Fáilte Feirste Thiar,
212 Falls Road, Belfast,
BT12 6AH

Tel: 048 9080 6181.

e-mail info@visitwestbelfast.com
Web http://www.westbelfast-failte.com/ .

Carrickfergus Castle
Seafront, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim 
Tel: 028 9335 1273 
e-mail sc@doeni.gov.uk

Constructed in the late 12^th Century by John de Courcy, the Anglo-Norman conqueror of east Ulster , this castle was a military stronghold for almost 600 years. It sustained a long siege by Edward Bruce in 1315-16. For several hundred years it was the Crown’s principal residential and administrative stronghold in the north. It was seized by General Schomberg on behalf of King William in 1689 and was captured briefly by the French in 1760. It functioned as a prison during the Napoleonic Wars, then an armoury until 1928 and later an air raid shelter during the Second World War.
Open to the public. Admission charge.

Dunluce Castle
87 Dunluce Road, Bushmills, Co. Antrim. 
Tel: 028 2073 1938
e-mail sc@doeni.gov.uk

Built on a spectacular viewing point, the ccastle was a stronghold of the McDonnells, the Lords of Antrim during the 1500s. After a siege by Sir John Perott, the Lord Deputy in 1584 the McDonnells submitted to Queen Elizabeth. The Girona an Armada ship sank nearby and its cannon were salvaged for Dunluce’s defence.
Open April-September. Guided tours available.
Admission fee.

Dunseverick Museum
Dunseverick Harbour, Bushmills, Co. Antrim. 
Tel: 028 20762225

The museum includes exhibits on the Spanish Armada and World War One.

Fernhill House Peoples Museum
Glencairn Park , Belfast . 
Tel: 028 9071 5599

This museum is dedicated to telling the social, economic and military history of the Greater Shankhill area of Belfast . It features exhibits on the Home Rule crisis and the First World War. The museum also offers a service that traces the First and Second World War records of local people.
OpenMon-Sat 10.00 am-4.00 pm, Sunday, 1.00 pm-4.00 pm.

Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
Market Square, Lisburn, Co. Antrim. 
Tel: 028 9266377 Fax 028 92672624
E-mail irishlinencentre@lisburn.gov.uk

A section of the museum deals with the military history of the region.
Open Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.00pm.

Langford Lodge Wartime Centre
Station 597, Gortnagallon Road, Langford Lodge, Ardmore, Co. Antrim. 
Tel: 028 94423896

During the Second World War the USA 8^th Army Air force was stationed here. Today their presence is commemorated in an aviation museum, which contains collections of material relating to air warfare in both world wars and in the modern age.
Open May-October Sat, Sun, 12.30am-4.00pm.

Northern Ireland Police Museum
PSNI HQ, ‘Brooklyn’, Knock Road, Belfast BT5 6LE
Tel: 028 90650222 x 22499 
E-mail museum@psni.police.uk
Web http://www.psni.police.uk/museum/index.htm

The museum houses uniforms, weapons and information on the history of policing in Ireland from 1822, with particular relevance to the Royal Irish Constabulary in the 1916-21 period. A complete database of RIC service records is accessible at the museum.
Open Mon-Fri, 9.30am-12.30pm, 1.30pm-4.30pm. Visits by appointment preferred.

Royal Irish Regiment Museum , The
St. Patricks Barracks, Ballymena. 
Tel: 01266 661355
E-mail hgrirsh@royalirishregiment.co.uk

The current Royal Irish Regiment (Rir Regt) was formed by the amalgamation of the Royal Irish Rangers and the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) in 1992. The original RIr Regt had been formed in 1684 and was disbanded in 1922. Exhibits detail the origins of the regiment with the raising of the Inniskillings in 1689 and include weapons and uniforms and also covers the history of the RIr Regt, the Royal Inniskilling Fusilers (R Innis Fus) and the Royal Ulster Rifles (RUR).
Open Wed-Sat, 2.00-5.00pm or by prior appointment.

