museums roscommon

Irelands First Coal Mining Museum - Irelands first and last Coal Mines. In the hill Country of North Roscommon, Argina is situated in a pictureesque valley with breathtaking scenery and unexpoiled landscape.
The work of a Miner was exhausting and often hazaedous, with working conditions that were very harsh and cramped. Experience this for yourself at Arigna Mining Museum. Walk underground through what was the last working mine in Arigna and see how the coal was mined. Take a journey thr...

At the end of Ireland's widest main street - laid out by the 2nd Lord Hartland as the widest street in Europe - a Georgian Gothic arch leads to Strokestown Park House, seat of the Pakenham Mahon family from 1600 to 1979.
The house was designed for Thomas Mahon in the 1730s by the German architect Richard Castle and incorporates parts of an earlier tower house. The central block is the residential part of the house. The north wing houses Ireland's last galleried kitchen (a gallery in the...

The schoolhouse, which dates form 1929, captures the atmosphere of a classroom in the embryonic Irish state and reflects a period in Irish education which straddles two centuries. The memorabilia, period school furniture, school work books, readers and photographs are complemented by a 3-dimensional display, showing models of a school teacher and pupils of the 1920s.

The Craft Shop/Art Gallery has a large selection of quality paintings, giftware and knitwear, most of which were produce...