The Treasury - Celtic and Early Christian Ireland is a new exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland.Dickie Bird - Crimean War Hero
Learn more about Dickie Bird, a horse that served in the Crimean War in 1854 with the 5th Dragoon Guards and whose bones were found by archaeologists in Dublin at Clancy Barracks now on display at the National Museum of Ireland.
Dickie Bird has been placed on display in the reception area of the National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts & History, Collins Barracks for 2 weeks before being moved to a dedicated exhibition space.
Director of the National Museum of Ireland, Dr Pat Wallace commented that “Dickie Bird is a link with the Crimean War which is regarded as the first modern war. It saw the introduction of rifles, nursing by Florence Nightingale and of war reporting by Dublin born William Howard Russell"
Where is it on?: Clancy, formerly known as Islandbridge Barracks, dates from 1798 and a mile west of Collins Barracks. It is beside the Irish National War Memorial Gardens, which Queen Elizabeth will be visiting on Wednesday 18th June during her first visit to Ireland.
Admission is free to all exhibitions at the National Museum of Ireland sites.
Tuesday – Saturday 2.00 – 5.00pm
Sunday 2.00pm – 5.00pm (Closed Monday’s)
Mariners Project seeks help
Author Julie Parsons is on a quest to re-discover the history of the Mariners' Church in Dun Loaghaire.
The Mariners' Church in Dun Laoghaire, built in 1837 and for generations of Church of Ireland people, the heart of their cultural, spiritual and social life. It closed in 1971 and its congregation dwindled away. Julie has started the Mariners Project to discover what happened to the parishioners who lived in the streets and squares of Dun Laoghaire or Kingstown as it was called. If you have any information to share, contact Julie at the Mariners Project.
