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| Children to the fore - adults, Mayors and Kings to the back! The children of the Claddagh celebrate the donation of Historical Panels from the Museum to the school, along with the Mayor of Galway, the King of the Claddagh and the teachers and Principal of St. Nicholas' National School... |
The Mayor of Galway City, Cllr. Michael Crowe, and the King of the Claddagh, Michael Lynskey, were both present at the handover of a donation of Museum panels to Claddagh National School this week, in the first outreach gift of its kind from our Museum to a city school, earlier this week...
The panels, which cover themes such as the traditional thatched houses, the custom of having it's own village King and the demise of the Irish language in the Claddagh, were welcomed by the Principal of St. Nicholas' National School, who described the donation as a 'very significant gift' that they were 'very proud to receive'.
The panels were originally part of an exhibition in Galway City Museum which looked at the origins and traditions of the Claddagh. The exhibition itself proved extremely popular and is a topic the Museum intends to cover in other ways in the years ahead. This donation was possible due to the redevelopment work currently taking place in Galway City Museum – where each floor will be transformed with new exhibitions that will be ready this summer.
Here's what the Mayor had to say about the donation:
“These are extremely valuable educational tools,' said Mayor Crowe, 'and will no doubt enhance the learning experience for all of the children attending the school. In these difficult times it is essential that we provide our children with the best available learning tools, and historical panels such as these, which cost thousands of euros to design, research and produce, would normally be beyond the reach of primary schools budgets – for this the Museum must be heartily commended.”
