Glenview Folk Museum

Over het museum

Glenview Folk Museum was founded in 2000 by the Kennedy family at Aghoo, just outside Ballinamore in County Leitrim. The family wanted to save the everyday objects of rural Ireland, and the collection grew from a few pieces of farm machinery into a private collection of more than 7,000 items. The collector Brian Kennedy began by converting an old outbuilding into a traditional thatched cottage and then kept gathering objects from the surrounding area.

A later extension, which is described as fully wheelchair accessible, added a reception area, a transport hall, a covered space for farm machinery and accessible toilets. The museum is still owned and run by the Kennedy family, which also runs a licensed bar and restaurant beside it.

The displays include a reconstructed street scene in which shops are stocked and dressed as they might have been in the 1930s, along with a travelling shop, tradesmen's tools, butter-making equipment, kitchen utensils, lamps and furniture. Visitors also see horse-drawn farm machinery and a threshing machine, vintage vehicles, coins, ledgers and posters, and a room of memorabilia connected with the Leitrim writer John McGahern. The museum is also known for a collection of more than 4,000 egg cups.

Hoogtepunten

• Reconstructed 1930s village street scene with stocked shops
• Private collection of more than 7,000 items
• Horse-drawn farm machinery, a threshing machine and vintage vehicles
• Memorabilia of the Leitrim writer John McGahern
• Collection of over 4,000 egg cups

Vaste collectie

• Shop and street scene – A reconstructed street of shops stocked and furnished as in 1930s Ireland, with a travelling shop and tradesmen’s tools.
• Farm equipment, vehicles and household items – Horse-drawn machinery, a threshing machine, vintage vehicles and everyday household objects such as butter-making equipment and lamps.
• John McGahern memorabilia – A display of objects connected with the writer John McGahern, who was born near Ballinamore.

Opgericht

2000

Beheerder

Kennedy family (private)

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

Toegankelijkheid

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

The museum describes a newer extension with reception, transport hall and farm machinery area as fully wheelchair accessible, with wheelchair-friendly toilets.

Kinderen & gezin

The tourism listing for Leitrim describes the museum as a good exhibit of rural heritage; no specific children’s programme is published.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The museum is signposted on all approach roads and from Ballinamore town centre, and is about 100 metres from Aghoo Bridge on the road to Cloone.

Service & horeca

• Restaurant

The Kennedy family runs a fully licensed bar and restaurant next to the museum.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

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