Royal Ulster Rifles Museum, The
5 Waring Street, Belfast BT1 2EW Tel: 028 9023 2086
E-mail rurmuseum@yahoo.co.uk
Web http://rurmuseum.tripod.com/

This museum that holds collections of uniforms, medals, badges, diaries and photographs relating to the history of this regiment, which bore the name Royal Irish Rifles (RIr Rif) until it was changed to Royal Ulster Rifles on 1 January 1922. There are over 4,000 items in a collection which covers service from Egypt in 1801, through India in 1857, the Boer War, the First and Second World Wars and Korea .
Open Mon-Thurs 10.00am-12.30pm & 2.00pm-4.00pm (closes at 3.00pm on Fri)
Admission free.

U.S. Rangers Centre
Boneybefore, Carrickfergus,
C/O Carrickfergus Borough Council,
Wilson Endowed Building, 15 Lancasterian Street, Carrickfergus, BT 38 7AB
Tel: 028 93366455 
E-mail hrankin.tourism@carrickfergus.org
Web http://www.carrickfergus.org/

The 1^st battalion of the elite US Army Rangers was raised on the 19 June 1942 at Sunnylands Camp, Carrickfergus. This museum contains photographs, memorabilia and records relating to this famous unit. It is housed in the same building as the Andrew Jackson Centre, which commemorates the life of the Andrew Jackson, Major General in the Tennessee Militia, the victor of the Battle of New Orleans in 1815 and seventh President of the United States .
Open April-October, 10.00am-1.00pm, 2.00pm-4.00pm. (Open by request for schools and groups during the winter months).
Admission charge.

War Memorial Building
9-13 Waring Street, Belfast BT 1 2DW 
Tel: 028 9032 0392
Web http://rurmuseum.tripod.com/homefront.htm

This building is located on a site devastated by German bombing in 1941 a permanent exhibition entitled Northern Ireland in the Second World War details the social, economic and military background to the region’s involvement in that conflict.
Open Mon-Fri, 9.00am-5.00pm
Admission free.

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Armagh County Museum
The Mall East, Armagh, BT61 9BE 
Tel: 028 3752 3070 Fax 028 3752 2631
Web www.armagh-visit.com/county_museum.htm

This museum has on display important collections of objects related to the Tyrone, Louth and Armagh Militia; the Irish Volunteers, Yeomanry and Royal Irish Fusiliers. It also holds weapons including pikes used in the 1798 Rebellion and a range of materials related to the two World Wars. The Museum library contains a number of Army Lists: of Army and Royal Marines, and Yeomanry from the early nineteenth Century.
Open Mon-Fri 10.00am-5.00pm, Sat 10.00am-1.00pm
Admission free.

Benburb Valley Heritage Centre
89 Milltown Road , Tullymore, Benburb.
Tel: 028 3754 9885

This heritage centre is close to the site of the June 1646 battle where Gaelic forces under the command of Owen Roe O’Neill defeated Scottish troops under Robert Munroe. The biggest battle of the eleven-year Confederate War, some historians have described it as the only pitched battle the Gaelic Irish ever won.
Open Mon-Thurs 9.00am-5.00pm, Fri 9.00am-2.00pm

Cavan

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Cavan County Museum
Virginia Road, Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan.
Tel: 049 44070 Fax 049 44332
E-mail ccmuseum@tinet.ie

The county’s local museum, which contains some material of interest to military history.
Open Tues-Sat 10.00am-5.00pm, Sun 2.00pm-6.00pm (June-September only).
Admission charge.

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Clare

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Bunratty Castle
Co. Clare
Airport road, eight miles west of Limerick.  

