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Series
- SUPERHUMAN Workshops for Babaró Arts Festival
- JFK – The Three Miles
- LIVING-HISTORY WORKSHOP: Material Culture of the Irish Revolution
- LIVING-HISTORY WORKSHOP: Material Culture of the Irish Revolution
- WORKSHOP: Poetry as Commemoration – FULLY BOOKED!
- WORKSHOP: Stemming the Tides – FULLY BOOKED!
- WORKSHOP: Aran Knitting Course
- JFK in Galway
- Spring Lunchtime Lecture Series
- WORKSHOP: Traditional Boats and Buoyancy – FULLY BOOKED!
- WORKSHOP: Stemming the Tides – FULLY BOOKED!
- WORKSHOP: Traditional Boats and Buoyancy – FULLY BOOKED!
Keepsakes
- Shylet’s umqhele (headband)
- Senzeni’s African wallet
- Senzeni’s skirt
- Sangwani’s chitenje (wraparound)
- Precious’s family photos
- Peju’s ‘rock-on’ souvenir
- Giselle’s checked shirt
- Georgina’s Irish souvenirs
- Georgina’s Zambia wraparound
- Beatrice’s family photos
- Beatrice’s notebook
- Baxter’s monarch bag
- Arthor’s childhood photo
Exhibitions
- SUPERHUMAN
- B+ The West Is Awake (from one West Coast to Another)
- This Is The Modern World
- Borderland – Ukraine (Outdoor)
- Línte na Farraige
- War of Friends
- Children of Carrowbrowne (Outdoor)
- Folk Fiction
- Home Improvements
- Ceramics & Glass at Galway City Museum
- Derrick Hawker
- Lawrence’s Galway
- Music On Water
- Making Faces
- My COVID Creativity (Online)
- My Treasured Object
- Prehistoric Galway
- The Corrib: Myth, Legend and Folklore (Online)
- Keepsakes (Online)
- The Gaelic Athletic Association & Gaelic Football
- Medieval Galway
- Irish Historic Towns Atlas
- Evie Hone: Sacred Art – 2014
- Garda
- Monument
- Keepers of the Gael
- Revolution in Galway
- The Galway Hooker
- The Claddagh
- The Wild Atlantic – Sea Science
- Pádraic Ó Conaire
Collections
- Claddagh ring by Richard Joyce
- Candlesticks by Mark Fallon for the Dominican Order, Galway, 1729.
- Chalice Veil, Dominican Order, Galway
- Chalice Veil, Dominican Order, Galway
- Altar cruets, Dominican Order, Galway
- Victorian teapot
- Poster advertising Side Winder at the Manhattan Bar, Galway
- Poster advertising Stagalee at the Manhattan Bar, Galway
- Poster advertising Dexys Midnight Runners
- Poster advertising The Undertones in Galway
- Poster advertising Stocktons Wing in Galway
- Poster advertising The Jam and the Vipers
- All-Ireland Senior Football medal, 1966
- All-Ireland Senior Football medal, 1965
- All-Ireland Senior Football medal, 1964
- Chalice, Dominican Order, Galway
- Poster advertising Eric Clapton & Freddie White in Galway
- Poster advertising the Boomtown Rats in Galway
- Poster advertising Eric Clapton in Galway
- Mirror advertising Persse’s Galway Whisky
- World War 1 medals
- Statue of Our Lady, Dominican Order, Galway
- Crucifix, Dominican Order, Galway
- Host box, Dominican Order, Galway
- Reliquary, Dominican Order, Galway by Richard Joyce, 1723
- Irish Volunteers Minute Book
- Hat Boxes from Moons Department Store, Galway
- Sr Aloysius Doyle’s writing desk
- Football from the 1966 All-Ireland Senior Football Final
- Mother of Pearl Fifteen Decade Set of Beads with Heart-shaped Medallion II
- Wooden Set of Five Decade Rosary with Flat Cross and Small Wooden Human Skull
- Pearse Commemorative Coin
- Leather gun holster
- Webley Revolver
- Poster for a Dog Show, Eyre Square, Galway, 1936
- Plaque from the Salthill Industrial School
- Lord Killanin’s Briefcase
- Magdalene Laundry Bag
- Execution Warrant issued for Myles Joyce, 1882
- Altar Frontal, Dominican Order, Galway
- Altar Frontal, Dominican Order, Galway
- Chalice Veil, Dominican Order, Galway
- Brodie Steel Helmet
- Stone Axehead
- Royal Galway Yacht Club cup
- Official GAA Programme for Galway vs Waterford, 1955
- Souvenir Programme for the An Tostal International Boxing Event at the Savoy Cinema, 1953
- Official Booklet for the Opening of Pearse Stadium, Galway, 1957
