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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

For former Lady Mayoress of Cork, Saoirse Hurley, childhood journeys to Árainn Mhór in Co. Donegal with her grandfather Gaga Joe were a sensory and social bombardment. Read Saoirse’s childhood memory story from our That Wilder Bond series here: museumofchildhood.ie/that-wilder-...

Saoirse Hurley as a child with her grandfather Gaga Joe

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Journalist and author @clodaghfinn.bsky.social fondly remembers birdwatching as a child with her father – her favourite was the robin. Read her story from our That Wilder Bond series: museumofchildhood.ie/that-wilder-...

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Dr Jean Walker’s suburban Limerick childhood world was wide and wild, with plenty of family trips to the countryside. Read Jean’s story from our That Wilder Bond series here: museumofchildhood.ie/that-wilder-...

Photos of Jean Walker as an adult and with family members in years gone by.

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

For journalist and author @ronanmcgreevy.bsky.social, his childhood days were lived outdoors, blending the town of Carrick-on-Shannon and his father’s farmland nearby. Read Ronan’s story from our That Wilder Bond childhood memories series: museumofchildhood.ie/that-wilder-...

Photos of Ronan MCGreevy as a child and more recently, along with a quote and a link to the website

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

How did children do homework before going online? What is an egg washer? What was it like to work at a general store? Joseph from our Children’s Voices team recently visited the Old Irish Ways Museum in Bruff, Co. Limerick to find out. museumofchildhood.ie/childrens-vo...

Joseph from our Children's Voices team at the Old Irish Ways Museum's general store

Petrol pumps, a phone box and a litter bin at the Old Irish Ways Museum

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Are you as excited about Heritage Week as we are? Join us in Monkstown or Newry! All events are free to attend and there is something for everyone! Find out more at museumofchildhood.ie/heritage-wee...

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Lots happening for Heritage Week 2026 - check out our events. All are free to attend and there is something for everyone! museumofchildhood.ie/heritage-wee...

Heritage Week poster showing a young girl looking into a plastic tub

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

As part of Heritage Week, we’re capturing memories of childhood – from the children who are experiencing it every day. Check out our free workshop for 8- to 12-year-olds at Blanchardstown Library, Monday 17 August from 11am – 12:30pm. Please reserve in advance: www.eventbrite.ie/e/my-favouri...

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My Favourite Toy/ Game/ Book Free Workshop for Children from 8 to 12 years

Come and join us!

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

What links Seamus Heaney and the stories hidden in Ireland’s boglands? Dr Claudia Zucca explores how curiosity about the wider world can enrich the experience of reading poetry. museumofchildhood.ie/a-doorway-in... #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland #MúsaemÓigenahÉireann #children #education #poetry

Image of Irish bogland with a cloudy sky

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

In memoriam: Patsy Donlon, 28 January 1943 – 23 July 2026. Back in 2018, in an extraordinarily generous act of support, Patsy became the first Chairperson of the Museum of Childhood Ireland. Patsy, we will miss you so much. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam dílis. museumofchildhood.ie/dr-pat-donlo...

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Celebrating #JamesJoyce #Bloomsday with James Joyce’s lovely grandnieces & their children in ☀️ #Dublin as we announce finalists 2026! museumofchildhood.ie/bloomsday-20... museumofchildhood.ie/dante-to-joy... #museumofchildhoodireland @marshslibrary.bsky.social @bloomsdayfestival.bsky.social

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

🙏 Daniel Mulhall for museumofchildhood.ie/bloomsday-2026… former Irish Ambassador Kuala Lumpur/Berlin/London/ WDC & Global Distinguished Prof Irish Studies @gihnyu.bsky.social Fellows,Magdalene, Cambridge @harvardcolalumni.bsky.social #Bloomsday #museumofchildhoodIreland @marshslibrary.bsky.social

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

🙏 #Bloomsday 2026 Judge, Jen Hogan, Irish Times journalist, columnist, broadcaster, author, host of The Conversations with Parents podcast: ✍️ museumofchildhood.ie/bloomsday-2026… #museumofchildhoodireland @jenhoganjourno.bsky.social @marshslibrary.bsky.social @bloomsdayfestival.bsky.social

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

“…Back in light, my bark peeled off My roots turned back to feet But now I speak in creaking tongues For once I was a tree…” #KillianBuckley ‘s #poem for #ThatWilderBond #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland #MúsaemÓigeNahÉireann supported by @antaisce.bsky.social : museumofchildhood.ie/that-wilder-... #Kerry

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

#Bloomsday 2026 Thanks to our fab judging panel for their work for our islandwide/internationaL Young Authors Comp ✍️ To begin @cauverymadhavan.bsky.social 🙏 museumofchildhood.ie/bloomsday-2026… #MuseumofchildhooIreland #músaemóigenahéireann @marshslibrary.bsky.social @bloomsdayfestival.bsky.social

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

“…This unusual early encounter with wild fauna…helped to feed my early curiosity about the natural world…” Michael Fewer for #ThatWilderBond #museumofchildhoodireland #musaemóigenahéireann & #AnTaisce 🐍 museumofchildhood.ie/that-wilder-... 🌳 museumofchildhood.ie/thatwilder-b...

