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Museum of Childhood Irl,Músaem Óige na hÉireann

@museumofci

Est.2018. Groundbreaking 1st for Ireland. Award winning islandwide-diaspora, historic-contemporary museum of children/childhood. #SeenAndHeard Charity: 20205452

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A heartwarming srory adding to the collection of school travel journeys, as part of the When We Were Kings & Queens project. A story emphasising that, generally, there is a warm welcome for people who migrate here, as well as the positive contribution they make to our society.

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Some great new #Readalong titles just added to our Digital Library on #Sora. Check them out . Membership is free for JCSP/DEIS schools. #LoveReading #SchoolLibrariesMatter #eBooks #Audiobooks

Some great new #Readalong titles just added to our Digital Library on #Sora. Check them out . Membership is free for JCSP/DEIS schools.
#LoveReading #SchoolLibrariesMatter #eBooks #Audiobooks
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📢 Bloomsday Young Author Competition! Together with Marsh's Library, we are delighted to present our annual #Bloomsday Comp for U18 school goers.....great prizes for students and schools. 🔗museumofchildhood.ie/bloomsday-2025… JCSP Library Project IPPN INOTE Children's Books Ireland

📢 Bloomsday Young Author Competition! Together with <a href="/MarshsLibrary/">Marsh's Library</a>, we are delighted to present our annual #Bloomsday Comp for U18 school goers.....great prizes for students and schools.
🔗museumofchildhood.ie/bloomsday-2025… <a href="/jcsplibraries/">JCSP Library Project</a> <a href="/IPPN_Education/">IPPN</a> <a href="/INOTEnews/">INOTE</a> <a href="/KidsBooksIrel/">Children's Books Ireland</a>
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“In rethinking how we write for children, we aren’t just deciding the fate of a few fantastical tales—we’re shaping the possibilities of #childhood itself” #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland #Literature team’s Dr Supriya Baijal museumofchildhood.ie/why-we-dont-dr… #Ireland #India #stories #books

“In rethinking how we write for children, we aren’t just deciding the fate of a few fantastical tales—we’re shaping the possibilities of #childhood itself” #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland #Literature team’s Dr Supriya Baijal  museumofchildhood.ie/why-we-dont-dr… #Ireland #India #stories #books
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Best friends and school milk in the 1970s. From our Snapshots series, a loving tribute in remembrance of Gillian Power by her best friend Áine: museumofchildhood.ie/stories-of-our… #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland #MúsaemÓigeNahÉireann #BestFriends #SchoolMilk #1970s #Ireland

Best friends and school milk in the 1970s. From our Snapshots series, a loving tribute in remembrance of Gillian Power by her best friend Áine: museumofchildhood.ie/stories-of-our… #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland  #MúsaemÓigeNahÉireann #BestFriends #SchoolMilk #1970s #Ireland
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#OTD 26 April 1899 #Dublin's legendary Jimmy O'Dea was born. Governor of The Gaiety Theatre for nearly 30 years! Famous for his portrayal of #Dublin Street Trader "Biddy Mulligan" and of course "King Brian" in Disney 's "Darby O Gill and the Little People" & his RTÉ Radio, TV work

#OTD 26 April 1899 #Dublin's legendary Jimmy O'Dea was born. Governor of <a href="/gaiety_theatre/">The Gaiety Theatre</a> for nearly 30 years! 
Famous for his portrayal of #Dublin Street Trader "Biddy Mulligan" and of course "King Brian" in Disney 's "Darby O Gill and the Little People" &amp; his <a href="/rte/">RTÉ</a> Radio, TV work
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👩‍⚖️ 📓 Introducing our esteemed Judges for the Bloomsday Young Author Comp. Calling all teachers and students........lots of great prizes to be won so get those entries in by the 16th of May! Entry details here: museumofchildhood.ie/bloomsday-2025… The James Joyce Centre #BloomsdayFestival2025

👩‍⚖️ 📓 Introducing our esteemed Judges for the Bloomsday Young Author Comp. Calling all teachers and students........lots of great prizes to be won so get those entries in by the 16th of May! 

Entry details here: museumofchildhood.ie/bloomsday-2025…
 
<a href="/JamesJoyceCentr/">The James Joyce Centre</a> #BloomsdayFestival2025
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🔔May 16th comp deadline coming up! 📝Encourage any children / teens you know to get writing and win super prizes! Thanks to our sponsors: Children's Books Ireland @GillBooks The O'Brien Press Futa Fata Experience Glasnevin - Ireland's National Cemetery Marsh's Library 🔗More info: museumofchildhood.ie/bloomsday-2025… #jcsplibraries #INOTEnews

🔔May 16th comp deadline coming up! 📝Encourage any children / teens you know to get writing and win super prizes! Thanks to our sponsors: <a href="/KidsBooksIrel/">Children's Books Ireland</a> @GillBooks <a href="/OBrienPress/">The O'Brien Press</a> <a href="/futafata/">Futa Fata</a> <a href="/ExpGlasnevin/">Experience Glasnevin - Ireland's National Cemetery</a> <a href="/MarshsLibrary/">Marsh's Library</a> 🔗More info: museumofchildhood.ie/bloomsday-2025…
#jcsplibraries #INOTEnews
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We're adding a week to our Bloomsday comp. Deadline - Friday May 23rd, high noon! Click on this link or scan the QR code for entry info and help your students and school to win great prizes: museumofchildhood.ie/bloomsday-2025… #jcsplibraries #INOTEnews 👷‍♂️ارخميدس الشرقيه 🇸🇦_education @IPPN Marsh's Library

