Dún na Sí Amenity and Heritage Park

Over het museum

Dún na Sí is a community-led heritage project near Moate in County Westmeath, built up by generations of volunteers and run as a not-for-profit. Its name comes from local folklore about a fairy fort, marked by hawthorn bushes, on the land.

The heritage park takes visitors through Ireland’s past with reconstructed sites such as a ringfort, a farmhouse and cottages, a blacksmith’s forge, a hedge school and a fisherman’s cottage. A rural museum shows the tools and machinery once used on Irish farms, and a large sculpture and a stone circle refer to the mythological god Lugh.

Next to it, the Teach Ceoil is the Moate branch of the music organisation Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann; it houses the Scéal Exhibition on traditional music and an audio archive. The park also has a genealogy centre for tracing Westmeath ancestors, walking trails through a turlough and woodland, a playground and a pet farm.

Hoogtepunten

• Reconstructed ringfort, farmhouse, forge, hedge school and fisherman’s cottage
• Rural museum of traditional farm tools and machinery
• Scéal Exhibition on Irish music in the Teach Ceoil
• Westmeath Genealogy Centre
• Pet farm, playground and nature trails

Vaste collectie

• Heritage Park – Reconstructed ancient and rural buildings, including a ringfort, farmhouse, forge, hedge school and fisherman’s cottage, show how people lived in earlier centuries.
• Rural Museum – A collection of agricultural tools and machinery once used on Irish farms.
• Scéal Exhibition – An exhibition on traditional Irish music in the Teach Ceoil, the Moate home of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann.

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Carers are admitted free. Family memberships for April to September are available.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk: geen informatie
• Lift: geen informatie
• Aangepast toilet
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats
• Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

The park has step-free entrances and accessible parking bays near the entrances; accessible toilets are in the café and there is step-free café seating. Quiet natural areas are available for rest, and an Access Welcome Guide is published on the website.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Doe- en voelstations
• Speeltuin / speelhoek

The park has a large outdoor adventure playground, a pet farm with goats, donkeys, poultry and pigs, a sensory garden and nature trails.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The park can be reached directly from the Old Rail Trail Greenway.

Service & horeca

• Café

Café with child-friendly menu; picnic tables in the park.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

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