Tag: Millstreet Museum

Millstreet Museum’s New Email Address

For decades our email address at Millstreet Museum has been millstreetmuseum @eircom.net .   From Monday, 11th May 2020 this email address will no longer apply.   Our new email address going forward is now millstreetmuseum @gmail.com .

Carnegie Hall – Home of Millstreet Museum

Sincere Thanks to John for Museum’s 40th Anniversary Feature

Sincere thanks to “Corkman” Journalist and Photographer Supreme John Tarrant for his greatly appreciated feature in last week’s “Corkman” regarding the 40th Anniversary of Millstreet Museum.  Here we also share one of the 2014 images from our Museum Archive of a panoramic view from a Hoist in Millstreet Town Park.   The scene shows a new Astroturf looking superb and it also shows the Carnegie Hall in the background – the home of Millstreet Museum.   Tap on the pictures to enlarge.  (S.R.)

Millstreet Museum Presented with the West End O’Connor Family Archive Collection

We at Millstreet Museum are so very grateful to have today (Monday, 23rd March 2020) been presented with what we shall now entitle “The West End O’Connor Family Archive Collection” which consists of a truly magnificent collection of historic newspapers with fascinating supplements especially from the 1932 Eucharistic Congress in Dublin as well as a wonderful selection of booklets and newscuttings of very real relevance to Millstreet.  Below we share 14 images of just some of this hugely appreciated Historic Collection which Mrs. F. O’Connor and Family of West End, Millstreet have shared with Millstreet Museum to be enjoyed by future generations.   Sincere thanks to Jerry O’Connor who delivered these treasures today to my home….within recommended social distancing measures.   The superb items will later be on display at our Museum Centre.   Tap on the images below to enlarge.  (S.R.) [read more …] “Millstreet Museum Presented with the West End O’Connor Family Archive Collection”

Millstreet Museum’s 40th Anniversary Today

It’s exactly 40 years to the very day when on St. Patrick’s Day 1980 Pádraig Ó Maidín, Cork Co. Librarian officially opened Millstreet Museum at the Carnegie Hall in the presence of the “Millstreet Rovers Band” and a very large attendance.   To celebrate this very special 40th Anniversary we take you on a Virtual Tour of the present Museum featuring some 13 images.   Sincere thanks to the very many people who have been hugely supportive of our Museum work over the past 40 years.   Míle buíochas.   Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh go léir.   Tap on the images to enlarge.  (S.R.) [read more …] “Millstreet Museum’s 40th Anniversary Today”

Pictorial News Updates from Museum Archives

Appearing in this year’s “Holly Bough” David and Eileen Dineen.
Eurovision Week during May 1993 at The Square, Millstreet. We featured Jerry Pat O’Leary’s memories of the great 1993 event on “Radio Treasures” this Tuesday on www.corkmusicstation.com … Tap on the images to enlarge. (S.R.)

We thank Mary Lynch of Ballydaly for sharing these two newscuttings (Killarney Advertiser and Killarney Outlook) where we read that Mary Gleeson’s grandson, Rian Gleeson, is to feature on this coming Friday night’s famous “Toy Show” on RTÉ 1 Television. [1]