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Have you tested your smoke alarm lately? We recommend testing them once a week and you should have one installed per floor of your home.

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From Crumlin 🏺 To the world stage ⚽ A Bronze Age vessel, richly ornamented and discovered in Crumlin, Co. Dublin- and tonight, a hometown represented globally. Best of luck to Pico & Cape Verde #FromCrumlinToTheWorld #IrishHeritage #BronzeAge #WorldCup #CapeVerde #CaboVerde #PicoLopes #Crumlin

🦴 Make some fossil friends this summer! Drop into the Dead Zoo Lab at Collins Barracks for a free family activity exploring favourite fossils. An Irish Sign Language interpreter will be present 📅 Wed 8 July ⏰ 2pm–4pm 📍 Collins Barracks, Dublin 7 No booking required. www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

Late Evening Discovery Tours offer a quieter way to explore Ireland’s past with expert guides. Experience the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, after hours. 📅 25 June| 17:00 |18:30 🎟️ Free Discover #DublinByDusk. www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/D...

Ireland’s National Cultural Institutions @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social @immaireland.bsky.social @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social generate €209m annually but their true value goes beyond economics. From wellbeing to social cohesion, culture shapes stronger societies www.museum.ie/en-IE/Press-...

Let’s get one thing straight: Irish history isn’t 🌈 Mother Pride Block Party lands at Collins Barracks on Friday, June 26, and Saturday, June 27, 2026. 🎶 All welcome. 🔗 www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/M... #Pride #DublinEvents #LGBTQHistory

Strong letter in Monday's Irish Independent. No matter where, the FAI must not play apartheid Israel in the Nations League. #StopTheGame

📅 June at Collins Barracks 🇮🇪 Pride tours (incl. ISL), Quiet Hour, guided tours & Dublin by Dusk ✨ Free Rainbow Trail + more. 📣 June 25 update: 17:30 LGBTQIA+ Tour | 18:00 Curator Talk | 19:00 LGBTQIA+ Tour Free & bookable events. Plan your visit! www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

“It’s better to light a candle than to blame the dark.” @ncad-ireland.bsky.social Student Emilio Gabat transforms this proverb into jewellery using silver + beads 🔥 Part of The Weight of Words - an exhibition inspired by Akan gold weights and cultural storytelling. 🔗 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

This blew my mind. Some of the largest data centers can require up to 5 million gallons of water per day, equivalent to the water use of 50,000 people. Why are we selling out the survival of our planet to enrich a handful of Big Tech CEOs?

Great piece on RTE Culture today about ‘State, In Relation’ a collaborative project that brings writers together to engage with the Irish Constitution Oein deBhairduin writes powerfully about the constitution in relation to the 1963 Report of the Commission on Itinerancy www.rte.ie/culture/2026...

Crazy that this is getting barely any coverage. This year’s European Press Prize was just awarded to an investigative report by the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant. Almost all of them died or were left severely disabled. share.google/mbOrgZ69hd87...

A great thing about the National Museum of Ireland is that it educates & informs about LGBTQ history within Ireland. The Queer community are a central part of our culture with ppl like Oscar Wilde, Kate O’Brien, Francis Bacon, Eileen Gray & Michael Collins making the Ireland of today!

Aitheantas: Silver NCAD Jewellery student Lise-Marie Kasselman, inspired by the Irish proverb “Athnionn ciaróg ciaróg eile” (one beetle recognises another). Part of The Weight of Words at the National Museum, Collins Barracks. Free entry. www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

🌈Discover Untold Stories Celebrate Pride with a fresh perspective at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks. Join a LGBTQIA+ guided tour & explore powerful stories, identities, & histories. 📍 Collins Barracks, Dublin 🗓️ Sat, 6 June 2026 ⏰ 14:00 & 15:30 🎟️ Free www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

Tune into @rteone.rte.ie @ 20:30 on Sunday 31 May for "Museum of Me". Hosted by Dermot Whelan, the new series explores the lives of notable Irish figures through meaningful personal objects with the assistance of Dr. Siobhan Doyle, Curator of Contemporary Irish History

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🌆 Dublin after dark starts tonight Join the first Dublin by Dusk at the National Museum of Ireland ✨ Late opening ✨ Free tours ✨ Unique evening vibes 📅 Thurs 28 May | From 5pm till 8pm 📍 Dublin Kildare Street & Collins Barracks A new monthly night out 👉 www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/D...

Discover Dublin by dusk 🌆 Join us at Collins Barracks & Kildare Street this Thursday, 28 May, for a free curator talk and late-evening tours. No booking needed, just drop in and explore culture after hours. 🕠 17:00–20:00. See you there. #DublinByDusk www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/D...

