5 objects from the West Clare Railway
Crosslinking across four collections, five items associated with the West Clare Railway.
2 quernstone fragments from MacDuagh’s Hermitage
How the remains of two quernstones from the same site ended up in our collection.
'Trying to make an attraction out of nothing': Neville Chamberlain's pen
Using a provocative object to elicit engagement with the public resulted in some interesting responses.
6 Objects of Death and Remembrance
Cross-linking objects of death and remembrance associated with Clare and its people.
The story of Clare hurler John Joe Doyle's innovative homemade PPE, currently on loan to the National Museum of Ireland.
Why is Clare called the Banner County?
Answering one the most frequently asked questions at Clare Museum, using two banners in our collection.
Were the Newmarket Farming Society and the Ralahine Commune linked?
Kathleen Griffin and her 1917 autograph book
An autograph book that reads like a 'Who's who' of the Irish revolution.
A collection that dates from the Victorian-era through to the 1930s giving us an insight into the life of a Clare family during that period.
Conscription Crisis, Lloyd George’s mistress and the Ennis Foresters Club
A short letter from Downing Street sheds light on a political crisis.
The story of a British War Medal
The discovery of a medal eventually brings a Clareman's war story to life.