Folklore expert Clodagh to give fascinating Mayo talk

Mayo Historical and Archaeological Society is back for another season and the first talk is titled "Tús Maith leath na hOibre - The beginnings and future of the Irish Folklife Collection of the National Museum of Ireland."

The talk will be presented by Clodagh Doyle, Keeper, Irish Folklife Division, National Museum of Country Life, Turlough, on Wednesday, October 9, in the ATU Campus Castlebar at 7.30 p,m.. Fáilte roimh chách.

Clodagh Doyle has been working with the Irish Folklife Collection of the National Museum of Ireland since 1995 and is now based at Turlough Park, Castlebar, the fourth site of the National Museum of Ireland.

She has a degree in Irish Folklore and Archaeology and her MA thesis is on the subject of Traditional Hearth Furniture.

As the longest serving curator she had responsibilities for the Calendar Customs, Religion, Sport and Leisure, Childhood, Textiles, Ceramics and Glass Collections.

She worked in the National Museum of Ireland’s Dublin sites and on the inaugural exhibitions at the NMI – Decorative Arts & History, Collins Barracks, Dublin.

She played a pivotal role in the inception, development and installation of the National Museum of Ireland - Country Life and the move of the Irish Folklife Collection to its new store and galleries in Co. Mayo in 2001.

She curated many of the permanent gallery displays at the NMI - Country Life and also curated over 30 temporary exhibitions, two of which, Down Memory Lane and Hair Hurling Balls have travelled throughout Ireland.

With a love for folklore, ethnology, objects and the Museum, Clodagh was appointed Keeper of the Irish Folklife Division in 2020.

The society looks forward to her presentation and thoughts on the National Folklife Collection.

All are welcome.