Tipperary Museum of Hidden History

Local history museum in County Tipperary, Ireland
52°21′20″N 7°41′55″W / 52.35547°N 7.698749°W / 52.35547; -7.698749Typelocal history museumAccreditationMuseum Standards Programme for IrelandCollection size25,000 objectsCuratorMarie McMahon[1]OwnerTipperary County CouncilPublic transit accessClonmel railway station
Clonmel M&S Davis Road bus stop (route 717)Nearest car parkon-siteWebsitehiddenhistory.ie

The Tipperary Museum of Hidden History is a local history museum in Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland.[2] It is designated as museum by the National Museum of Ireland and has full accreditation in the Museum Standards Programme for Ireland (MSPI).[3]

History

A museum for Clonmel was founded in the 1940s.[4] It opened on new premises on Mick Delahunty Square in 2000, and was renamed the South Tipperary County Museum soon after.[5] It was relaunched as the "Tipperary Museum of Hidden History" in October 2019 after a €500,000 upgrade.[6]

The museum was closed during the COVID-19 pandemic; it marked its reopening in 2021 with a CD of lost Mick Delahunty music from 1948.[7][8] In the same year, it received €15,000 in funding for the "Hidden Gems" exhibition.[9]

Collection

The museum holds items and documents from the history of Clonmel and County Tipperary.[10] Notable items include:

  • Grangemockler shirt worn by Michael Hogan, footballer killed on Bloody Sunday (1920);[11] it is not the shirt he was wearing when he was shot, however.[12]
  • exhibitions on local sportspeople
  • the ball used in the 1974 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final
  • a death mask of Oliver Cromwell[13]
  • items relating to musicians Frank Patterson, Mick Delahunty
  • the Carrick-on-Suir hoard, 81 gold coins (guineas and half guineas) dating from 1664 to 1701[14]

Gallery

References

  1. ^ "What's in a name? Inside the Clonmel Junction Festival". 21 June 2021 – via www.rte.ie.
  2. ^ Planet, Lonely; Wilson, Neil; Davenport, Fionn; Dixon, Belinda; Nevez, Catherine Le; Albiston, Isabel (1 March 2020). Lonely Planet Ireland. Lonely Planet. ISBN 9781788689922 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Tipperary Museum of Hidden History 'a state-of-the-art visitor experience'". www.tipperarylive.ie.
  4. ^ "All of the best reasons to visit County Tipperary". IrishCentral.com. 25 May 2021.
  5. ^ Potter, Matthew (20 November 2011). The Municipal Revolution in Ireland: A Handbook of Urban Government in Ireland Since 1800. Irish Academic Press. ISBN 9780716530824 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Wynne, Eamonn. "€2 million Bulmers visitor centre in Tipperary moves a step closer". www.tipperarylive.ie.
  7. ^ Wynne, Eamonn. "Tipperary musician's CD strikes the right note with music lovers all over the world". www.tipperarylive.ie.
  8. ^ "Tipperary Museum of Hidden History is delighted to welcome visitors back". www.tipperarylive.ie.
  9. ^ "Minister Martin approves over €300k in funding for local and regional museums". www.gov.ie.
  10. ^ Commission, Irish Manuscripts (20 November 2002). A Census of Ireland, Circa 1659: With Essential Materials from the Poll Money Ordinances 1660-1661. Irish Manuscripts Commission. ISBN 9781874280156 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ "From Kevin Barry's last cigarette to Michael Hogan's Bloody Sunday jersey, Irish museums celebrate International Museum Day". independent.
  12. ^ Doyle, Siobhán (18 November 2020). "Debunking some of the myths around Bloody Sunday" – via www.rte.ie.
  13. ^ Heverin, Michael. "Gold coins, coffins and bodies in a suitcase - some of the attractions at the stunning new Tipperary Museum of Hidden History". www.tipperarylive.ie.
  14. ^ "2013: Hoard of Gold Coins from Tipperary". National Museum of Ireland.

External links

  • Official website
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