The Collins Family on the Web - Part 5

The National Museum of Ireland - Country Life is located in Turlough Park, near Castlebar, in County Mayo.

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The National Museum of Ireland - Country Life is located in Turlough Park, near Castlebar, in County Mayo. / The National Museum of Ireland - Country Life is located in Turlough Park, near Castlebar, in County Mayo.

The museum shows how the people of Ireland lived in the hundred years between the Great Famine and the end of the 1950s.

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The museum shows how the people of Ireland lived in the hundred years between the Great Famine and the end of the 1950s. / The museum shows how the people of Ireland lived in the hundred years between the Great Famine and the end of the 1950s.

Ruins of a round tower and church in Turlough as seen from the Country Life Museum. It is dated to the 11th or 12th century.

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Ruins of a round tower and church in Turlough as seen from the Country Life Museum. It is dated to the 11th or 12th century. / Ruins of a round tower and church in Turlough as seen from the Country Life Museum. It is dated to the 11th or 12th century.

Turlough Park House is located on the museum grounds. Built in 1865, it was designed by Thomas Newenham Deane and incorporates elements of the Gothic Revival style.

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Turlough Park House is located on the museum grounds. Built in 1865, it was designed by Thomas Newenham Deane and incorporates elements of the Gothic Revival style. / Turlough Park House is located on the museum grounds. Built in 1865, it was designed by Thomas Newenham Deane and incorporates elements of the Gothic Revival style.

Parlour of Turlough Park House

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Parlour of Turlough Park House / Parlour of Turlough Park House

Parlour of Turlough Park House

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Parlour of Turlough Park House / Parlour of Turlough Park House

Library of Turlough Park House

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Library of Turlough Park House / Library of Turlough Park House

The conservatory in the Country Life museum gardens

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The conservatory in the Country Life museum gardens / The conservatory in the Country Life museum gardens

This house is the result of a 2003 project that was done to demonstrate the use of traditional building materials (thatch, wattle, and lime) that were commonly used in country houses.

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This house is the result of a 2003 project that was done to demonstrate the use of traditional building materials (thatch, wattle, and lime) that were commonly used in country houses. / This house is the result of a 2003 project that was done to demonstrate the use of traditional building materials (thatch, wattle, and lime) that were commonly used in country houses.

Interior wattle construction

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Interior wattle construction / Interior wattle construction

Interior lime wall finish

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Interior lime wall finish / Interior lime wall finish

Hurleys and sliotars (hurling sticks and balls) old and new. Hurling is a uniquely Irish sport thousands of years old.

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Hurleys and sliotars (hurling sticks and balls) old and new. Hurling is a uniquely Irish sport thousands of years old. / Hurleys and sliotars (hurling sticks and balls) old and new. Hurling is a uniquely Irish sport thousands of years old.

Weaving is a traditional art in Ireland. Here, John Feeney, Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, twists plaited rope into the shape of a horse collar.

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Weaving is a traditional art in Ireland. Here, John Feeney, Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, twists plaited rope into the shape of a horse collar. / Weaving is a traditional art in Ireland. Here, John Feeney, Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, twists plaited rope into the shape of a horse collar.

A completed horse collar

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A completed horse collar / A completed horse collar

Straw armchair made c. 1848 by John Fortune, Gardamus, Mayglass, County Wexford

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Straw armchair made c. 1848 by John Fortune, Gardamus, Mayglass, County Wexford / Straw armchair made c. 1848 by John Fortune, Gardamus, Mayglass, County Wexford

Basket of rye straw and briar bark made c. 1900

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Basket of rye straw and briar bark made c. 1900 / Basket of rye straw and briar bark made c. 1900

Straw Boys wishing to politely 'crash' a party

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Straw Boys wishing to politely 'crash' a party / Straw Boys wishing to politely 'crash' a party

The story of 'Straw Boys'

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The story of 'Straw Boys' / The story of 'Straw Boys'

Straw boy's hat made in 1903, County Kerry

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Straw boy's hat made in 1903, County Kerry / Straw boy's hat made in 1903, County Kerry

A straw home for a chicken, used to bring a chicken inside during the cold winter months

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A straw home for a chicken, used to bring a chicken inside during the cold winter months / A straw home for a chicken, used to bring a chicken inside during the cold winter months