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On Sunday April 25 from 3pm to 4pm at the Museum of Country Life, Turlough, learn how to make butter in a demonstration suited for children aged seven upwards and adults.

Drop along to a knitting circle on Friday April 16 from 11am to 1pm in the Museum of Country Life, Turlough.

As part of the work undertaken to prepare the Cross of Cong to travel to the Museum of Country Life at Turlough Park, it was examined by experts in the National Museum’s conservation department. As a result of their on-going work, significant new discoveries about the Cross have been made.

The Museum of Country Life, Turlough Park, will be open this Easter Sunday following the lifting of a ban on overtime by members of the Civil, Public, and Services Union.

The National Museum is to transfer the Cross of Cong from its Kildare Street Museum of Archaeology to its Museum of Country Life in Castlebar.

At the Museum of Country Life in Turlough children can take part in a craft workshop on Saturday mornings from March 6 onwards for four weeks.

The personal library of the former Taoiseach, the late Charles J Haughey, was presented to the National Museum of Ireland this week to go on display in Turlough House.

Head to the Museum of Country Life, Turlough on Thursday April 9 at 11.30am to 4.30pm for a few hours of Easter family activities. Decorate your own Easter egg on Sunday April 12 from 2.30pm to 3.30pm, while on Thursday April 16 from 2.30pm to 4.30pm an Easter egg hunt will take place in the grounds of Turlough Park House. Other activities: On Friday April 17 from 11am to 1pm take part in a knitting circle for adults and children (aged seven or over) or on Thursday April 23 at 10am or 11.30am attend a water divining workshop with Austin McTiernan.

Seachtain na Gaeilge March 10 to 17

Interesting workshops will take place in the Museum of Country Life, Turlough in July. On Sunday July 5 from 2.30pm to 3.30pm join Padraic McAvock, amateur Met Station operator and local fisherman, as he explains the recent weather trends. Learn how to read, measure and record weather signs.