Norman castles were built here from 1251 onwards, although Vikings had previously established a fortification here earlier, on a strategic island with a view of river traffic entering and leaving the port of Limerick . The castle was at first the home of the Gaelic MacNamara family but passed through marriage into the hands of the O’Briens of Thomond. The building suffered during the conflicts of the 1600s, when the O’Briens abandoned it. Today it is internationally known for its Folk Park and medieval banquets.
Open  Daily, year round, Mon-Fri, Summer, 9.00 am-6.30 pm, Winter, 9.30 am-5.30 pm

Carrigaholt Castle
Seven miles west of Kilkee, Co. Clare (In ruins).

Built by the McMahons in the fifteenthcentury, this tower house dominated the Corcabascin Peninsula . In 1588 seven ships of the Spanish Armada anchored at Carrigaholt. Soon afterwards government forces unsuccessfully besieged the castle. In 1589 however. the Earl of Thomond captured the castle and killed all its defenders, passing the castle to his brother’s control. His grandson Viscount Clare raised a regiment of horse for James II’s armies in the 1680s but following the victory of the Williamites the castle and estate were confiscated by the crown.

Clare Museum
Arthur’s Row, off O’Connell Square, Ennis, Co. Clare.
Tel: 065 682 3382
E-mail claremuseum@eircom.net 
Web www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/claremuseum

The museum holds a number of weapons, medals and memorabilia from the 1798 Rebellion, First and Second World Wars and the War of Independence. These include pike heads from 1798, rifles and revolvers from the 1916-23 period, mines and anti-submarine devices washed ashore during the Second world War and the Africa Star, Italy Star and 1939-45 Silver Medals awarded to nurse Josephine Canny.
Open All year round.
Admission charge.

Craggaunowen
Kilmurry, Sixmilebridge, Co. Clare. 
Tel: 061 360788 Fax 061 361020.

Reconstruction of Celtic village life, including a ring fort.
Open Daily, March-October
Admission charge.

Dysert O’Dea Castle
Dysert O’Dea, Corofin, Co. Clare. 
Tel: 065 6837401

The castle was built in 1480 by Diarmaid O’Dea. It was badly damaged by Cromwellian forces in 1651. It is close to the site of the 1318 Battle of Dysert O’Dea, where Norman overlord Richard de Clare was defeated and killed by Murtagh O’Brien, king of Thomond and his allies the O’Deas. The castle now houses a museum.

Killaloe Heritage Centre
Killaloe, Co. Clare. 
Tel: 061 376866
Web http://www.shannonheritage.com/

The centre is devoted to Ireland ’s Celtic heritage. Killaloe was the birthplace of Brian Boru, king of Munster and the most successful of the old Irish kings.
Open Daily, 10.00am-6.00pm, May-September

Knappogue Castle
Quin, Co. Clare. 
Tel: 061 360788

The castle, seat of the MacNamara family from 1467, was occupied by Cromwellian forces as a consequence of Douglas MacNamara’s participation in the 1641 rebellion.
Open Daily, May-October.

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Cork

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Ballincollig Gunpowder Mills Heritage Centre
Killarney Road , five miles from Cork city. 
Tel:
e-mail

During the Napoleonic Wars the British Board of Ordnance bought local mills and turned them into a major arms producing centre, employing 500 local men and boys by the 1880s.
Open: This Heritage Centre was closed in 2002.


Bantry French Armada Centre
East Stables, Bantry House, Bantry, Co.Cork
Tel: 027 51796

In 1796 a French Fleet carrying almost 15,000 troops, among them the United Irish leader Wolfe Tone, almost succeeded in landing on the Cork coast. This centre features audiovisual reconstructions of French Naval life and the plans of Tone and the United Irishmen.
Open April-October
Admission charge.

Charles Fort
Summer Cove, Kinsale 
Tel: 021 4772263 Fax: 021 4774347

One of the largest military forts in Ireland, the construction of this fort commenced in 1677 on the site of a medieval castle, which had itself been occupied by Spanish forces in 1601. The star shaped Charles Fort saw fighting soon after its construction when it was besieged by the Williamite general the duke of Marlborough . It was also the scene of fighting during the Civil War.
Open Mid March-October 10.00am-6.00pm, Nov-Mid March, Sat-Sun 10.00am-5.00pm , weekdays by arrangement.
Admission charge & regular guided tours.

