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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · Mar 17

All participating in the #DúnLaoghaireRathdown #StPatricksDay parade today enjoyed a fab day.

Thank you to all from across our museum teams & MC #maiadunphy. Special thanks to #LeoOKelly from Tír na nÓg who led our group & sang a verse of his signature song.

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · Mar 13

“On the day of the parade, we were given huge flags to carry. The usual crowds turned out to see the parade and everyone waved and cheered. It was exhilarating being part of it all …”#StPatricksDay #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland #MúsaemÓigeNahÉireann #Ireland
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Joanna Hill’s St Patrick’s Day in Dublin, Ireland, memory, Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann. Photo description: “I joined the local Majorettes, who didn’t do baton twirling or have pompoms to wave. We simply learnt to march up and down a hall in preparation for the St Patrick’s Day parade. We had a uniform of white pleated skirt, green polo neck and an orange headband.” Photo shows the 4 girls and their trainer.

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · Mar 12

Seachtain na Gaeilge 2025, Músaem Óige na hÉireann #Seanfhocail #seachtainnagaeilge #gaeilge #múinteoir #leabharGaeilge #pháistí #teanga
#Oideachas #scolaíocht #dalta #Education #Ireland
👇https://museumofchildhood.ie/seachtain-na-gaeilge-snag/

An té nach bhfuil láidir ní foláir dó bheith glic. Translation: He who is not strong has to be clever. Seachtain na Gaeilge 2025. Músaem Óige na hÉireann, Museum of Childhood Ireland. Seanfhocail

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Dr Juliet Roberts @julesmrobertsf1.bsky.social · Mar 7

Delighted to announce that I have joined the History Team at @museumofchildhood.bsky.social

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · Mar 6

World Book Day ‘Read Your Way’ ties into an important right of children.Article 30,UNCRC guarantees each child’s right to use their language.Literature is an important part of language inc Irish language/languages spoken by children here
#MuseumOfChildhoodIreland #MúsaemÓigeNahÉireann #Worldbookday

World Book Day 2025 image of children and a book ( gaeilge) from the Child Rights Team at the Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann
Happy World Book Day 2025! The theme of this year is Read Your Way. Here at the Children’s Rights Team of the Museum of Childhood Ireland, we think this ties into a really important right that all children on this island have. Article 30 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child guarantees each and every child the right to use their own language. Literature can be a very important part of language including the Irish language as well as the many other languages spoken by the children of this Island. Reading can also take on different forms, for example many people may choose to listen to audiobooks. Please share below what languages you will be reading in today!

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · Mar 5

We are seeking new members to join our Children’s Advisory Team (ages 10-17). The views of children and young people have top priority in the development of the Museum. Be part of a team, share your ideas and help shape our future.

Interested? Find out more: museumofchildhood.ie/we-are-the-c...

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · Mar 4

Máirt na hInide! Pancake Tuesday!
Happy day from all the team ( children and adults) at the Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann, an historic/contemporary, islandwide/diaspora museum of children and childhoods

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · Feb 28

Community Engagement Team researcher, Danielle Ford, reflects on Teddy Boys & Girls youth culture in the 20th century in this post: museumofchildhood.ie/teddy-boys-a...

Photo below is from Ken Russell's series 'The Last of the Teddy Girls.'

#youthculture #youth @irishmuseums.bsky.social #childhood

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · Feb 25

Intergenerational art/craft workshops in 1. Pinwheel (our symbol!). 2. Puppet making with #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland ‘s Sinead Lynch, over the past 2 Saturdays: museumofchildhood.ie/tir-na-nog-t... #FaberCastell
#Museum #Art #Craft #creativity #Museum #pinwheel #puppet #Ireland #TírNanÓg #TírNahÓige

Sinead, Shanika and team from the Museum of Childhood Ireland working alongside younger workshop participants on their art and craft https://museumofchildhood.ie/tir-na-nog-tir-na-hoige-mci-childrens-art-craft-create-workshops/

