Best places: Heritage museums in Ireland

Guided tours of a 800-year-old lighthouse building with on-site shop, cafe and sweeping area views.

35-acre living history park dealing with life in ancient Ireland via tours with costumed guides.

👍👍 Really, really nice place to visit. Very touching history of Greater Blasket Island and its inhabitants. I want to go back there. Beautiful scenery too.

Restored convent & gardens with museum displays on a 1700s nun dedicated to educating the poor.

👍👍 When you pick up your ticket to go into the Emigration Museum you are given a little card, which is described as your passport, that shows all the rooms that form the different exhibition rooms. In each room you can collect a stamp for that part of your "passport", which adds a fun element to your v...

Guided tours tracing the history of whiskey through interactive exhibits, plus a tasting at the end.

Visitor centre & museum linked to adjacent ancient monuments with tours, exhibits & a cafe.

Grand mansion with restored, period-style interiors and a quirky, conical barn folly.

Interactive guided tour at an 18th-century brewery including tastings & a gift shop.

Costumed guides bring stories of the city's past vividly to life in this historic museum.

👍👍 We had a lovely time there. So clean and organized! Sarah was so friendly and cared about us. I really recommended it.

👍👍 Absolutely worth a visit! Very reasonably priced and tour was just the right length. I could have listened to the guides all day long but an hour is about right so the kids don't become fed up. As for the tour guide & staff, all very friendly and full of local knowledge. I knew very little about the...

Heritage museum and historic naval, emigration and shipping harbour, from where Titanic set sail.

👍👍 Wonderful museum about life of Patrick Pearse, a leader of the rising. Museum is set in 3 floors, first floor covering Pearses biography, 2nd floor showing a part of boarding school and is showcasing some of his brother William art work and 3rd floor is art exhibition. Outside of museum is large par...

Restored 1594 house, garden and museum with a notable timber ceiling, home to a genealogy centre.

👍👍 Brian is most knowledgeable about his collection, he is passionate about everything he has at his museum. This place is well worth a visit, go see for yourself you will enjoy.

👍👍 Unique park in Ireland with a small café next to it. One part of the park is paid (8 EUR) and it has a small pet farm and basically an open air museum rich of Irish history to explore, with detailed explanations provided. The free part of the park had a senior & children's playpark, lots of art and...

Museum at the 1800s homestead of Dan O'Hara, with living history exhibits, a cafe & a gift shop.

Interactive exhibition tracing the village's history, plus tours of local area, restaurant and shop.

👍👍 Gorgeous food, great museum, lovely old building on the banks of the Barrow. A lovely relaxed place to enjoy great food, overlooking the river. Very interesting insights into the lives of the people who lived and worked on this important old transport route. Great walks along the river bank in both...