Cobh Heritage Centre
Cobh, Co. Cork . 
Tel: 021 4813591 Fax 021 4813595
E-mail info@cobhheritage.com

The centre is primarily concerned with the story of Irish emigration but contains some material relating to naval warfare.
Open Daily, 10.00am-6.00pm (5.00pm in Winter).
Admission charge.

Collins Barracks Cork Military Museum
Collins Barracks, Cork. 
Tel: 021 4514125 & 021 4514126
Fax 021 4502666

The museum opened in 1985 and was conceived as a tribute to soldiers from the barracks on lost their lives in the line of duty. Its core collection is that of memorabilia associated with Michael Collins, including his personal diary, some personal papers, two of his revolvers and his War of Independence medal. In addition, the museum houses a large photographic collection dedicated to the history of the barracks.
Access controlled. Write to Officer Commanding Collins Barracks, Cork .

Conna Castle
Four miles west of Tullow

Built in the 1550s by Sir Thomas Roe FitzGerald, the castle was lost to the Earl of Essex after FitzGerald joined the 1599 revolt. In 1645 the castle was captured by Confederate Catholic forces and its garrison killed.

Cork Public Museum
FitzGerald Park , Mardyke, Cork  
Tel: 021 4270679 Fax 021 4270931
e-mail museum@corkcorp.ie

The museum holds an extensive collection relating to the War of Independence period in Cork, with artefacts and memorabilia belonging to Tom Barry, Terence MacSwiney and Thomas MacCurtain. Uniforms, medals and weapons feature in the collection. The museum also holds a small number of collections which relate to the involvement of Cork people in the American Civil War.
Open Mon-Fri, 11.00 am-1.00 pm, 2.15 pm-5.00 pm. Sun 3.00 pm-5.00 pm
Admission free

Desmond Castle
Cork Street , Kinsale. 
Tel: 021 477 4855

Built in 1500 this castle was captured by the Spanish in the winter of 1601, during the Battle of Kinsale;  it was used to house captured American sailors during the American Revolution. Known locally as the ‘French Prison’ after 54 French prisoners burned to death here in 1747.
Open April-June Tue-Sun 10.00am-6.00pm, June-October, daily 10.00am-6.00pm.
Admission charge.

Kinsale Museum
Market Square , Kinsale. 
Tel: 021 4777930
Web http://homepage.tinet.ie/~kinsalemuseum/index.html

The Battle of Kinsale was a decisive turning point in Irish history, bringing to an end a nine year rebellion which had seen a powerful alliance of Ulster Gaelic chieftains drive the English from that province and spread insurrection throughout Ireland. A Spanish expeditionary force landed in the Kinsale area in September 1601 but was besieged by English forces under the Lord Deputy Mountjoy. A large force of Gaelic soldiers led by Hugh O’Neill and Red Hugh O’Donnell marched from Ulster to link up with the Spanish. Despite early successes the Irish forces were routed in early 1602 and the Spanish agreed to withdraw. The defeat ended Spain ’s immediate interest in Ireland and broke the spirit of the Ulster lords’ resistance, setting the scene for plantation and conquest. The museum contains a major exhibition on this theme. There are also collections relating to the sinking of the Lusitiania in 1915.
Open Sat 10.00am-5.00pm, Sun 2.00pm-5.00pm.

Mallow Castle
Mallow, Co. Cork .

A fortress of the Desmond family it was granted in 1584 to Sir Thomas Norreys, lord president of Munster . It held out against the Confederates in 1645 and fell into disuse soon after.

West Cork Regional Museum
Western Road, Clonakilty, Co.Cork .

The museum’s main exhibition focuses on the War of Independence in west Cork . Arms and militaria are displayed and there is a special emphasis on the career of Michael Collins.

