 12th of August 1920 – 25th October 1920
      • Terence MacSwiney Funeral Hearse Wheel
      • Terence MacSwiney Dish Ring
      • Shard of Wood
  • The Museum
    • Object of the month
      • The Famine Pot
      • Terence MacSwiney Funeral Hearse Wheel
      • Grenade and Home-made Bomb
      • Irish Democratic Labour Federation Badge
      • Aghabullogue Hurley – Cork’s First All Ireland Title.
      • Rush Light Holder from Kilkea Castle
      • Rusheen Pike
      • Manchester Martyr’s Table
      • Princess Mary Gift Box
      • Cork Total Abstinence Medal
      • Bullet from Upton Ambush
      • St. Patrick’s Gift Box
      • Cell No.6, Cork Military Detention Barracks
      • Racehorse shoe owned by Abraham Morris
      • Piece of Fr. Dominic’s Tunic
      • Cromwellian Cannon Ball
      • Oswald Swanzy Gun
      • Shard of Wood
      • Prize Winning Pin Cushion
      • Oswald Swanzy Gun
      • Chinese Embroidered Hat
      • Old school seat from Kilmurry Boys School
    • Articles
      • Kilmurry Hidden Gems Tour Notes Heritage Week 2017
      • The Warrens of Warrenscourt
      • Ireland XO
  • Museum Books
  • News
  • Lectures and Field Trips
  • Attractions
    • Trails and Walks
  • About KHAA
  • Contact Us
  • Donate

News

Independence Museum Kilmurry Archive Digitisation Project 2021

Independence Museum Kilmurry Archive Digitisation Project 2021            Independence Museum K ...

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  I.R.A. ATTACK ON KILMURRY R.I.C. BARRACKS, JANUARY 1920 A talk by Dr. John Borgonovo UCC Scho ...

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Book Launch – Friday, 29th of November 8pm

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Object of the Month

Kilmichael Crossley Tender Wheel

Kilmichael Crossley Tender Wheel

    Kilmichael Crossley Tender Wheel   When Independence Museum Kilmurry opened in 19 ...

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Current Exhibitions:

 

Heritage Room  –   94 DAYS                                                                                                                                                                               Book also available

 

 

 

 

Museum Room A    WAR, TRUCE, TREATY and …  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Independence Museum Kilmurry Archive Digitisation Project 2021         

 

Independence Museum Kilmurry are delighted to announce the release of a digital presentation, comprising our main collection dealing with one community’s experience from the Great Famine, through revolution, and on to independence. This release comprises approximately 1/3 of our extensive collection and will showcase our current museum collection as well as our archive; many of these artefacts are available here for the first time and thus make them easily accessible to citizens, students, national and international scholars, and historians.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Substantial funding has been generously granted from the Heritage Council, for resources, under their Community Heritage Grant Scheme for 2021.

 

The digital archive will be standardised according to international museum standards as part of the National Museum of Ireland’s aim “to encourage communities across the country to document and digitally safeguard the irreplaceable artefacts of their local heritage.” 

 

While nothing can recreate the unique experience of the physical proximity to history and heritage that an actual visit to a museum offers, the digital aspect allows for the wider presentation, perusal and protection of documents and artefacts that would not otherwise be possible. The digital presentation will also allow a wider and more inclusive audience to browse or indeed search and engage with our archive.

 

Independence Museum Kilmurry 

October 2021

This project has been funded by The Heritage Council @HeritageHubIRE

 

 

 

 

                                 ————————————————————————————————————————–

 

 

Object Of The Month April

 

Old school seat from Kilmurry Boys School

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • President MIchael D. Higgins officially opening the Independence Museum Kilmurry
  • Members of the Association
  • Hidden Gems Tour 2017
  • Part of the Independence Museum Collection

The Museum on Twitter.

The Museum on Facebook

2 years ago
Mary Byrne In Concert

Link for Mary Byrne tickets on Eventbrite.
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/mary-byrne-in-concert-tickets-69229626677

KHAA present an evening with Mary Byrne - X Factor Finalist at Eire Og Pavillion on Saturday, 21st September, 2019 at 8 pm. Support acts include Newcestown Comhaltas and Kilmurry Parish Singers. Join us for a fabulous evening of song, music and first class entertainment. ... See more

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Michael Collins House

On this day August 28th 1922, six days after being killed in an ambush at Beál na Bláth, Michael Collins was laid to rest.

A reported 500,000, one fifth of the country’s population at the time, lined the streets and paid their respects to ‘The Big Fella’ in what would be the largest attendance to a state funeral in Irish history.

See below a birdseye view of Sackville St. (O’Connell St.) Dublin as the funeral procession made its way from the Pro Cathedral, Dublin where Collins lay in state to Glasnevin Cemetery where Collins would be buried. (Credit: National Library of Ireland)

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Independence Museum Kilmurry Archive Digitisation Project 2021

Independence Museum Kilmurry Archive Digitisation Project 2021            Independence Museum Kilmurry are delighted to release a sneak peak for Heritage Week 2021 of our ongoing major digitisati ...

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  I.R.A. ATTACK ON KILMURRY R.I.C. BARRACKS, JANUARY 1920 A talk by Dr. John Borgonovo UCC School of History – January 9th 2020 ...

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Book Launch – Friday, 29th of November 8pm

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News Archive
Kilmurry Museum on Twitter

Object Of The Month

Kilmichael Crossley Tender Wheel

    Kilmichael Crossley Tender Wheel   When Independence Museum Kilmurry opened in 1965 one of the first accessions by the rural museum, was this distinctive rear (double) wheel from on ...

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Object Archive

The Museum on Facebook

2 years ago
Mary Byrne In Concert

Link for Mary Byrne tickets on Eventbrite.
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/mary-byrne-in-concert-tickets-69229626677

KHAA present an evening with Mary Byrne - X Factor Finalist at Eire Og Pavillion on Saturday, 21st September, 2019 at 8 pm. Support acts include Newcestown Comhaltas and Kilmurry Parish Singers. Join us for a fabulous evening of song, music and first class entertainment. ... See more

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2 years ago
Timeline Photos

Competition time.Win two Mary Byrne concert tickets in Ovens on Saturday 21st September.Simply Like and Share this post. Winner announced on 14th September.

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2 years ago
Michael Collins House

On this day August 28th 1922, six days after being killed in an ambush at Beál na Bláth, Michael Collins was laid to rest.

A reported 500,000, one fifth of the country’s population at the time, lined the streets and paid their respects to ‘The Big Fella’ in what would be the largest attendance to a state funeral in Irish history.

See below a birdseye view of Sackville St. (O’Connell St.) Dublin as the funeral procession made its way from the Pro Cathedral, Dublin where Collins lay in state to Glasnevin Cemetery where Collins would be buried. (Credit: National Library of Ireland)

#MichaelCollins #MichaelCollinsHouse #Dublin #OConnellSt #GlasnevinCemetery #Clonakilty #Cork #WestCork #IrishHistory #Museum #ILoveClonakilty #PureCork
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Independence Museum Kilmurry
Kilmurry, Co. Cork, Ireland

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