I was delighted to visit Carlow County Museum after the long lockdown. A lot of new fascinating objects since my last visit. It`s made me impress how displays are well set out: exhibitions and items in the Museum’s collection of over 5,000 artifacts. I highly recommended to visit it. This is a wonderful museum that […]
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St. Osnadh`s Church in Kellistown is a ruined nineteenth-century Church of Ireland church with remains of the medieval church behind. Situated on an elevated site overlooking the rich rural countryside, this ruinous First Fruits church dates from 1810. It has an austere simplicity and comprises a three-bay nave with lime-rendered walls and pointed windows. Furthermore, […]
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The Top 10 Attractions of Carlow Town included some hidden gems. Carlow (Irish Ceatharlach) is the county town of County Carlow, in the southeast of Ireland, 84 km from Dublin. The M9 motorway means Carlow is about an hour’s drive from Dublin. From where comes the name of Carlow? So, the name is an anglicization […]
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Carlow County Museum is the newest County Museum in Ireland, opened in 2012. Counties Museums cover 13 objects throughout Ireland. And their role is to collect, store, document, and present the historical and cultural heritage of individual counties. Carlow County Museum is located in a former monastery in the very center of Carlow Town. This […]
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On Saturday, October 13th took place a 2-hour Carlow Town Walking Tour, as part of the Mensana Festival 2018. That was a Historical Trail around Carlow Town for Mensana Fest, Carlow’s Mental Health Festival. This is the 10th year of Mensana organized by the Carlow Mental Health Association (CMHA). Carlow Mental Health Association was formed […]
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On Friday, November 2nd, I took part in a special event as part of Carlow Scarefest 2018 called “Lucinda Sly Walking Tour”. Scarefest Carlow and Carlow County Museum organized it. So, Lucinda Sly’s tour followed the journey of the last woman to be publicly hanged in Carlow town. The guide from Carlow County Museum leads […]
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