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Derry

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Derry City Walls
Having withstood the famous 105-day siege by Jacobite forces in 1689, Derry is the only remaining completely walled city in Ireland . The walls encircle the old city, a circuit of one mile and are open to the public from dawn till dusk, admission free.  

Plantation of Ulster Centre
50 High Street, Draperstown, Co. Derry . 
Tel: 028 7962 7800 Fax 028 7962 7732
E-mail info@theflightoftheearlsexperience.com
web http://www.theflightoftheearlsexperience.com/

Interactive museum and heritage centre which explains the military and political background to the Ulster Plantations. Following the defeat of the nine years insurrection, the submission of the major Gaelic lords during the early 1600s and the ‘Flight of the Earls’ in 1607 the Crown confiscated land in Donegal, Tyrone and Fermanagh and granted it to English and Scottish planters.
Open Easter-Sept Mon-Sat 10.00am-5.00pm, Sun 1.00pm-5.00pm. Oct-Easter Mon-Fri, 10.00am-4.00pm.
Admission charge.

St. Columb’s Cathedral
London Street ,  Derry
Tel: 028 71267313

The Cathedral’s museum contains artefacts from the Siege of Derry. The Cathedral itself contains a copy of Ireland’s Memorial Records of World War One, memorials to local war dead as well as British and American regimental flags. The cannon ball which contained a Jacobite note demanding Derry ’s surrender in 1689 is on display outside the Cathedral.
Open Mon-Sat, all year round, Summer 9.00am-5.00pm, Winter 9.00am-1.00pm & 2.00pm-4.00pm.
Admission charge.

Tower Museum The
Union Hall Place, Derry
Tel: 028 71372411

The award winning museum holds numerous artefacts relating to the Siege in 1689, the conflicts between 1912 and 1922 as well as the impact of both World Wars on the city of Derry.
Open Sept-June, Tues-Sat & Bank Holiday Mondays 10.00am-5.00pm. July-August, Mon-Sat, 10.00am-5.00pm
Admission charge.

Workhouse Museum , The 
23 Glendermott Road , 
Tel: 028 71318328

The museum’s first floor contains the Atlantic Memorial exhibition that details the role the city played during the Battle of the Atlantic . The exhibition contains uniforms, paper items and artefacts.
Open Mon-Thurs and Sat 10.00am-4.00pm. July-August also open Fridays.
Admission free.

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Donegal

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Castledoe
Two miles north east of Creeslough on the coast, by Sheephaven bay.

Built in the 1520s by MacSweeney Doe, head of a branch of the O’Donnell family, the castle was subjected to over twenty sieges before being abandoned in the late 1600s. Sailors from the Spanish Armada were given refuge at the castle in 1588. In 1601 Red Hugh O’Donnell seized the castle, as did Confederate Catholics in 1641, the Cromwellians in 1650 and both Jacobites and Williamites during the 1690s.

Donegal Castle
Donegal Town .  

Built in the 1400s this castle became the chief seat of the powerful O’Donnell clan. After the flight of the earls the O’Donnell lands were granted to the Brooke family, who successfully defended the castle during the 1641 rebellion and the Jacobite wars.

Donegal County Museum
High Road, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal.
Tel: 074-24613

Exhibits chart the history of the county and include a section on the Emergency.
Open Daily.  Admission free.

Flight of the Earls Heritage Centre
Rathmullan Harbour, Co. Donegal.
Tel: 074 58178

Based in a fort constructed during the Napoleonic Wars and situated close to where the ‘flight’ took place, exhibits explain how in 1607 Hugh O’Neill, earl of Tyrone, Rory O’Donnell, earl of Tyrconnell and Cuchonnacht Maguire, lord of Fermanagh fled Ireland. The government declared their leaving treasonous and confiscated their lands to make way for the Ulster Planatation.
Open Easter weekend, mid May-mid September, Mon-Sat, 10.00 am-6.00 pm, Sun, 12.00-6.00 pm.
Admission charge.

