Today our 2013/2014 class finish. From all the museum we will miss you, thanks for all your hard work and dedication over the last 11 months and best of luck in all your new endeavours. Come back in to see us and let us know what you are up to!
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Class trip to Castletown
On Friday 1 of August we visited Castletown House in Cellbridge, the eighteenth-century Palladian house built by Speaker William Conolly. The house and parkland are really stunning. The house was preserved thanks to the efforts of Desmond Guinness and the Castletown Trust. The OPW took over the house in the 1990s and undertook an extensive restoration project. The tour was a fantastic insight into to the life of one of Ireland’s wealthiest eighteenth century families, but also told of the decline of the family.
As well as undertaking the tour we got to roam around the wonderful gardens and we even spotted a hedgehog! We also managed to get our first full class photo (complete with coordinators).
The photos supplied here were taken by our class photographer, Brian Matthews.
Work Experience: Tallaght Library
Jonathan is undertaking his work experience in Tallaght Library. While there he is working on the local history archive digitising parts of their collection and undertaking general duties in the library.
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Cultural and Heritage Studies Course at the National Print Museum 