- Official GAA programme for Cork v. Galway, 1956
- Gordon Cup, Royal Galway Yacht Club, Galway
- Galway Lawn Tennis Club Silver Cup
- Six Posters Issued by the Great Southern Railways Omnibus Department
- Savoy Cinema Programme, 1934
- Ticket for the Corrib Building Society Dance at the Astaire Ballroom, 1955
- Programme: The University Players present …
- Programme: UCG Players Present They Got What They Wanted by Louis Dalton
- Programme: UCG Players Present ‘Home is the Hero’ by Walter Macken
- Programme: Grammar School Theatre & The University Players
- Tulira Programme, Tulira Castle, Co. Galway, 1962
- Programme for Concert Conducted by Winifried Zillig, UCG, 1953
- Seapoint Ballroom Programme, Salthill, Galway, 1952
- Savoy Cinema, Galway Recital Programme, 1953
- Town Hall Theatre Programme, 1973
- Travel Identity Card, 1949
- Whist Drive Ticket, Columbian Hall, Galway
- Lord Killanin’s Walking Cane
- Nixon’s Cufflinks
- Key from Galway Gaol
- Baby Chair
- Corbett Whiskey Jar
- Cooke Whiskey Jar
- Walsh Whiskey Jar II
- Young’s Whiskey Jar
- Cake Boxes from Browne’s shop, Dominick St., Galway
- Flyer advertisement, T.A. McCullagh, Bookseller & Stationer, Eyre Square, Galway.
- Photograph order cards issued by Smile Photographs, Salthill, Galway
- Walsh Whiskey Jar
- Madonna of the Quays by Clare Sheridan
- Coral Five Decade Set of Beads with Round-shaped Medallion
- Mother of Pearl Fifteen Decade Set of Beads with Heart-shaped Medallion
- Mother of Pearl Five Decade Rosary
- Silver and Fruit Stone Five Decade Rosary
- Silver and Fruit Stone Five Decade Rosary
- Silver Beaded Five Decade Rosary
- Silver and Fruit Stone Five Decade Rosary
- Silver and Fruit Stone Five Decade Rosary
- Silver and Fruit Stone Five Decade Rosary
- Silver and Fruit Stone Five Decade Rosary
- Confraternity in Honour of the Sacred Heart of Jesus booklet
- Confraternity of the Holy Infancy booklet
- Programme for a Recital at Galway Cathedral, 1966
- Membership card of the Arch Confraternity of the Holy Cincture for the Church of St. Augustine Galway, 1938
- Booklet: Celebrations during the visit of his Holiness Pope John Paul II to Ireland, 1979
- Booklet: Solemn Opening and Dedication of St. Patrick’s Church, 1972.
- The Church of the Immaculate Conception Galway, Year Book, 1954
- Catechism Book
- The Abbey Church of the Immaculate Conception Galway, Year Book, 1955
- Album of images from the opening of Galway Cathedral, 1965
- Seacht mBua an Éirí Amach by Pádraic Ó Conaire
- Field and Fair, Travels with a Donkey in Ireland by Pádraic Ó Conaire
- An Crann by Pádraic Ó Conaire
- Síol Éabha by Pádraic Ó Conaire
- Brian Óg by Pádraic Ó Conaire
- Tír na n-longantas by Pádraic Ó Conaire
- Christening Gown
- Royal Tara China, Galway
- Work Token from Persse’s Distillery, Nun’s Island, Galway,
- Print block used to print advertisements for Persse’s Distillery, Nuns Island, Galway.
- Bottle from Persse’s Distillery, Nun’s Island, Galway
- Bottle from Persse’s Distillery, Nun’s Island, Galway,
- Galway Textile Factory
- Clay Pipes
- Clay Pipe Moulds
- Burke’s Distillery Token
- Bronze Next of Kin Memorial Plaque
- Shell from the Galway National Shell Factory, 1917
- William Fahy Discharge Papers
- Connaught Rangers Dress Helmet
- Spandrel with Rose and Foliage
- Spandrel with Piper and Dog
- Lion Head Fragment
- Heraldic Fireplace Keystone – 1641
- Heraldic Fireplace Keystone – 1626
- Gun Money
- Cannon Ball
- Letters from the Royal Visit to Galway, 1903
- Birkenhead Laughs at the Gullible Irish
- Ulster Betrayed
- Sinn Fein Election Poster
- On The Proper Shoulders
- Sinn Féin – The Fruitful Principle
- Sovereignty of the Irish State
- Hear Mr O’Higgins
- Pro Treaty Bill
- Newell Collection
- Howth Mauser
- Dr Mannix
- Sinn Fein Handbill
- Sinn Fein – The Two Policies
- Webley
- 1916 – 1966 Commemorative Plaque