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.

  

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Please note : The Museum and Seamus can been seen RTE Nationwide on RTE 1 on Wednesday 29th October at 7.00pm

Bennettsbridge School of Dancers that took part in the fun day at the museum on the day of filming.