We're adding a week to our Bloomsday comp. Deadline - Friday May 23rd, high noon! Click on this link or scan the QR code for entry info and help your students and school to win great prizes: museumofchildhood.ie/bloomsday-2025…
#jcsplibraries #INOTEnews <a href="/ippn/">👷‍♂️ارخميدس الشرقيه 🇸🇦</a>_education @IPPN 
<a href="/MarshsLibrary/">Marsh's Library</a>
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Lit. Team member Dr Claudia Zucca interviewed Dr Siobhán Morrisey from Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway School of Education, University of Galway on the topic of #EnidBlyton, #primaryschoolreading, #readingpractices, #AI and #Irishindigenousliterature. See full interview: museumofchildhood.ie/rethinking-eni… The O'Brien Press Little Island Books

Lit. Team member Dr Claudia Zucca interviewed Dr Siobhán Morrisey from <a href="/uniofgalway/">Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway</a>  <a href="/edtechne/">School of Education, University of Galway</a>  on the topic of #EnidBlyton, #primaryschoolreading, #readingpractices, #AI and #Irishindigenousliterature. See full interview:
museumofchildhood.ie/rethinking-eni…

<a href="/OBrienPress/">The O'Brien Press</a>   <a href="/LittleIslandBks/">Little Island Books</a>
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‘We knew these girls had something special’ – Teenage robotics team from Co Offaly make history with their robot Agatha buff.ly/F3OikUp

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#InternationalMuseumDay2025 #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland celebrates ‘The Future of Museums in Rapidly Changing Communities’ highlighting museums' crucial role as adaptable/inclusive/forward-thinking institutions at the heart of social transformation’ #IMD museumofchildhood.ie

#InternationalMuseumDay2025 #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland celebrates ‘The Future of Museums in Rapidly Changing Communities’ highlighting museums' crucial role as adaptable/inclusive/forward-thinking institutions at the heart of social transformation’ #IMD  museumofchildhood.ie
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Our #ChildrensRightsTeam recently attended a seminar on the participation of children / young people in decision making in Ireland. Thanks to the Department of Children, Disability and Equality , Hub na nÓg, and the young people of Comhairle na nÓg for such an informative event! Full post: museumofchildhood.ie/seminar-on-the…

Our #ChildrensRightsTeam recently attended a seminar on the participation of children / young people in decision making in Ireland. 

Thanks to the <a href="/DeptCDE/">Department of Children, Disability and Equality</a> ,  Hub na nÓg, and the young people of <a href="/ComhairleNaNog1/">Comhairle na nÓg</a> for such an informative event! Full post: museumofchildhood.ie/seminar-on-the…
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To celebrate Childhood Services Week 2025 (19 – 23 May), we are hosting a special recorded read-along and draw-along with Tarsila Kruse on our website. Listen here to Tarsila bring the book ‘My Little Album of Ireland’ to life: museumofchildhood.ie/childhood-serv… National Childhood Network #CSW25

To celebrate Childhood Services Week 2025 (19 – 23 May), we are  hosting a special recorded read-along and draw-along with Tarsila Kruse on our website. 

Listen here to Tarsila bring the book ‘My Little Album of Ireland’ to life: museumofchildhood.ie/childhood-serv… 

<a href="/ncn4children/">National Childhood Network</a> #CSW25
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For #InternationalChildrensDay 2025 explore poetic responses to your locality & create your own #poem with acclaimed Irish poet Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi & team at #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland Free event 👉 museumofchildhood.ie/international-… #UNICEF #UNCRC #ChildRights #MúsaemÓigeNahÉireann #poetry

For #InternationalChildrensDay 2025 explore poetic responses to your locality &amp; create your own #poem with acclaimed Irish poet Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi &amp; team at #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland Free event 👉 museumofchildhood.ie/international-… #UNICEF #UNCRC #ChildRights #MúsaemÓigeNahÉireann #poetry
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Cruinniú na nÓg 2025 #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland #MúsaemÓigeNahÉireann‘s Arts/Craft/Play #TírNanÓg Team bring you a creative ‘Make and Story’ shadow puppetry workshop. Free but limited spaces on a 1st come basis. Resources supplied. Details: museumofchildhood.ie/cruinniu-na-no… #CruinniúNanÓg

Cruinniú na nÓg 2025 #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland #MúsaemÓigeNahÉireann‘s Arts/Craft/Play #TírNanÓg Team bring you a creative ‘Make and Story’ shadow puppetry workshop. Free but limited spaces on a 1st come basis. Resources supplied. 
Details: museumofchildhood.ie/cruinniu-na-no…
#CruinniúNanÓg
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Celebrating Dantedi & Bloomsday, another 1st from #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland for #Children “ #Dante to #Joyce ” is a joyous exploration of Journeys/language/landscape + in the #literature of #Ireland & #Italy Trilingual project: English/Irish/Italian museumofchildhood.ie/dante-to-joyce/

Celebrating Dantedi &amp; Bloomsday, another 1st from #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland  for #Children
 “ #Dante to #Joyce ” is a joyous exploration of Journeys/language/landscape + in the #literature of #Ireland &amp; #Italy Trilingual project: English/Irish/Italian
 museumofchildhood.ie/dante-to-joyce/