Sepia tone photograph of a young child in field with bunch of wild flowers, Ireland for That Wilder Bond, a story series from the Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann supported by An Taisce. The Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann is supported by the Ireland Funds

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Elaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Delighted to contribute a story for this. 'Nature was never taught to me as a child, I didn’t learn this love from teachers or parents. I learned it from living it, breathing it, feeling it. It was my classroom & my playground. My solace & my joy. It has shaped me into the adult I have become. '

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

“Who Are Your Waters? My rivers are the Morell stream on the outskirts of Naas…” Elaine McGoff for #ThatWilderBond #museumofchildhoodireland #músaemóigenahéireann #AnTaisce in full here: museumofchildhood.ie/that-wilder-... museumofchildhood.ie/that-wilder-... #children

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Celebrating Bealtaine, The Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann’s Engagement Team presents ‘Bealtaine – Stories of Childhood’ with writing facilitator Anne McDonald. Fri 29th May/12 to 1.30pm (tea/coffee/chat) at Bettystown Library,Co. Meath link: museumofchildhood.ie/bealtaine-st...

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Love our work since 2018? Nominate Museum of Childhood Ireland|Músaem Óige na hÉireann in AIB’s Community €1 Million Fund. Children,Seen & Heard. Cherishing All the Children of the nation Equally Charity:20205452 Greater Dublin Education & Opportunity 👉 aib.ie/community-fund museumofchildhood.ie

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(Dr) Rena Maguire @justrena.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Well who wouldnt want a twilight museum wander?

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

“…I learned that Nature is a way in which we make sense of the world as a whole…” #ThatWilderBond at museumofchildhood.ie 🌿Eoin’s story: museumofchildhood.ie/that-wilder-bo… 🌳Stories: museumofchildhood.ie/that-wilder-bo�� 🌱Donate: spacehive.com/thatwilderbond #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland #AnTaisce

Black and white photo of young child by the water’s edge. Museim of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann’s That Wilder Bond story/memory project

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

“…The Wilder Bond is within us all. We just need to encourage future (and current!) generations to find it…” Bronagh McCabe’s story: museumofchildhood.ie/that-wilder-... 👉Donate to get the #book published: www.spacehive.com/thatwilderbond #nature #environment #museumofchildhoodIreland #childhood

Child in 1990s Ireland with bobbed dark hair and zipped jumper in front of an advertising sign on a building for Coca Cola, Mars and Apple brands
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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The #MuseumofChildhoodIreland ‘s #Children’sAdvisoryTeam meeting at #TrinityCollegeDublin fun, exciting day…learning, exploring, working together...sharing ideas on something so important as the museum 🌎 museumofchildhood.ie/childrens-ad...

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

”So I tried again. ..By then, I knew which version of my childhood people preferred.” Terry Christian👇 museumofchildhood.ie/that-wilder-... ✍️All stories: museumofchildhood.ie/that-wilder-... 📕Donate to support the book: www.spacehive.com/thatwilderbond #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland #ThatWilderBond 🦊🐸🦌🦡

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Farewell, Desmond Morris - wonderful human, zoologist, ethnologist, Surrealist artist, author, in Kildare today. In memory & celebration of a life lived well & to its fullest - a story he sent us for a publication last yr: museumofchildhood.ie/when-we-were... Photos: Museum of Childhood Ireland

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

…There were no plans and there were no rules. We headed outside every day…☀️🌊⛰️🔔🌳📚 @eileenoduffy.bsky.social story: museumofchildhood.ie/that-wilder-... All: museumofchildhood.ie/that-wilder-... Fund book: www.spacehive.com/thatwilderbond ## #museumofchildhoodireland #ThatWilderBond #Ireland

Photo of 3 young sisters on the shoreline by the blue Irish Sea, Co Dublin, summertime 1960s, for ‘That Wilder Bond’ story and book project by the Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann.

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

#CáscaShona #HappyEaster 🐣 Bo Peep in green dress, bonnet, felt shoes, staff & little lamb & doll in red/white stripe dress, Easter bonnet, handbag, purse & shoes. Sally Wellman’s dolls at the #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland #MúsaemÓigeNahÉireann in collections 👒 museumofchildhood.ie/sally-wellma...

