Waterford County Museum

Waterford County Museum Community run museum, Charity No 20064617

๐„๐ฑ๐ก๐ข๐›๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌStep into the past with Childhood Memories, a vibrant new exhibition now open at the museu...
28/05/2026

๐„๐ฑ๐ก๐ข๐›๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ

Step into the past with Childhood Memories, a vibrant new exhibition now open at the museum. Discover a captivating collection of toys, dolls, antique 3D viewfinders, train sets, dollsโ€™ houses, posters, clothing, and moreโ€”each piece offering a glimpse into the world of childhood through the ages.

Free to visit, this exhibition invites you to explore, reminisce, and reconnect with the enduring spirit of childhoodโ€”alive in memory, culture, and all of us.

๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐œ (๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐š๐ฅ) ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ—? ๐’๐ž๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ— ๐Œ๐จ๐จ๐ง ๐‹๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ‘๐ƒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ก๐ข๐›๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฒ, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ฒ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐จ๐›๐ข๐ง ๐‡๐จ๐จ๐!

๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐’๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ โ€“ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ญ๐ก ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž, ๐Ÿ๐ฉ๐ฆ (๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐, ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ...
28/05/2026

๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ

๐’๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ โ€“ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ

๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ญ๐ก ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž, ๐Ÿ๐ฉ๐ฆ (๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐, ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ)

Lafcadio Hearn Japanese Gardens, Tramore. A discounted guided Tour of the gardens for โ‚ฌ7. Own transport required. Car sharing recommended, please let the museum know if you can provide a lift or if you might require one. Cafรฉ refreshments at own expense. Please ensure that full payment is made in person at the museum on or before Friday 12th June.

๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ก ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ.

Dromana House, Cappoquin with afternoon tea; a beautiful historic homestead with afternoon tea.. More details to follow.

Current membership for both events required. Places are limited. Please book the Japanese Gardens as soon as convenient to avoid disappointment.

๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฆThis series takes a look at some of the more unusual items we have either on display or...
28/05/2026

๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฆ

This series takes a look at some of the more unusual items we have either on display or in storage at The Waterford County Museum, Dungarvan. This week we take a look at a very unusual (and mostly redundant) metal object. Approximately 5.5โ€ or 14cm long, it is made of brass and perhaps copper. With its decorative scallop, it may at first appear like a ladies hair adornment, but the positioning of multiple and visible levers suggest a pinching movement, which would be correct. It is also correct to say that this was indeed a more practical item than a mere ladies accessory.

Itโ€™s a ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐‹๐š๐๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐ค๐ข๐ซ๐ญ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ (1860โ€™s to 1880โ€™s) This device was for lifting a long skirt to avoid dirt or facilitate movement. It clamped on to the hem and was attached to a belt by a chord ribbon or a chain.

๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐‘๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง ๐๐š๐œ๐ค๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐Two men sitting on the bank of t...
28/05/2026

๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐‘๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง ๐๐š๐œ๐ค๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐

Two men sitting on the bank of the River Suir with Sir Thomasโ€™s Bridge, Kilsheelan in the background. photographer: Unknown. Date: Circa 1900. The bridge was named after Sir Thomas Osbourne in 1690 and features a five-arch (or six-arch) humpbacked design composed of irregular segmental arches and cut sandstone V-cutwaters. It uniquely features an additional smaller single arch (often called a 'dry arch' or underpass) originally designed to allow towpaths and pedestrians to pass underneath. The underpass now forms part of the popular Suir Blueway, providing a beautiful and peaceful scenic walking and jogging trail.

You can view the museum collection of almost 8,500 old Waterford County photographs and drawings by accessing https://www.waterfordmuseum.ie/ and clicking on the โ€˜Imagesโ€™ tab. From there you can filter by โ€˜locationโ€™, โ€˜subjectโ€™ and/or use a key word to search for a particular image or theme (remember to load the โ€˜next 15โ€™) In this case the number in our photo archive is UK7925.

John "the Nipper" McCarthy IRA Volunteer and Driver for the West Waterford IRA Brigade the Nippers Grandson Pat Curran C...
26/05/2026

John "the Nipper" McCarthy IRA Volunteer and Driver for the West Waterford IRA Brigade the Nippers Grandson Pat Curran Colin Lennon The Grandson of George Lennon (1900-1991) who was the Commanding Officer of the West Waterford Brigade and Willie Fraher Waterford County Museum Curator

At a recent visit to the Waterford County Museum:Pictured at a Recent Visit to Dungarvan County Museum Curator Willie Fr...
26/05/2026

At a recent visit to the Waterford County Museum:

Pictured at a Recent Visit to Dungarvan County Museum Curator Willie Fraher Colin Lennon Son of Ivan Lennon Rochester New York Colin's Daughter Aoife Lennon Eddie Cantwell Museum Trustee Chrissy Knight Oโ€™Connor Co Author of The Waterford Women of the Revolution 1914-1923

At a recent visit to Waterford County Museum:Colin Lennon (son of Ivan Lennon, Rochester, New York); Eddie Cantwell; Mu...
25/05/2026

At a recent visit to Waterford County Museum:
Colin Lennon (son of Ivan Lennon, Rochester, New York); Eddie Cantwell; Museum Trustee Colinโ€™s daughter, Aoife Lennon; and staff member, Ron Twomey.
Colinโ€™s grandfather was Dungarvan-Born George Lennon (1900โ€“1991), who served as Commanding Officer of the West Waterford IRA Brigade. during the Irish War of Independence (1919โ€“1921)

Have a look at this link below with curator Willie Fraher explaining some of the more unusual Children's Book's in our c...
22/05/2026

Have a look at this link below with curator Willie Fraher explaining some of the more unusual Children's Book's in our collection.
These are currently featured as part of our ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ exhibition:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyUIoukSq3g

โ€˜๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€ฆโ€™This week we had some descendants of Thomas Power from the United States visit the museum. Thomas Po...
22/05/2026

โ€˜๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€ฆโ€™

This week we had some descendants of Thomas Power from the United States visit the museum. Thomas Power was a very successful Dungarvan businessmen who bought the St Bridgetโ€™s Well brewery. Pictured here in front of some images that form part of the museumโ€™s extensive industrial history collection is Thomasโ€™s grandson David with his wife Beth Power.

[Pictured: David & Beth Power from the US]

๐’๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ โ€“ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ญ๐ก ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž, ๐Ÿ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐‹๐š๐Ÿ๐œ๐š๐๐ข๐จ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐‰๐š๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐†๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง๐ฌ, ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž. A di...
22/05/2026

๐’๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ โ€“ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ

๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ญ๐ก ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž, ๐Ÿ๐ฉ๐ฆ
๐‹๐š๐Ÿ๐œ๐š๐๐ข๐จ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐‰๐š๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐†๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง๐ฌ, ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž. A discounted guided Tour of the gardens for โ‚ฌ7. Own transport required. Car sharing recommended, please let the museum know if you can provide a lift or if you might require one. Cafรฉ refreshments at own expense. Please ensure that full payment is made in person at the museum on or before Friday 12th June.

๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ก ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ.
๐ƒ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ ๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ, ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ง; a beautiful historic homestead with afternoon tea.. More details to follow.
Current membership for both events required. Places will be limited. Please book the Japanese Gardens as soon as convenient to avoid disappointment.
[image inserted: โ€˜Japanese Gardens' Azumaya Frontโ€™]

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