On this day in 1926, the census of Trinity College Dublin was certified, capturing campus life from 100 years ago. There were 185 people living across campus, from students and lecturers to support staff and their families. Among them were 26 “servants”, 17 of them women. @tcddublin.bsky.social

The Museum, but after hours 🌙 Dublin by Dusk launches Thursday 28 May Free After hours tours. A different way to explore Dublina and the Museum. 🕠 From 17:00 📍 Collins Barracks & Kildare Street 👉 www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/D... #DublinByDusk #WhatsOnDublin #AfterHours

Tune in today Monday 18 May at 3pm to @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social on @newstalkfm.bsky.social, where Siobhan Doyle, Curator of Contemporary Irish History, will discuss the history & scandals of the Irish Hospital Sweepstakes. Or Siobhan’s article @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Immigration make Britain brilliant

Impourtant Tea-time ☕✨ Silver & wool by @ncad-ireland.bsky.social Jewellery student Leah Corby, inspired by a Ghanaian proverb: “Little by little, as we drink, we make plans.” Part of The Weight of Words exhibition. 📍 National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks 🎟️ Free www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

Everyone has heard of cookies, but what else about you is sent to every website as a matter of course? Take a look: sinceyouarrived.world/taken

The full report has tons more than the news articles can cover and it is quite readable. If you would like to look at the people around you as you go about your day more cheerfully (albeit also more informed), I commend a peruse of it to you this morning. hopeandcourage.ie/wp-content/u...

🧶 Learn a new skill for life at the Museum Knitting & Crochet Circle! Drop in on the Museum Knitting & Crochet Circle for a relaxed session of patterns & good conversation. Fri 1 May 2026, 11:00–13:00 📍 National Museum of Ireland, Turlough Park Free • Beginners welcome www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

🏳️‍🌈 Discover hidden histories and alternative perspectives at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, with our LGBTQIA+ guided tour this Saturday, 2 May. 🕑 Tour times • 14:00 – LGBTQIA+ Tour of Collins Barracks • 15:30 – LGBTQIA+ Tour of Collins Barracks www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

What’s on this May at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks? 📅 Inclusive tours, quiet hours, behind-the-scenes conservation, family workshops & brand-new themed tours. Check out the full events calendar and plan your visit. #WhatsOnDublin www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

Tonight is St Mark's Eve, when, according to English #folklore, if you sit in a church porch tonight and stay silent from 11 pm to 1 am you will see a procession of the ghosts of all the people in the village who will die during the coming year.

Easter Rising Commemoration Events Join us at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, for a weekend of tours and interactive object handling in commemoration of the 1916 Easter Rising, and learn about the men and women involved in this historic event. www.museum.ie/.../1916-Eas...

Curator Brenda Malone speaks with @ronanmcgreevy.bsky.social for @irishtimes.com about the dramatic Catalpa escape & its historic flag. See the flag in person 📍 National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks 🕒 Sat 18 April from 12:00 🕒 Sun 19 April from 13:00 🔗 www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

Join us in marking the 150th anniversary of the rescue of six Fenian leaders from Fremantle Prison by the whaling ship Catalpa. 📍 National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks 🕒 Saturday 18 April 2026 (from 12:00) 🕒 Sunday 19 April 2026 (from 13:00) www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

The flag of the Catalpa will be on display at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, on Saturday, 18th and Sunday, 19th April 2026 only. www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

Join us for a guided tour to discover the artefacts associated with the patron saints of Ireland, St. Patrick, St. Brigid, and St. Colmcille, with Irish Sign Language interpretation 🕒 12:30 | Friday, 17 April 📍 National Museum of Ireland, Kildare St, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/I...

🚩A rare chance to see history unfurled.🚩 For Catalpa 150, the National Museum of Ireland will display the Catalpa Flag for 2 days only - 18–19 April 2026 at Collins Barracks. At over 4m x 3m, its size means it can’t be shown long‑term in a standard gallery. www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

This may not be the most popular take with the protestors, but taxes are a GOOD THING. Everyone contributing to look after each other, keeping communities healthy, safe and clean. Looking after those who need extra help, supporting research, arts, culture, environment — how else do you do all that?

Did you know there is a Wikimedian in space? In 2019, Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch made the first-ever Wikipedia edit from space during her mission on the International Space Station. 🧵⬇️ (1/2)

Marking the 150th anniversary of the rescue of six Fenian leaders from Fremantle Prison by the whaling ship Catalpa. The flag of the Catalpa will be on display at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, on Saturday, 18th and Sunday, 19th April 2026 only. www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

A grim milestone in Lebanon Israeli attacks have now killed over 1500 people in the country. This includes 130 children and 57 medical workers.

Donald Trump threatening the destruction of an entire civilization is madness. He is completely unfit to serve as President of the United States. Invoke the 25th Amendment. Or Republicans must stand up with us to impeach him. We cannot allow him to set fire to the world.

The US Holocaust Memorial Museum under the Trump administration has deleted its teaching materials about links between Nazi racism and the Jim Crow laws: www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

For Dewey, the answer wasn't better experts, it was better communication. A public that could share experiences, deliberate together, and hold institutions accountable wasn't a problem to be managed. It was the whole point.

Doris Lessing: “A public library is the most democratic thing in the world. What can be found there has undone dictators and tyrants.”

The semantic gymnastics here are something else. Shameful. Of course, more than words we need action from the government. Letting the US military continue to use Shannon is morally reprehensible.

Here’s a sneak peek from our April Fools Trail 👀 Can you spot the real story behind this artefact? A) An astrologer’s 19th‑century astrolabe used for horoscopes & occult predictions, made by Dublin firm Hector Grey & Sons or B) A 16th‑century astrolabe for navigation and astronomy Think you know? 🕵️‍♂️

📣 What’s On This April at Collins Barracks! Workshops, tours, Easter trails + sensory-friendly sessions all month at the National Museum of Ireland. Highlights include: 🃏 April Fools’ events 🌈 LGBTQIA+ Tour 🐣 Easter tours + trails www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum... Thread below 👇