Kerry County Museum

Kerry County Museum (Irish: Músaem Chontae Chiarraí) is a museum located in Tralee, County Kerry in Ireland. The museum is based in the Ashe Memorial Hall in the centre of Tralee. The aim of the museum is to collect, record, preserve and display the material heritage of County Kerry.

Kerry County Museum
Príomh-Mhúsaem Chiarraí
Location within Ireland
Established1992
LocationIvy Terrace, Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland
Coordinates52.2669°N 9.7059°W / 52.2669; -9.7059
TypeCounty museum
Public transit accessTralee railway station
Websitekerrymuseum.ie

History

Before the First World War, Kerry County Council had been based in a purpose-built building on Godfrey Place; however the building had been set on fire by British special constables during the Siege of Tralee of November 1920.[1] A new building, which was dedicated to the memory of the republican Thomas Ashe opened as offices for Kerry County Council in 1928.[2][3] After the county council moved to County Hall, the building fell empty in January 1989.[4] Kerry County Museum was established in the early 1990s as an initiative of Tralee Urban District Council to exhibit the material heritage of County Kerry.[5] In the early years the museum focused on exhibited Kerry's archaeological treasures as part of its "medieval experience".[5]

Exhibits

Exhibits include an early medieval brooch and duelling pistols used by Daniel O'Connell in the early nineteenth century.[6]

References
  1. Barrington, T J (1999) [1976]. Discovering Kerry. Its History, Heritage and Topgraphy (2 ed.). Cork: The Collins Press. p. 127. ISBN 1-898256-71-3.
  2. "1925 – Ashe Memorial Hall, Tralee, Co, Kerry". Archiseek. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  3. "Local Authorities". Oireachtas. 26 May 1982. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  4. O'Shea, Owen; Revington, Gordon (2018). Century of Politics in the Kingdom: A County Kerry Compendium. Merrion Press. ISBN 978-1785372018.
  5. "We collect the material heritage of Kerry, but it belongs to the people". The Kerryman. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  6. "Kerry County Museum". Discover Ireland. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
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