Museum of Childhood Ireland Intergenerational workshop in art and craft. The pinwheel is our symbol. Here we see an emerald green spotted pinwheel with pink centre and blue/white stripe stem ( paper straw) made by a child participant. https://museumofchildhood.ie/tir-na-nog-tir-na-hoige-mci-childrens-art-craft-create-workshops/

Museum of Childhood Ireland Intergenerational workshop in art and craft. Here we see a work-in-progress sea creature made by a child participant. https://museumofchildhood.ie/tir-na-nog-tir-na-hoige-mci-childrens-art-craft-create-workshops/

Museum of Childhood Ireland Intergenerational workshop in art and craft. Here we see a pink sea creature being made by an adult participant. https://museumofchildhood.ie/tir-na-nog-tir-na-hoige-mci-childrens-art-craft-create-workshops/

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Michael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social · Feb 24

Join me and @childrensbkshow for my FREE Request Show next week to celebrate World Book Day. Sign up here www.crowdcast.io/c/michaelros... and you can request a poem and ask me a question here bit.ly/wbdcbsrequest

Michael Rosen's FREE Request Show

Register now for Michael Rosen's FREE Request Show on crowdcast, scheduled to go live on March 6, 2025, 11:30 AM GMT.

www.crowdcast.io

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Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · Feb 21

I find this very moving: a 10-year-old Ukrainian boy who moved to the West of Ireland 2 years ago as a refugee, speaking in Irish of his love of playing Irish music

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Eemer Eivers @eemereivers.bsky.social · Feb 18

Delighted to share the news that @museumofchildhood.bsky.social has been awarded the very first Membership Award from @irishmuseums.bsky.social. We’re thrilled 🤩 Great work from a great team of volunteers. #children #childhood

Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · Feb 18

Honoured that @irishmuseums.bsky.social has selected #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland as the first recipient of their Membership Award supporting museum orgs in the volunteer/ community-led sector museumofchildhood.ie/ima-membersh... #IMA #MúsaemÓigeNahÉireann #Children #Childhood #Historic #Contemporary

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · Feb 18

Honoured that @irishmuseums.bsky.social has selected #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland as the first recipient of their Membership Award supporting museum orgs in the volunteer/ community-led sector museumofchildhood.ie/ima-membersh... #IMA #MúsaemÓigeNahÉireann #Children #Childhood #Historic #Contemporary

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · Feb 17

Our team were delighted to meet & chat with local author @marianbrennanbooks.bsky.social & family on Saturday ❤️ about all things #books #children & how great it can be for them to discover both familiar & unfamiliar locations in the stories they read 📖 #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland
www.marianbrennan.com

Children’s book by Marian Brennan. Inventions of Finn O’Shea. Blue cover. Child in red shorts, white t-shirt surrounded by inventions.

Children’s book by Marian Brennan. Digiboy. Green cover. Child in red shorts, white t-shirt and child in purple shorts and patterned t-shirt.

Children’s book by Marian Brennan. Astro Fiasco. Dark blue cover. Child in space suit.

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Kevin Honeycutt @kevinhoneycutt.bsky.social · Feb 16

Check out my new Podcast, Drawing Minecraft Characters on Krowdz! krowdz.net/podcasts/9cf...

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · Feb 16

Life on Achill Island in the 1950s through the eyes of a schoolboy
👉 www.con-telegraph.ie/2025/02/15/l... & explore some of the #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland ‘s #Achill projects 👇https://museumofchildhood.ie/heritage-week/
#AchillIsland #Mayo #Children #Childhood #Ireland #History #Culture #Heritage

Life on Achill Island in the 1950s through the eyes of a schoolboy | Connaught Telegraph

www.con-telegraph.ie

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Marian Brennan @marianbrennanbooks.bsky.social · Feb 15

Lovely arts and crafts with @museumofchildhood.bsky.social at the Lexicon.

