11.30am and 2pm, Saturday, 8 April 2023
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ART WORKSHOP: Decorating Easter eggs
Learn about Easter traditions and have a go at designing and decorating your own traditional Easter egg!
Exhibitions
Hand-stitched quilt from Gaw-Yas-Grannie exhibition at the NMI - Country Life
Brown Brothers Catalogue, 1913
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Find out moreThe Irish Folklife Collection amounts to c.35,000 objects complemented by extensive archive documentation which includes a specialist library, field recordings and image collections.
The aim of the Irish Folklife Division is to collect and preserve objects representative of the material culture that forms part of the traditional way of life of Ireland.
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Donated by Thomas H Mason, Photographer, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland.
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