Kerry County Museum is currently not open to the public but why don’t you have a look at our online resources? We have object-based activities for teachers and home schooling, colouring sheets based on our exhibitions and collections, museum publications and articles written by Museum staff and volunteers and a day-by-day virtual dig based on the recent excavation and conservation of Killaclohane Portal Tomb, near Milltown, County Kerry. If you are a teacher or educator and would like us to send you more information please email education@kerrymuseum.ie. We might be under lockdown but we are here for you! Watch this space as we are adding more over the coming days. Kerry County Museum would like to thank all contributors and cultural partner institutions who kindly made their material available to us to include in this section and for all to peruse and enjoy. Following online resources are available to read, listen to and watch here:
Resources for Teachers and Home Schooling:
Armchair Travels with Kerry County Museum
While worldwide travel is still a little restricted join us as we select objects from the Museum’s collection, whose stories take you across the five continents of the world before bringing you back home to Kerry. We hope these will provide a fun, quirky and inspirational way of getting in touch with some of the county’s material heritage, which is held in trust for the people of Kerry by the Museum. It will take you to some of the unheralded parts of the county as well prompting a fresh look at familiar landmarks.
1- Watch a short video about: Piece of Eight Coin found in Beale Co.Kerry
2- Find out about: A document dating to 1582 and it’s the connection to Smerick Habour
3- Discover the connection between Kerry Head and Margaret Atwood author of The Handmaid’s Tale
Tom Crean & Polar Exploration:
RTÉjr Radio podcast ‘Time Travels 2’ produced by Judy-Meg Ni Chinnéide,
featuring Kerry County Museum and Tom Crean’s story: Link
Antarctica. Beyond Endurance: Journey to the bottom of the Earth: Download Exhibition Catalogue
Tom Crean activity sheet (in conjunction with above exhibition catalogue): Download here
Artefacts and Archaeology:
20:20 – Radio Kerry Podcasts based on our Collection: http://kerrymuseum.ie/collections/2020-kerry/
What’s in the Box?! – Object based Learning: http://kerrymuseum.ie/learning/whats-in-the-box/
Killaclohane Portal Tomb – A Virtual Dig: http://kerrymuseum.ie/learning/killaclohane-portal-tomb/
Collection Highlights – A Virtual Exploration: http://kerrymuseum.ie/collections/collection-highlights/
Medieval Tralee/ Life in Medieval Times:
Medieval Tralee – A Colouring Book, Fact Sheet & Timeline: Download here
A Timeline of Geraldine Tralee: Download here
Geraldine Tralee. An Irish Medieval Town: Download Exhibition Catalogue
Secret Tralee – An Audio-Trail about medieval Tralee: Download here
Information panel Medieval Dominican Monastery Tralee: Download here
Fossils and Geology:
20:20 Radio Kerry Podcast – Fossils from Ballycarty Passage Tomb, Tralee: Listen here
Geology information signs and publications made available online on our website with kind permission
by Dr Patrick Wyse Jackson, T.C.D. and Kerry County Council
The Geology of County Kerry: Download Exhibition Catalogue
Roadside Geology of West Kerry Leaflet: Download here
Launch of Roadside Geology of West Kerry: Read article here
West Kerry Geological Signs accompanied by articles published by West and Mid Kerry Live:
- Ferriter’s Cove: Discover More
- West and Mid Kerry Live Geological Heritage Ferriter’s Cove: Read here
- Clogher Head: Discover More
- West and Mid Kerry Live Geological Heritage Clogher Head: Read here
- Slea Head: Discover More
- West and Mid Kerry Live Geological Heritage Slea Head: Read here
- West and Mid Kerry Live Geological Heritage Slea Head: Read here
- Conor Pass: Discover More
- Pedlars Lake: Discover More
- West and Mid Kerry Live Geological Heritage Pedlars Lake: Read here
- Kilmurry Bay: Discover More
- West and Mid Kerry Live Geological Heritage Kilmurry Bay: Read here
- Inch Beach: Discover More
- West and Mid Kerry Live Geological Heritage Inch Beach: Read here
- Magharees: Discover More
- Kilgobbin: Discover More
- Caherconree: Discover More
- West and Mid Kerry Live Geological Heritage Caherconree: Read here
Articles and Books by County Archaeologist Dr. Michael Connolly:
A wide range of articles and books on Kerry’s archaeological heritage: https://kerrycoco.academia.edu/MichaelConnolly
Publications & Articles by Kerry County Museum Team:
Some of the below articles were first published in the KAHS Journal and Magazine.
