The Jackie Clarke Collection | Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday 10am - 5pm | Free Admission

The Collection

It is the most important private collection of Irish history material in public hands, comprising over 100,000 items spanning 400 years. It includes artefacts associated with Theobald Wolfe Tone; letters from Michael Collins, Douglas Hyde, Michael Davitt and O’Donovan Rossa.
It also contains rare books, proclamations, posters, political cartoons, pamphlets, handbills, works by Sir John Lavery, maps, hunger strike material and personal items from Leaders of the 1916 Rising.

Thousands of items can be seen on display in the Jackie Clarke Collection.

Thousands more items can be seen in the Repository by appointment.

Ireland's Memory

The main exhibit space showcases the treasures with an interactive touch screen illustrating and detailing 100s more items.
Adjacent, is an original 1916 Proclamation.

Collection, Ireland's Memory
Collection, Ireland's Memory
Collection, Ireland's Memory

The Collector

This exhibition displays some key items that illustrate his genius for finding rare and unique material and it presents a short film on how Jackie Clarke put his collection together.

Collection, The Collector
Collection, The Collector
Collection, The Collector

Maps

Jackie Clarke loved maps for the information they contained. His maps were companions to be read alongside other documents.
The collection contains maps that date from the 1600s to the late 1900s.

Collection, Maps
Collection, Maps
Collection, Maps

Library

This beautiful room holds volumes from Jackie Clarke’s book collection and two interactive touchscreens featuring some of his books - Book of the Month and Travel Books.

Collection, Library
Collection, Library
Collection, Library

Prints and Posters

The political cartoons and posters provide critical summaries of the political climate from the 19th and 20th centuries. The messages bring you back instantly to the era depicted.

Collection, Prints and Posters
Collection, Prints and Posters
Collection, Prints and Posters

Newspapers

Jackie Clarke, the son of newsagents, loved newspapers. In the Newspaper Room, send an ecard, browse papers from four centuries and read world news stories on the interactive touch-screen.

Collection, Newspapers
Collection, Newspapers
Collection, Newspapers

Memory Room

The Memory Room is an evocative space where images of Ireland’s past are projected on the walls. A Memory Pod has been created for people to record their own memories inspired by the collection.

Collection, Memory Room
Collection, Memory Room
Collection, Memory Room

The Jackie Collection Logo

Tours

Specialist tours can be booked in advance by emailing clarkecollection@mayococo.ie or by phoning (096) 73508.

Contact

The Jackie Clarke Collection
Pearse Street, Ballina, Co. Mayo, Ireland

T: + 353 (0)96 73508
W: www.clarkecollection.ie
E: clarkecollection@mayococo.ie

Opening Times

Tuesday to Saturday: 10am to 5pm
Entrance is located at the side of the building on Walsh Street.

 

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It has been a very busy year for us with the appointment of our new Manager, Yvonne Corcoran Loftus, an expansion of our Educ...
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It has been a very busy year for us with the appointment of our new Manager, Yvonne Corcoran Loftus, an expansion of our Education Programme and a packed diary of Community Events. In June we were delighted to welcome Yvonne to the JCC team; Yvonne joined us with a wealth of knowledge and a background in Museum Curatorship and Finance coming from her previous role as Manager of the amazing Michael Davitt Museum. Yvonne hit the ground running and in just six months has implemented a wealth of new ideas and initiatives including submitting a successful application to the Heritage Council’s Museum Standards Programme for Ireland (MSPI). Yvonne also raised the profile of the museum back in October by appearing on the RTE Today show’s “National Treasures” segment showcasing key items from the collection on prime time television. Our Education Programme under the superb directorship of our Education Officer Celene Brennan continues to go from strength to strength seeing record numbers of students attending our workshops. Celene has expanded the programme to include the whole of County Mayo and beyond including hosting schools from Sligo, Galway, Leitrim and Roscommon. Celene also included both Maths week and Science week workshops for the first time in the Collections history and launched her new “Outreach Programme” taking Jackie’s love of history on the road to schools across our County and beyond. Our Community Programme run by the incredibly talented Anne Marie Forbes has brought a variety of extremely popular events to the house and garden. We have hosted, National Heritage Week, Culture Night, Nollaig na mBan, Ballina Salmon Festival and the Countdown to Christmas event to name just a few. We would like to take this opportunity to thank County Librarian Austin Vaughan and our Director of Services Joanne Grehan for all their support over the past twelve months and our CE Kevin Kelly and Mayo County Council without whose patronage the JCC would not be the success it is today. Finally a huge thank you to every visitor, volunteer, company, community group, school & staff member who continue to make the JCC a place of history, education and enjoyment for all.
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