Fort Dunree Military Museum
Dunree, Linsfort, Buncrana, Co. Donegal.
 Tel: 077 61817
e-mail dunree@eircom.net
Web http://www.dunree.pro.ie/

Originally built to guard against French naval incursion between 1798 and 1800, by 1900 Fort Dunree was a modern coastal defence fortification. During October 1914 its guns protected the British Grand Fleet while it sheltered in Lough Swilly. In 1938 the fort was handed over to the Irish Free State and was an important part of the defence effort during the Emergency. It continued to be used for military training until the 1980s. The museum uses interactive technology to bring to life the history of the fort.
Open June-September, Mon-Sat 10.30am-6.00pm, Sun 1.00-6.00pm.

Greencastle (Northburgh)
East of Greencastle village, on Inishowen shore of Lough Foyle . (In ruins)

Built by the Earl of Ulster, Richard de Burgo in 1305 to subdue the local O’Donnells and O’Neills. The castle was an important strategic post controlling entry to Lough Foyle. In 1316 it was captured by Edward Bruce. Following the murder of William de Burgo in 1333, the de Burgos lost their power in the region, and the castle passed into the control of the O’Dohertys. However in 1555 the castle was almost destroyed during fighting among the O’Dohertys and O’Donnells and although garrisoned by the crown into the 1600s it was eventually abandoned.

Grianan of Aileach
Off Buncrana-Derry road, Inishowen.

This was the ancient fort and stronghold of the O’Neills of Ulster from the fifth to the twelfth centuries, until its destruction by Murtagh O’Brien of Munster in 1101. Set 800 feet above sea level the fort provides spectacular views of Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly.

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Down County Museum
The Mall, Downpatrick, Co. Down BT30 6AH 
Tel: 028 4461 5218   Fax 028 4461 5590
E-mail  Museum@downdc.gov.uk

This museum is situated in the former Down county gaol, in which former United Irish leader, thomas Russell was imprisoned prior to his public execution in 1803. The museum holds material relating to the 1798 and 1803 rebellions including weapons and documents. There are also exhibits on the Ulster and Irish Volunteer’s from 1912 onwards and substantial collections relating to the two World Wars..
Open Tue-Fri 11.00am-5.00pm, Sat & Sun, 2.00pm-5.00pm.

Dundrum Castle
Dundrum village, Co. Down.

Founded by John de Courcy in 1177 the castle was seized from him by King John in 1210. The castle was in turn seized by the Magennis family in the 1300s, who held it until expelled by Lord Mountjoy in 1601. The Maginnis family retook the castle during the 1641 Rebellion but it was captured and dismantled by Cromwellian forces in 1652.
Open.

Green Castle
Seashore Carlingford Lough off A2 Kilkeel-Warrenpoint road. 
Tel: 028 9054 3037 
e-mail sc@doeni.gov.uk

Built in the mid thirteenth century the castle commanded the sea link to Carlingford. It was besieged and captured by Edward Bruce in 1316. It was again besieged in 1333-34 and captured by Irish forces in 1343 and 1375. In 1505 it was granted to the Earls of Kildare but was destroyed by Cromwellian forces in 1652.
Guided tours available.
 

Grey Point Fort
The Fort, Helen’s Bay, Co. Down BT19 1LE
Tel:  028 9185 3621
Web: http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/

A coastal artillery site was built at Grey Point on the shores of Belfast Lough between 1904 and 1907, to provide security for Belfast port. Housing 6 inch guns and two mark VII saluting guns,  it was operational during both world wars and remained manned until 1957. With the fort’s closure its guns  were removed. When in 1987 the fort was restored as a historic site, two 6 inch guns Mark VII, were donated by the Irish Defence Forces from coastal defence forts in Cork Harbour .
Open All year round, 10.00 am-5.00 pm.

