Museums to Explore in County Clare

Checkout places to visit in County Clare

County Clare

County Clare is a county in Ireland, in the Mid-West Region and the province of Munster, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council is the local authority. The county had a population of 118,817 at the 2016 census. The county town and largest settlement is Ennis.

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Museums to Explore in County Clare

Town of Clare, Clerk

Clare Museum is a museum which documents the history of County Clare. The museum is housed in the former Sisters of Mercy Convent in the centre of Ennis. The building in which the museum is housed was originally a Sisters of Mercy school and chapel dating from 1854. The museum's collections document the history of County Clare over 6000 years. One permanent gallery displays some of these objects in an exhibition called The Riches of Clare, which occupies two galleries.

Map of Museums to explore in County Clare