Turlough Park, Castlebar, Co Mayo
Midwifery bag c 1900 with contents shown. Mary Anne Fanning Collection
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Find out moreThe Irish Folklife Collection amounts to c.35,000 objects complemented by extensive archive documentation which includes a specialist library, field recordings and image collections.
The aim of the Irish Folklife Division is to collect and preserve objects representative of the material culture that forms part of the traditional way of life of Ireland.
The making of three-legged chairs has a long tradition throughout Europe. In Ireland they were made by carpenters in Connacht in the 19th century, but may have been made even earlier than that. Today they are known as Sligo or Tuam Chairs.
View artefact Show me another artefact factTurlough Park,
Castlebar,
Co. Mayo,
F23 HY31
+353 94 903 1755