Jordan’s Castle
Ardglass, Co. Down.

Built in the 1400s to defend the seaport of Ardglass, it withstood a lengthy siege during Tyrone’s rebellion.
Open to public.

North Down Heritage Centre
Town Hall, Bangor Co. Down. 
Tel:  028 270 371  Fax 028 271 370

The centre houses  material relating to the social history of the county.
Open Daily, 10.30am-4.30pm

Somme Heritage Centre, The
233 Bangor Road , Newtownards, Co. Down, BT23 7PH 
Tel: 028 4782 3202
e-mail Sommeassociation@dnet.co.uk
Web http://www.irishsoldier.org

This Heritage Centre holds over 5000 artefacts dealing with the First World War. Education is central to the Centre’s aims and guided tours and education packs aimed at school goers are available. Elements of the battlefields of the War are reconstructed  in a multi-media exhibition and the political background to pre war Ireland is illustrated through the use of material from the Irish and Ulster Volunteers. There is a database of Irish fatalities of the Great War for those wishing to trace details of relatives. The Somme Association, which coordinates research into Ireland ’s part in the First World War, is based at the Centre.
Open Mon-Thurs 10.00am-4.00pm, Sat& Sun 12.00pm-4.00pm.

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Dublin

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Arbour Hill Cemetry
Arbour Hill, Dublin 7

The 1916 Memorial, located in the cemetery at the rear of the Church of the Sacred Heart, contains the graves of 14 of the executed leaders of the 1916 Rising. The cemetery also contains the graves of many soldiers who died while serving with the British army in Dublin . The colours of various battalions of the Defence Forces formed to serve with the United Nations are laid up in the Scurch of the Sacred Heart. The church also contains a number of  British army regimental plaques.
Open Daily 9.00 am-5.00 pm

Bank of Ireland
College Green, Dublin 2.

Situated within  the bank and open to the public is the former House of Lords of the Irish parliament during the eighteenth century. On either wall are tapestries commemorating the battle of the Boyne and the siege of Derry . College Green was the site for numerous mobilisations of the Volunteer movement during the 1780s. The cannon, a carronade, in the Bank’s forecourt date from the period of the Napoleonic Wars.
Open Mon-Fri, 10.00am-4.00pm.

Christchurch Cathedral Dublin
Tel: 01 6778099 
Web www.cccdub.ie/visitors/visitinfo.html

The cathedral is the burial place of many of the first Anglo Norman lords of Dublin and site of memorials to Irish dead of the two World Wars.
Open Mon-Fri 9.45am-5.00pm, Sat & Sun 10.00am-5.00pm
Admission-donation

City Hall
Dame Street , Dublin 2.
Tel: 01 6722204 Fax 01 6722620
E-mail cityhall@dublincity.ie 
Web http://www.dublincity.ie/

A permanent multi-media exhibition The Story of the Capital includes many references to the experience of warfare in Dublin from the Viking period onwards. The City Hall itself was the scene of fighting during the 1916 Rising and a plague commemorates members of the Irish Citizen Army killed there.
Open Mon-Sat, 10.00am-5.15pm, Sun 2.00am-5.00pm.
Admission charge.

Civic Museum
58 South William Street , D 2 
Tel: 01 6794260

Exhibits deal with the social, economic and political history of Dublin .
Open Tues-Sat 10.00am-6.00pm, Sun 11.00am-2.00pm.
Admission free.

Croppies’ Acre Memorial Garden
Collins Barracks, Dublin 7.

The portion of the esplanade, in front of Collins Barracks, is called is called the Croppie’s Acre . This is because hundreds of executed rank and file of the 1798 Rebellion are said  to be buried there. An official memorial was formally unveiled here in 1998.

Dublin Castle
Dame Street , Dublin 2. 
Tel: 01 6777129 Fax: 01 6797831.

