County Carlow Military Museum (CCMM)

01/06/2026

Some friends from our annual military show will be taking part in this event in Meath. If you're in the area drop in and say hello.

26/05/2026

A wonderful day Sunday and a great turnout, see you all next year when we do it all over again

24/05/2026

The day is going fantastically well here!

The weather is only amazing, the crowds are in and we still have another three hours to go!!

If you are thinking of visiting please remember the parking situation and park to the front of St Dympnas Hospital and take the short stroll across to us.

See you soon 😁👌

23/05/2026

The grounds are ready and final prep taking place. Weather promises to be fantastic tomorrow so even if you are thinking of heading to the beach do drop in nice and early. We'll be open from 10am.

We have the exhibitors, displays and the weather now all we need is YOU 😎👌

20/05/2026

We kindly ask those who are visting the show this Sunday, May 24th that where possible they park in the car parking spaces to the front of St Dympnas hospital as highlighted in the below image and reserve the limited space to the front of the museum for visitors and patients of the caredoc and hospital.

Access to the car park is via the main entrance to the hospital off the Athy Road across from the Daybreak shop. You will find ample parking here and its only a short stroll, via the dotted yellow line highlighted in the attached image, to the show itself.

Thank you for your attention to this matter :D

18/05/2026

We're on the countdown now to our annual show this coming Sunday, May 24th.

Just to wet your appetite here's a random selection of images from the past couple of years. Many of our regular (and greatly appreciated) exhibitors will be joining us again this year with some new additions to the show too 😉 The images give a flavour of the range of periods and conflicts covered.

This is a family friendly event, both indoor and outdoor where you are given a unique opportunity to get up close and personal with military history 😁👌

05/05/2026

The County Carlow Military Museum will hold its Military Show on Sunday May 24th from 10am to 4pm.

The annual show which has grown in size and visitor numbers over the last number of years has to be one of the must attend events in Carlow this summer!

Hosted at the museum grounds, in and around the museum which is located in the Old Church on the Athy Road (across from Caredoc) this one day event will feature a range of military vehicles from WW2 up to present times, militaria displays, weapons displays, personal collections as well as scale modelers to name a few.

There will be a host of living historians/enthusiasts present in period dress and equipment. For instance last years show featured enthusiasts exhibiting artifacts, displays and costumes from the Battle of the Boyne, 1798 rebellion, American civil war, Boar war, WW1, WW2 and almost anything and everything in between.

We invite you to join us on the day. If you haven't been its a real treat, a family friendly event where you can get up close and personal with history and will no doubt come away having learned and experienced lots! If you have been then we're sure you will attest to how fantastic of a day it is and if so, please do spread the word.

There will be refreshments available on the day also and a small admission charge to enter the show area/museum but we do recommend you come early as it tends to get busy!

If you have a collection you would like to exhibit on the day please do get in touch! If you would like to visit in period equipment or costume then please do, we are always fascinated by the very niche and fantastic historical enthusiasts that visit us on the day.

Look forward to seeing you on the day! :D

27/04/2026

Our annual and much anticipated Military Show will take place this year on Sunday, May 24th from 10am to 4pm.

The show will feature a range of vehicles, reenactors covering a range of periods and conflicts as well as militaria displays and our ever popular museum.

There will be refreshments availible on the day!

If you haven't been then this is your chance, if you have been we'll gladly welcome you back to this unique and informative event.

Stay tuned for further details 😎👌

08/11/2025

We remember Lt Kevin Gleeson, a Carlow native, and his comrades who died on this day in 1960.

"On Tuesday, 8 Nov 1960, an eleven-man patrol from 2 Pl, A Coy, 33 Inf Bn was attacked by a large number of Baluba tribesmen at a crossing point on the Luweyeye River approximately 30 Km from the platoon base at Niemba village. Nine of the patrol died, eight at the ambush site, and another member of the patrol was subsequently killed a few days later near the village of Tundula, 5 Km from the ambush."

On Tuesday, 8 Nov 1960, an eleven-man patrol from 2 Pl, A Coy, 33 Inf Bn was attacked by a large
number of Baluba tribesmen at a crossing point on the Luweyeye River approximately 30 Km from the
platoon base at Niemba village. Nine of the patrol died, eight at the ambush site, and another member of the patrol was subsequently killed a few days later near the village of Tundula, 5 Km from the ambush.
The eight who were killed on 8 Nov were:
Lt Kevin M Gleeson (30), 2 Fd Engr Coy, Sgt Hugh F Gaynor (29), 2 Mot Sqn , Cpl Liam Dougan (24), 5
Inf Bn, Cpl Peter J Kelly (25), 5 Inf Bn, Pte Matthew Farrell (22), 2 Hosp Coy, Tpr Thomas A Fennell
(18), 2 Mot Sqn, Pte Gerard Killeen (27), CTD (E), Pte Michael McGuinn (21), 2 Fd Engr Coy.
Tpr Anthony Browne (20) MMG 2 Mot Sqn from Fatima Mansions, Rialto is believed to have been killed a day or two after 8 Nov. His remains were recovered two years later on 7 Nov 1962.
Two members of the patrol, Pte Joseph Fitzpatrick (21) from North King St, Dublin and Pte Thomas
Kenny (24) from Ballinteer Cottages, Dundrum survived the ambush.

On 10 Nov at approximately 2100 hours, during an alert at Niemba Pte Patrick Hubert Davis, 2 Fd Engr
Coy from Ballyfermot who was a sentry on a veranda was wounded by an accidental weapons discharge
and he died as he was being transported by road to Albertville.

We remember Kevin Gleeson, Hugh Gaynor, Liam Dougan, Peter Kelly, Matthew Farrell, Thomas
Fennell, Gerard Killeen, Michael McGuinn, Anthony Browne and Patrick Davis on the anniversaries of
their deaths and the loss to their families; their comrades and the DF.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anamacha dhílse agus suaimhneas síoraí i measc na naomh dóibh.
Photo caption. A DF poster with photographs of the nine casualties and the two survivors. Credit DF
Printing Press.

07/11/2025

If you're thinking of visiting the museum then please remember you have only TWO more chances before we wrap up for 2025.

Friday 7th November - 12 to 4pm

&

Sunday 9th November - 2 to 5pm

Look forward to seeing you 😊