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · Feb 14

Lá Fhéile Valilintín! Happy St Valentine’s Day from Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann. Image is of a Child’s drawing- a smiling, joyous, multicoloured heart

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · Feb 13

Loss of a parent, a major event in a child’s development,leaves lasting marks on their psychological/emotional well-being. Most research highlights short-term effects of parental loss but this study aimed to uncover long-term effects/potential traces of personal growth www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The long-term associations of childhood parental loss with attachment, creativity, and epigenetic regulation - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - The long-term associations of childhood parental loss with attachment, creativity, and epigenetic regulation

www.nature.com

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · Feb 13

Congratulations Dr Sorcha de Brún, team member here at Músaem Óige na hÉireann.
Never one to shy away from a difficult task, guess what Sorcha has just gone & done!
#Shakespeare #Sonnets #Irish #Gaeilge #Iambicpentameter #translation #Limerick www.limerickleader.ie/news/home/17...

Limerick lecturer translates Shakespeare's sonnets into Irish

Dr Sorcha de Brún has currently translated a fifth of the famous works

www.limerickleader.ie

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · Feb 12

Were you a fan of Playmobil?
Invented by Hans Beck,they’ve been produced in Germany since 1974.Activities extend beyond #play #collecting . #playmobil figures/playsets/related stories being photographed/researched by Lauren Kavanagh #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland
👉 museumofchildhood.ie/playmobil-fi...

Were you a big fan of Playmobil?
1970s, 80s, 90s?
Invented by Hans Beck, the ‘Father of Playmobil’, playmobil is a line of toys produced in Germany, since 1974. Playmobil toys are produced in themed series of sets as well as individual special figures and playsets. Activities extend beyond collecting and free-form play to include customisation, miniature wargaming and the creation of photo stories and stop motion films.
Mick Kehoe’s Playmobil Figures Collection form part of a large collection of Playmobil figures, playsets and related childhood stories, currently being photographed and researched by Lauren Kavanagh at the Museum of Childhood Ireland.

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · Feb 11

#SaferInternetDay #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland ‘s Claire Daly’s article museumofchildhood.ie/celebrating-...
Children and young people have the right to fully participate in the digital world—not just as consumers, but as creators, activists, & change makers!
museumofchildhood.ie/childrens-ri...

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · Feb 11

www.bbc.com/news/article... #environment #plastic #savetheplanet #warrior #child #children

Netley boy saves thousands of sweet tubs from landfill

Teddy has collected the plastic confectionery tubs because he wants to help save the planet.

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · Feb 9

“…It felt like for that short bit of time coming home I had freedom, and anything could happen…”Aaron Sunderland Carey, recently on @tommytiernan.bsky.social @rteone.rte.ie shared about his journey to school #WhenWeWereKingsAndQueens #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland 🎨 museumofchildhood.ie/when-we-were...

“…This time waiting on the bus and scrambling to get a seat when it did show up was a great experience for me, it felt like for that short bit of time coming home I had freedom, and anything could happen…” Colour photo of Artist Aaron Sunderland Carey as a child, wearing a green football team top. Aaron was recently in conversation with Tommy Tiernan on RTE 1. He shared about his experience of his journey to and from school at primary and secondary level for project #WhenWeWereKingsAndQueens at the Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann museumofchildhood.ie https://museumofchildhood.ie/when-we-were-kings-and-queens-of-the-road-aaron-sunderland-carey/ #art #artist #childhood #ballymun #ncad #socialengagement #urbanenvironment #community #conversation #printedimage #sound #photography #museumofchildhoodireland #músaemóigenahéireann

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · Feb 8

Six in 10 adults in North had a childhood trauma in ‘major public health challenge’
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025... @freyamcc.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @irishtimes.com #children #childhood #Ireland #health #mentalhealth #museumofchildhoodireland

Six in 10 adults in North had a childhood trauma in ‘major public health challenge’

Four or more adverse childhood experiences – a threshold more likely to lead to poorer health and educational outcomes – reported by 17.6% of people surveyed

www.irishtimes.com

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