Built originally in the  thirteenth century it functioned as a prison, treasury, courts of law and military fortress but, most famously, as the seat of English and British administration in Ireland and hence was subject to numerous sieges and attacks over the centuries. Its Heraldic Museum holds a collection of flags of the  eighteenth century Irish regiments of France .
Open Courtyard every day. 10.00am-5.00pm. Admission free.
State Apartments Mon-Fri 10.00am-5.00pm, Sat, Sun and Bank Holidays, 2.00pm-5.00pm. Admission charge

Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA)  Museum
New Cusack Stand, Croke Park , Dublin 3. 
Tel: 01 8558176 Fax 01 8558104
E-mail gaamuseum@crokepark 
web www.gaa.ie/museum/

This museum holds many materials related to the development of militant nationalism in the early twentieth Century as well as from the 1916-21 period. The Croke Park stadium itself was the scene of the November 1920 Bloody Sunday massacre.
Open May-September Mon-Sat, 9.30am-5.00pm October-April Mon-Sat 10.00am-5.00pm, Sundays 12.00pm-5.00pm (restrictions on match days).
Admission charge.

Garda Siochana Museum and Archives
The Records Tower , Dublin Castle , Dublin 2.
Tel: 01 6719597
Web www.esatclear.ie/~garda/index.html

The museum features exhibits relating to the history of the Garda from 1922 but also material on the story of policing in Ireland with much relevance to the conflicts of the twentieth century.
Open Mon-Fri 9.00am-5.00pm
Admission free.

Garden of Remembrance
Parnell Square East , Dublin 1. 
Tel: 01 6472498

This memorial garden was opened in 1966 and is dedicated to those who gave their lives for Irish independence.
Open Every day - Summer 9.30am-8.00pm, Winter 11.00am-4.00pm.
Admission free.

General Post Office
O’Connell Street , Dublin 1.

The headquarters of the 1916 rebels, almost destroyed by shelling during the Rising, it was reopened in 1928.
Open Daily.

Glasnevin Cemetery
Finglas Road , Dublin 11.
e-mail cemetery@indigo.ie

This is the final resting place of numerous personalities connected to the Irish nationalist and republican movement among them Michael Collins, Eamon de Valera, Countess Markievicz, Roger Casement and Kevin Barry.
Open Daylight hours. Admission free. Tours Wednesday and Friday - contact 01 8301133.

Irish Jewish Museum
3-4 Walworth Road, South Circular Road , Dublin 8. 
Tel: 01 4531797/6760737

The museum holds some material on the involvement of Irish Jews in warfare, such as Robert Briscoe, IRA gunrunner during the War of Independence and later lord mayor of Dublin.
Open May-September, Sun, Tue, Thurs, 11.00am-3.30pm. October-April, Sunday only, 10.30am-2.30pm. Donations accepted.

 
Kilmainham Jail, Dublin
Inchicore Road, Dublin 8 
Tel: 01 4535984 Fax: 01 4532037

Today one of the largest unoccupied gaols in Europe, Kilmainham housed rebel prisoners in 1798, 1803, 1848, 1867, 1916 and from 1919-23. Numerous personalities from Irish history such as Robert Emmett, Charles Stewart Parnell, James Connolly and Eamon de Valera were imprisoned here. It was the scene of many executions and dramatic escapes and continued in use until the end of the Civil War. Its museum has a comprehensive exhibition of materials relating to Irish history. Guided tours of the prison daily, on the hour. The gaol and museum are often extremely busy during the summer months.
Open April-September, daily 9.30am-6.00pm (last admission 4.45) October-March, Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm (last admission 4pm) Sun 10.00am-6.00pm (last admission 4.45). Tours last one hour - allow extra 30 minutes to see exhibition. Admission charge.

National Maritime Museum, Dun Laoghaire
The Mariners Church , Haigh Terrace, Dun Laoghaire .

Tel: 01-2800969
Web http://www.dun-laoghaire.com/dir/maritime.html

Among the items of military interest on display are the Bantry Boat, a 38’ long officers barge c