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Galway City Museum is busily working on a new object-based learning project for schools, ‘A History of Galway in Objects’, that focuses on a number of key pieces from its

Maumean or Mám Éan – ‘the pass of the birds’ – is one of the two main passes through the Maumturk mountain range, the old boundary between Connemara proper and

In early biographies – reflecting the biases of the writers – St Patrick was said to have blessed some Irish families and cursed others. This tendency was carried over into

Parasomnia is a word used to describe unusual or erratic behaviour while sleeping. In 1937, the Irish Folklore Commission recorded a fascinating story about St Patrick’s parasomnia from James Reagan

St Patrick is famous for driving snakes out of Ireland, and he is commonly depicted in art with his foot on a snake or pointing snakes in the direction of

St Patrick, the national saint of Ireland, was a fifth-century missionary, credited with spreading Christianity in Ireland. His feast day – St Patrick’s Day – on 17 March is both

Galway City Museum has developed some information and activity sheets for children on the theme of St Patrick and his feast day. Maewyn Succat – better known as St Patrick – was

‘The Ballad of Michael Hoade’ was composed by Tommy Farrell of Carraun, near Belclare, Co. Galway sometime in the 1920s. It recounts the story of Michael Hoade, a Caherlistrane shopkeeper,

On 6 December 1921, a party of Irish and British delegates signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty in London. The Treaty and circumstances around its signing were the subject of enormous controversy.