Clare Museum

03/06/2026

📢We have very limited spaces available for our Creative Ireland Clare Sketch Hunters event to celebrate , taking place this Saturday 6th June, from 11am-1pm in Clare Museum.

🚸🆓Event for 8-12 year-olds
‼️Booking required
📧To book, please email [email protected]

https://claremuseum.ie/events/sketch-hunters-at-clare-museum-a-cruinniu-na-nog-event/

02/06/2026

OTD in 1765, Clare artist Francis Bindon died.

Open the link and read all about him.

Portrait, printed on paper, of Jonathan Swift by John Pass after Francis Bindon, 1828.

01/06/2026

OTD in 1917, a cheque was issued to pay the gas bill.

Open the link to discover more about it.

Cheque, Munster & Leinster Bank, Ennis, 1 June, 1917, to Ennis Gas Co.

30/05/2026

OTD in 1942: Mathew Bermingham made his First Communion and received this little book.

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The Little One's Mass Book, presented to Matthew Bermingham on his First Communion Day, 31 May, 1942.

29/05/2026

OTD in 1943, a girl from west Clare received this medal of the Congregation of the Children of Mary.

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Medal of the Congregation of the Children of Mary.

29/05/2026

We have been very lucky to have had University of Galway Co-op student, Emily, with us since January of this year. She has been such a huge asset to the museum and an absolute pleasure to have on our team. We wish Emily the very best for the future. She will be missed! 🫶🏻

27/05/2026

Dúnadh don Lá Saoire Banc - Bank Holiday Closing

Beidh Músaem an Chláir dúnta ón Sathairn 30 Bealtaine go dtí an Luan 1 Meitheamh. Ar oscailt mar is gnáth ón Máirt 2 Meitheamh 2026.
Lá saoire banc sona agus sábhálta daoibh go léir!

Clare Museum will be closed from Saturday 30th May to Monday 1st June, inclusive. Open as normal from Tuesday 2nd June 2026.

Wishing you all a happy and safe Bank Holiday weekend!

27/05/2026

Clare Museum's Education Officer, along with university students Emily, Isabella and Sam, has been out and about around the county to celebrate the Bealtaine Festival. Yesterday they had the enviable opportunity to visit Killaloe Library on the shores of the beautiful Lough Derg.

The 'Fabric of Clare' events showcase a selection of the Clare Embroidery Collection, which is held at Clare Museum. Attendees at the events heard the story behind the Embroidery Collection and its founder and patron Florence Vere O'Brien and had the chance to view items from the collection, including nightdresses, handkerchiefs and handkerchief cases, cushion covers, gardening aprons, threads and patterns.
Sincere thanks to Clare Libraries for hosting these events and to all who came along to enjoy them.

To find out more about the Clare Embroidery Collection, you can visit our website at https://claremuseum.ie/explore/collections/clare-embroidery/

25/05/2026

It is unusual to find both a saddle quern and its rubbing stone together, but that is what happened in Knockroe, Lahinch in 2003.

Find out all about it by opening the link below.

Saddle quern, stone, found at Knockroe, Lahinch.