Derryglad Folk & Heritage Museum

Roscommon Check the official website Suits all ages

Derryglad Folk & Heritage Museum, Roscommon

Family practicalities

  • Pram-friendly (likely)
  • Baby changing (likely)
  • Step-free access
  • Toilets (likely)

Families can step back in time at Derryglad Folk & Heritage Museum, exploring 8,000 objects from 19th-century rural Ireland. See old shops, a school room, kitchen, dairy, farm machinery, and sporting memorabilia.

Experience life in rural 19th century Ireland when you visit the award winning Derryglad Folk & Heritage Museum, where you can explore their collection of 8,000 objects.

A visit will take you back in time, through village shops, the school room and kitchen as you learn the stories and traditions of long ago. Examine the butter churns and other artefacts in the dairy, see old tractor ploughs and other farm machinery. Discover the traditional self sufficient culture of rural Ireland in days gone by. Enjoy the collection of sporting memorabilia, including historic items from Croke Park.

Bring back memories from your childhood or introduce the next generation to the way people used to live at Derryglad Folk & Heritage Museum. They are open May to September. The premises is wheelchair accessible. Bus tours are welcome.

The details

Address
Derryglad, Roscommon
Cost
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Indoors or out
Indoors
Booking
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