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A few short years before his young life was taken from him and he would be remembered forever as a Fenian martyr, William Philip Allen was apprenticed to a Master carpenter in Bandon, Co. Cork. During that time the young apprentice made a table that…

It is one of the smallest items in our collection, but this tiny badge is a reminder of one of the most important movements in the decades leading up to the Irish revolutionary period.

Anybody who has read any of our local historian Michael…

Kilmurry and Cork were very much affected by the Confederate Wars of the 1640’s in Ireland. There were two incidents in particular on both sides of what is now Kilmurry Parish.
The grotto in Kilmurry village was chosen as it is the site of Sceach an…

Membership card of Cork Total Abstinence Society (Father Mathew)

The early days of January each year are usually devoted to the often futile attempt of adopting a new year’s resolution. However it might be sobering to contemplate a small medal in the collection of Independence Museum Kilmurry that reflects the…

Timothy D. Keating

Timothy D. Keating was born of Cors. Keating and Mary Dennehy 12 of March 1871 at Kilbarry. Inchigeela. He had five brothers, Jeremiah D., Con. D. Jack D., William D., and Patrick D.; of whom he was the eldest. Thady, as he was…

Montage of Photographs (x2), Baptismal Certificate and US Citizenship of Timothy D. Keating

Floor Tile from Moviddy Church ruin in Moviddy Graveyard

Bayonet 1907 Lee Enfield

Labourers' Cottage Rent Receipt - 1928