To mark both St Brigid’s Day and the twenty-first anniversary of the opening of the National Museum of Ireland – Country Life in Turlough Park, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, the National Museum of Ireland has unveiled FOLK 21, a unique new series of events that will run throughout 2022.
FOLK21 will showcase four sets of 21 objects from the Irish Folklife collection, with the first of these being a collection of 21 St Brigid’s crosses from regions throughout Ireland that are now on display.
Pictured is Keeper of the Irish Folklife Division of the National Museum of Ireland Clodagh Doyle with some of the crosses
Pictured is Keeper of the Irish Folklife Division of the National Museum of Ireland Clodagh Doyle with one of the crosses .
