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A new exhibition of folk art opened at the end of June in the National Museum of Ireland – Country Life, Turlough Park, Castlebar. The exhibition is composed of the country life paintings of Seán Ó Séadhacháin. These paintings were acquired by the National Museum of Ireland – Country Life in 2011 because they give a special insight into many of the farm and country life practices that are on exhibition in the Museum of Country Life. Seán Ó Séadhacháin grew up in west Limerick and spent a while working as a farm labourer in the West Kerry Gaeltacht in order to perfect his Irish. He emigrated to the USA in 1927 just before the Great Depression of 1929, where he worked for most of his life as a pharmacist.

A forgotten object art competition is being run in association with the National Museum of Ireland– Country Life.

The total visitor figures to the four sites of the National Museum of Ireland (one of which is in Turlough) for 2011 was 1,096,027, which was not only a 10 per cent increase on 2010 but also the highest figure ever for visits to the museum. However, visitor numbers to the Museum of County Life in Turlough were down slightly on 2010.

Today is it hard to imagine a world without photographs. They decorate our homes, are on social network sites, in our school textbooks, in our newspapers, in family albums, and kept safe in our wallets and purses. It is hard to belief photography is only 160 years old.

It is a huge disappointment to me, and to all staff in the Museum of Country Life at Turlough Park, that Féile na Tuaithe will not be taking place in 2012. When I informed staff here last week that féile would not be going ahead, the sense of shock and disappointment was palpable. As we have been informing our sponsors and principal stakeholders, their response has also been one of shock and concern. The general sense is that this is going to be a very big loss not just to the local community around Turlough and Castlebar but to the wider community in the west of Ireland and beyond.

The hoard of Early Bronze Age goldwork which formed part of the contents of a pharmacy safe stolen from Sheehan’s Chemists, Strokestown, Co Roscommon, in March 2009 was officially opened by Jimmy Deenihan, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in the National Museum of Ireland – Country Life, Turlough Park, Castlebar, yesterday (Thursday). Safe Secrets: the Story of the Coggalbeg Hoard will be on display until Summer 2012.

The award-winning National Museum of Ireland – Country Life in Turlough Park, Castlebar, will soon reach another major milestone when it celebrates the 10th anniversary of its official opening. On Monday September 19, An Taoiseach Enda Kenny will join the celebrations to mark the official opening which took place on September 9 2001.

Féile na Tuaithe, now in its seventh year, and which drew up to 25,000 visitors over two days last year, promises to be bigger, better, and more vibrant than ever.

Following a hugely successful exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland – Country Life in Turlough Park, Castlebar, the Cross of Cong will return to Dublin in a couple of weeks’ time.

Following a hugely successful exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland – Country Life in Turlough Park, Castlebar, the Cross of Cong will return to Dublin in a couple of weeks’ time.