Did you know that complete back issues of the Journal and Magazine can be purchased and downloaded online
on KAHS’s new website www.kerryhistory.ie?
Antarctica. Beyond Endurance: Journey to the bottom of the Earth: Download Exhibition Catalogue
Kerry Lives 1950-73. A portrait of the county from the Kennelly Archive: Download Exhibition Catalogue
Medieval Treasures of County Kerry: Download Proceedings of Lecture Series
The Jeanie Johnston: Historical Background by Curator Helen O’Carroll: Download Article here
William Melville – Spymaster by Curator Helen O’Carroll: Download Article here
From Sneem to Scotland Yard by Curator Helen O’ Carroll: Download Here
Recruiting the Dead. An Oration by Curator Helen O’Carroll: Download here
Casement in Kerry: A Revolutionary Journey by Curator Helen O’Carroll: Download Article here
Ardfert Witnesses at the trial of Roger Casement by Curator Helen O’ Carroll: Download Article here
Con Keating: Personal and Political by Collections Officer Sarah O’Farrell: Download Article here
A Zoomorphic Penannular Brooch from Tullahennell North, Co. Kerry by Dr. Griffin Murray: Download Article here
Curator’s Choice: Risen from the ashes by Dr. Griffin Murray: Download Article here
An Ancient Paddle from near Knocknagoshel by Dr. Griffin Murray: Download Article here
A well-travelled uniform – the life of Captain R. E. Palmer by Jude O’ Gorman: Download Article here
Christy O’Grady: patriot, prisoner and professor by Jude O’ Gorman: Download Article here
My Great-Grandmother’s War of Independence Survivors Medal by Eoin Mac Uileagóid: Download Article here
Ceiliradh Ciarraí – Celebrating County Kerry’s Heritage:
From Natterjack Toads to Fossils in Tralee Courthouse, we would like to invite you to listen to Ceiliradh Ciarraí, a potpourri of short podcasts celebrating Kerry’s rich heritage. This joint project by Radio Kerry and Kerry County Council was funded by the Heritage Council and first aired on Radio Kerry in 2001 and 2003. We would like to thank Radio Kerry and the various contributors to the programme.
Natural Heritage:
Natterjack Toads: Listen in English and as Gaeilge
Pine Martins: Listen in English and as Gaeilge
Whales: Listen in English and as Gaeilge
Underwater Creatures: Listen in English and as Gaeilge
Kerry Cows: Listen in English and as Gaeilge
Red Deer: Listen in English and as Gaeilge
Bats: Listen in English and as Gaeilge
Lower Horseshoe Bat: Listen in English and as Gaeilge
Birdwatching: Listen in English and as Gaeilge
Choughs: Listen in English and as Gaeilge
Kerry Slug: Listen in English and as Gaeilge
Freshwater Pearl Mussels: Listen in English and as Gaeilge
Oak Woods: Listen in English and as Gaeilge
Yew Trees: Listen in English and as Gaeilge
Rhododendron: Listen in English and as Gaeilge
Volcanoes in Kerry: Listen in English
Kerry Mountain Formation: Listen in English and as Gaeilge
Kerry Diamonds: Listen in English and as Gaeilge
Fossils at Tralee Courthouse: Listen in English and as Gaeilge
Old Kenmare Road: Listen in English and as Gaeilge
Archaeology and History:
Ecclesiastical Heritage: Listen in English and as Gaeilge
Archaeological Heritage: Listen in English and as Gaeilge
Vikings in Kerry: Listen in English and as Gaeilge
Ringforts: Listen in English and as Gaeilge