Johnstown Castle

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The main building of Johnstown Castle

Johnstown Castle ( Irish Caisleán Bhaile Sheáin ) is a castle in the townland Johnstown at the village Murrintown in Irish County Wexford . The Irish Agricultural Museum has been housed in the associated farm buildings since 1979 .

Irish Agricultural Museum

Irish Agricultural Museum

The museum tells the story of rural life in Ireland. The collections cover all elements, including transport, crafts, agriculture, and rural living.

history

In the early 1970s, Dr. Austin O'Sullivan with the collection of materials on agriculture and rural life in Ireland. In 1974, Dr. Thomas Walsh , director of An Foras Talúntais (now Teagasc ), agreed to set up an agricultural museum. In 1976 a group was formed with the aim of founding a museum that would, among other things, house this collection. The museum was housed in the former farm buildings of Johnstown Castle and opened in 1979 by Irish President Patrick Hillery . Since then the museum has been expanded and now covers an area of ​​1600 m². The establishment and expansion of the museum led to the renovation of the farm buildings on the estate, which date from 1810, which is ongoing to this day (2019).

Exhibitions

The main purpose of the museum's exhibitions was to document changes in agriculture on the threshold of the industrial revolution, in particular the move away from horse-powered machines to motor-driven ones. The collections are divided into agricultural topics such as dairy farming, laundry, cooking, sugar beet cultivation, etc. The museum also has an extensive exhibition on the history of the potato and the great famine in Ireland in the mid-19th century. The collection contains number 96 of the History of Ireland in 100 Objects from the Irish Times , a washing machine from the early 1950s. Also on display is a series of 1: 1 replicas of the workshops of a blacksmith , a cooper , a wheel maker , a saddler and a basket maker .

The museum won the 2014 Best Museum Award, a competition organized by the Industrial Heritage Association of Ireland , for the role the museum plays in preserving and documenting the history of materials in the context of rural life in Ireland.

Gallery images

  • Renault R4 GTL, built 1982 in Wexford

  • Ferguson-Brown Model A tractor (1936-1939)

  • Covered wagon

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Irish Agricultural Museum . In: The Heritage Council . Archived from the original on April 27, 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  2. ^ David Tucker: Johnstown agricultural museum one of the best of its kind in Ireland . In: Wexford People . February 17, 2015. Accessed June 26, 2019.
  3. ^ A b Liam Gaul: Johnstown Castle: A History . The History Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0-750959-01-8 .
  4. ↑ a b About Us / . In: Irish Agricultural Museum . Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  5. ^ A b Best Museum Award For Irish Agricultural Museum . In: Wexford Local Development . Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  6. ^ Irish Agricultural Museum . In: Ask About Ireland . Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  7. ^ A b The Museums of Ireland: A Celebration . The Liffey Press, Dublin 2006. ISBN 1-904148-88-3 . Pp. 69-70.
  8. ↑ 96. Washing machine, 1950s . In: A History of Ireland in 100 Objects . Archived from the original on October 20, 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2019.

Web links

Commons : Johnstown Castle  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 52 ° 17 ′ 38.4 "  N , 6 ° 30 ′ 19.9"  W.