Wishing you all a #cáscashona !Two dolls: Little Bo Peep doll in green dress, bonnet, felt shoes, with staff and her little lamb, and doll in red/white striped dress, Easter bonnet, handbag, purse and shoes. Sally Wellman’s dolls from the #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland #easter #MúsaemÓigeNahÉireann collections 👒 https://museumofchildhood.ie/sally-wellmans-dolls/

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

June Deery in “Colonial Comedy:Scale Inversion and Minority Dislocation in the Domesticated Terrorism of #DerryGirls turns the extraordinary into the ordinary through ‘scale inversion” #ErinsDiary #LisaMcGee museumofchildhood.ie/derry-girls-... #Ireland #Poland #Derry #museumofchildhoodireland

Erin’s Diary ( big yellow lettering) by Lisa McGee book cover. Red background, photo of the cast of the T.V series ‘Derry Girls’ for article from the Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann. Dreams can come true. Love hearts, My Little Pony, clouds and rainbows.

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

#Dublin “… #nature …a thatched cottage #Galway... a whole other world...no running water…sanitation...chickens, sheep, cows, donkeys...we could run wild for the summer…” #ThatWilderBond : Read: museumofchildhood.ie/that-wilder-... Donate: www.spacehive.com/thatwilderbond #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Wishing all a happy Dante Day today! The #Dantedi 2026 theme of our annual celebration with schools in #Ireland & #Italy is ‘Storytelling Dante and #Joyce through Puppetry.’ 👇https://museumofchildhood.ie/dante-to-joyce/ ❤️🐆 🦁 🐺 ⭐️ ✍️ 📕 🌳 🌞#MuseumOfChildhoodIreland #MúsaemÓigeNahÉireann #DanteAlighieri

Image of James Joyce and Dante Alighieri puppets holding a hand written (by children) Museum of Childhood Ireland sign with Museum symbol - a pinwheel. Happy Dantedi!

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

#Dublin #1970 ’s raised in #Glasnevin … #nature was something I glimpsed…green area in our housing estate…our small garden…nature tables in school…” Liz‘s #story #ThatWilderBond 🌳 museumofchildhood.ie/that-wilder-... museumofchildhood.ie/that-wilder-... www.spacehive.com/thatwilderbond 🙏

Childhood photo of a young girl of about 5 years of age from Dublin, Ireland in the 1970s. She has red shoulder length hair, a while polo neck with blue patterns on and a matching blue pinafore dress. She is outside, standing in front of a block wall. Her photo is part of the Museum of Childhood Ireland, Múseum Óige na hÉireann ‘s ‘That Wilder Bond’ story series.

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Salvador Ryan @salvadorryan.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

The Museum of Childhood in Ireland @museumofchildhood.bsky.social recently invited me to contribute a blog post on my four-year stint as Editor of The Moneygall News (1984-88). Was delighted to do so! You can read it here: museumofchildhood.ie/portrait-of-... #Moneygall #Childhood #1980s

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Portrait of a Child-Editor in 1980s’ Moneygall – The Museum of Childhood Ireland

Many young boys in the 1980s enjoyed doing newspaper rounds. I did too, but with a slight twist—I decided to do the newspaper as well!

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

#NiamhCampbell reflects for #ThatWilderBond 🌿https://museumofchildhood.ie/that-wilder-bond-9/ 🌱Stories gathered museumofchildhood.ie/that-wilder-... #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland #MúsaemÓigeNahÉireann ✍️ Send your #story info@museumofchildhood.ie #book📕for #libraries spacehive.com/thatwilderbond

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Wishing you all ☘️ Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh! Happy St Patrick’s Day! ☘️ 🪉 🇮🇪 From all the team at #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland #MúsaemÓigeNahÉireann #StPatricksDay #LáFhéilePádraig #children #childhoods #embroidered #IrishDancing #Dance #Costumes museumofchildhood.ie museumofchildhood.ie/clothing/

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

“a long strip of trees between these and the road still survived in an abandoned, overgrown state. There I spent countless hours, either with friends or alone, climbing trees, making hideouts, running through he woods…” #ThatWilderBond #EoghanDaltun #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

I was very kindly asked by the @museumofchildhood.bsky.social to contribute a personal story related to my childhood and nature, which I did. You can read it here: museumofchildhood.ie/that-wilder-...

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

He fumbled in his pocket, “Can you read?” he asked, pulling me from my private appraisal of his apparel. “Yes, I’m a good reader for my age.” museumofchildhood.ie/that-wilder-... www.spacehive.com/thatwilderbond #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland #ThatWilderBond #WorldBookDay #support @spacehive.bsky.social

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Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

We couldn’t not hop on this trend! Just a small selection of the wonderful #volunteer team working away behind the scenes on this important 1st for #Ireland 🙏😘#TheMuseumOfChildhoodIreland #MúsaemÓigeNahÉireann museumofchildhood.ie/our-board-2/ museumofchildhood.ie/our-team/ #Children #Child #Museum

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