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SILENT SATURDAYS – Bringing Back the Hush!

Minister Peter Burke announces €12 million investment in transformative redevelopment of Galway City Museum

Reflections – A Commemoration of the Irish Women of 1923

Collections Spotlight: A 1920 Pencil Sketch of Anne O’Hare by Arthur Gaskin

UNEARTHED: The Origin of the Skull Relic Attributed to St Ursula

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St Patrick – Activity Sheets for Schools and Families

Gaeilge agus Cultúr na hÉireann ag Músaem le linn Sheachtain na Gaeilge 2026

New Exhibition: An Tír Faoi Thoinn – The Land Beneath the Waves

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