Definitely spread the word on this, it looks like a really exciting opportunity!

43 years ago, 48 young people went to a nightclub in Artane & never came home.

Anyone who grew up on the Northside in the 1980s remembers that day. It’s disgraceful the families have had to fight for decades for justice.

But today, finally, we start to see #JFT48 .

#Stardust

Out walking this lunchtime & came across this ‘herd’ of #donkeys . This lot reminded me of our #childhood , beloved donkey who we majestically christened ‘Eddie Boomerang’. Donkeys have a wonderfully unique range of group names. What do you call yours? 😊 OnFARM - Food, Agri & Rural Matters podcast Museum of Childhood Irl Músaem Óige na hÉireann

We can’t wait to meet everyone at R-Space Gallery who will host a unique retrospective exhibition of the unseen Irish watercolour sketches of the late Laura A.Shier,teacher Friends' School Lisburn - Preparatory Department , talented landscape artist & dear mother of our colleague Harry Shier Proceeds to Museum of Childhood Irl Músaem Óige na hÉireann 🙏

🚨🥁Announcing Museum of Childhood Irl Músaem Óige na hÉireann & Marsh's Library's Bloomsday Competition 2024 🏆
☑️Prizes for primary/second level students & their school
☑️Fancy Certs for finalists
☑️Winners feature on our website
ℹ️ See QR code below/tinyurl.com/2dddzn3v
Please share widely #edchatie #Joyce

This looks excellent thanks Dr Eemer Eivers for highlighting

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My father passed away when I was 2. While I have no memories of him,his death cast a shadow of sadness, grief & poverty over my family.Emotional, mental,financial struggle were never too far from our door…
museumofchildhood.ie/dreaming/ #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland #WorldArtDay2024 #Art

“If you are the only child in fifth class with Snapchat, the platform is useless to you. If you are the only child without Snapchat in fifth class, it’s a different story”

'When the boy, now charged, asked for his ball back, Mr B refused to give it to him. That evening the boy returned wearing a mask, and carrying a toy pistol, which Mr B thought was a real one, handed him a document inscribed ‘Proclamation, Beware of the I.R.A. Scouts’ and made a

Thomas O’Connell and William
Ryan, babies in Limerick 1935? Can anyone help Dr Paul O'Brien

Songs collected by Alan Martin Freeman- one of Seán Ó Riada's favourites, Aisling Gheal (followed by tape of the author Iarla O'Lionaird as a
child, singing the song) - for Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1, listen to Bright Vision rte.ie/culture/2024/0… Sunday Miscellany

1/2 Julia Carter Devaney gave us a valuable insight into the Tuam #MotherAndBabyHome . She noted the sadness of the mothers knowing they had to part with their child and said it was like “Our Lady waiting for the crucifixion”. The mothers couldn’t see any future for the child

Chile has published its first National children’s participation strategy, drawing on #LundyModel . Congrats to all involved, especially Subsecretaría de la Niñez desarrollosocialyfamilia.gob.cl/storage/docs/L…

And finally, share your own ideas. Help us build a lively and accessible space – get in touch to contribute at [email protected]! #histchild #histed

And read through our visual and material culture features: shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dir/paper-doll…

Really exciting initiative from SHCY

Very exciting ICOM UK is coming to Belfast. Looking forward to tomorrow 😄

Sharing from Conor Doyle
With hope that young Irish Australian Patricia Hickson’s wish came true after writing to King Brian aka Jimmy O'Dea, that life was kind & that she got to be the writer she wished to be. Wouldn’t It be wonderful to find Patricia Hickson? #Australia

My Aunties book- finally up on Amazon and the Audible version is coming along nicely- #kidlit #ebooks #selfpublishing #Aunties #AuntiePower #Irishauthor

amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D1CY385W

It was sunny that day. I was probably about 3 years old. My memory is vague, but it is certainly my 1st ever memory. The summer of 1963 in #Belfast in our back garden 👉museumofchildhood.ie/stories-of-our… #Snapshot #Family #Child #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland #MúsaemÓigeNahÉireann #TheWaltons