Irish Transport Heritage Celebrated – International Museum Day 2026 | Season 6 – Episode 45

To celebrate Irish transport heritage on International Museum Day on 18th May, Ireland Made – Stories of Irish Transport is proud to showcase our collection of more than 50 videos and articles created in partnership with 16 museums and heritage attractions across Ireland. Since 2021, we have worked with transport museums and heritage collections throughout Ireland to help preserve and share our island’s rich transport story.

Our featured story for International Museum Day is “1800s Traveller Caravan on Display at Cashel Folk Village | Season 4 – Episode 68”. In this episode, Cashel Folk Village curator Bernard Minogue tells the remarkable story of what is believed to be the last surviving original horse-drawn traveller caravan, built in the late 1800s and once owned by the Delaney family of Cashel, County Tipperary.

Each week, we travel the length and breadth of Ireland uncovering and sharing the country’s unique transport stories and those miles soon add up. While Dennison Trailers kindly sponsor the Ireland Made website, all travel costs involved in producing these stories are borne by Kevin Reid.

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To date, Ireland Made – Stories of Irish Transport has collaborated with a wide range of museums and heritage centres including Arklow Maritime Museum, Cashel Folk Village, the Cavan & Leitrim Railway, Clare County Museum, Coolakay Agricultural Heritage Museum, Cornstown House, The Curragh Military Museum, EPIC: The Irish Emigration Museum, Foynes Flying Boat Museum, Glenview Folk Museum, Guinness Storehouse, Kilgarvan Motor Museum, the National Museum of Ireland, the National Transport Museum, Passage West Maritime Museum and Shannon Aviation Museum.

We also have upcoming stories in production with Maginn’s Corn Mill & Kiln, Kilcoo, County Down, Cornstown House, Ashbourne, County Dublin and Shannon Aviation Museum, Smithstown, County Clare.

We hope you enjoy our collection of museum video stories and encourage you to support your local museum with a visit this summer.

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Arklow Maritime Museum, The Bridgewater Centre, North Quay, Arklow, Co. Wicklow, Y14 Y744

Cashel Folk Village, Moor Lane, Cashel, Co. Tipperary, E25 A470

Clare County Museum, Arthur’s Row, Clonroad Beg, Ennis, Co. Clare, V95 EC92

Cavan & Leitrim Railway, Clooncolry, Dromod, Co. Leitrim, N41 R504

Coolakay Agricultural Heritage Museum, Powerscourt Waterfall Road, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow, A98 AE92

Cornstown House, Cornstown, Ashbourne, Co. Dublin, A84 N512

The Curragh Military Museum, Defence Forces Training Centre, Market Square, Curragh Camp, Co. Kildare, R56 RF70

Epic – The Irish Emigration Museum, The CHQ Building, North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, D01 R9Y0

Glenview Folk Museum, Glenview, Aghoo, Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, N41 N6V4

Guinness Storehouse, St. James’s Gate, Dublin 8, D08 VF8H

Kilgarvan Motor Museum, Slaheny, Kilgarvan, Co. Kerry, V93 PW28

National Transport Museum of Ireland, Deer Park, Howth, Co. Dublin, D13 NF86

Passage West Maritime Museum, Town Hall, Main Street, Passage West, Co. Cork, T12 X4AX

The Foynes Flying Boat Museum, Corgrigg, Foynes, Co. Limerick, V94 T6C1

The National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Stoneybatter, Dublin, D07 XKV4

Sources of Information, Photo, Video & Music Credits: 

All music and sound effects used in Ireland Made – Stories of Irish Transport are royalty free and are fully licensed through Epidemic Sound. Ireland Made – Stories of Irish Transport therefore holds the legal right to use this audio material within its productions under the terms of the Epidemic Sound licensing agreement.

http://icom.museum International Museum Day was established by the International Council of Museums (ICOM).