It is deep regret to tell you good folks that  follow this blog, that Seamus Lawlor has passed away on the 19th of October 2015.

As a tribute to Seamus, with his family consent, I would like to keep this blog up, for each of us has certain memories of Seamus and the photo's were  Seamus memories....He was a great man and will be sadly missed by all that knew him... RIP

Ebook launched on the acclaimed Nore View Folk Museum...

 

The Nore View Folk Museum is possibly the most enthralling and astonishing collection of artifacts and memorabilia you’ll ever set eyes upon, even including state managed museums in any part of the world.

Visitors over the years to the County Kilkenny, Ireland based venue outside the village of Bennettsbridge have drawn sharp intakes of breath when they stepped through its doors to behold the vast treasure trove of exhibits: old threshing engines, a traditional Irish moonshine making apparatus, farming tools dating to the Iron and Stone Ages, relics of the 1840's Great Famine and Irish Land War, household appliances from all the decades of the 19th and 20th centuries, a fabulous coin collection, radio sets from the dawn of the wireless era to the present day, a complete blacksmith’s forge, a recreated ancient Irish pub, war memorabilia, ancient chamber pots, vintage petrol pumps, police batons of the twentieth century.

The list goes on... more than 12,000 exhibits in all...an Aladdin’s Cave of historical curios guaranteed to draw you deeper and deeper into what a local newspaper described as “a veritable time capsule.”

The grounds of the museum are likewise festooned with exhibits: old tractors and farm machinery, and cannons used in the countless wars that ravaged Ireland through the ages.

This ebook celebrates the Nore View Folk Museum and will, I hope, spread the word in cyberspace about this collection and its wonderful curator.

Press on this link to see the ebook:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nore-View-Folk-Museum-Chronicle-ebook/dp/B011YCW4MY/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1439413905&sr=1-1&keywords=The+nore+view+folk+museum

 

                             Photo of Seamus with some of his Garage  collection

                  This Armour suit is one of the latest items added to the museum.
            It was worn to protect the body ,when in battle, during the Viking War in Ireland

Note : A update on that TV 3 appearance of Seamus - it is now due to be shown on the :
                               FRIDAY 20TH MARCH AT 8PM

Another TV appearance for Seamus!

[Article in Kilkenny Reporter: December 23^rd 2014]

One of the country’s most colourful and inspirational folk museums is making the news again.

The Nore View Folk Museum in Bennettsbridge, which regularly finds itself in the local media spotlight, will feature in a new series due to commence on TV3 in January. Called Life, it will focus on outstanding or unusual people and places around the country and the programme team felt Seamus Lawlor’s collection of more than 12,000 exhibits certainly ticked all the boxes for them.

The popular TV3 presenter Sybil Mulcahy interviewed Seamus this week and he took her on an eye-opening tour of the collection. For over forty-five minutes the curator elaborated on the significance of each exhibit, from the threshing engines and quern stones to illicit whiskey making stills, ancient vacuum cleaners, primeval chamber pots, military artefacts, hurling and football memorabilia, old petrol pumps and an assortment of odds and ends that once were commonplace in households and on farms nationwide.

Seamus said he was honoured and charmed to have the glamorous Sybil call to visit and looks forward to seeing the resulting programme in the Life series on TV3 in January.

The photo shows Seamus with TV3 presenter Sybil Mulcahy at the museum.