August 2025, Adults
Watch Back: The Ice Age Giant Deer Megaloceros
Free
Front and centre in the newly opened Dead Zoo Lab in the National Museum of Ireland at Collins Barracks stands a pair of giant Irish deer. These charasmatic fossils have fascinated people for centuries, and they are iconic of the Museum's Natural History collections. But exactly how Irish are these giant Irish deer?
Join retired Keeper Nigel Monaghan as he discusses the giant Irish deer in detail in this short online talk. This talk was orignally recorded as part of Heritage week in 2022 and can be viewd below.
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The Dead Zoo Lab is now open in the Riding School in the National Museum at Collins Barracks. Entry is free and the exhibition is wheelchair accessible. For more inforamtion please see our exhibition page: The Dead Zoo Lab
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Stair an Dúlra,
Sráid Mhuirfean,
Baile Átha Cliath 2
+353 1 677 7444
The giant Irish deer are back! Learn about them by watching back this talk by retired keeper, Nigel Monaghan
Stair an Dúlra
Stair an Dúlra,
Sráid Mhuirfean,
Baile Átha Cliath 2,
+353 1 677 7444
D02 F627