A Donation from the Rory Gallagher Family
August 3rd Irish The Irish Rock ‘N’ Roll Museum Experience added a donation of memorabilia from the Family of Rory Gallagher to Apollo Studios. This donation is part of a long term goal to build musical bridges between Dublin and Ballyshannon. The two...
Claire Guinan Art Irish Rock Museum
My ‘Heart and Soul: Portraits of Irish Musicians” is coming to Dublin. It features portraits of musicians from all genres of Irish music; Christy Dignam, Imelda May, John Sheahan, Lisa Hannigan and many more. Claire will be unveiling my newest portrait of...
New Donation | Terrie Colman-Black Donation to the Museum
A Donation For All Our Beatles Fans The Museum is delighted to announce that we’re launching an exhibition of Beatles Memorabilia donated by arguably Ireland’s Biggest Beatles Fan Terri-Colman Black. Part of the donation is Terri’s ticket and the...
Rory Gallagher Festival 2018
The Rory Gallagher International Festival is back for a very special year, what with it being Rory’s 70th Birthday this year. It’s taking place from the 31st May to the 3rd June and this year it has a cracking line up for fans of the blues and rock n roll legend.
Record Store Day 2018 Our Top Picks
Record Store Day Releases 2018 Our Picks. We’re big fans of vinyl here at the Museum, not that we really need to tell you, you can see that from our vinyl collection below, which is actually the largest on display record collection in Ireland. You can also see...
Irish Rock N Roll Museum Fans Favourite Lyric
Irish Rock N Roll Museum Fans Favourite Lyric Did you know that on this day in 2006 VH1 declared U2’s lyric “One life, with each other, sisters, brothers” the UK’s favourite Lyric above The Smiths, Bob Marley, Nirvana, and Coldplay. For an...
NEW DONATION: Limited Edition 12” of U2’s first single; 3
NEW DONATION: Limited Edition 12” of U2’s first single; 3. Just in time for St Patrick’s Weekend we’re adding a new donation to the Irish Rock N Roll Museum into our U2 Room. The new addition is a particularly unique copy of U2’s first single...
Temple Tradfest 2018 The History of Trad Music and Rock N Roll Fusion
For Temple Bar TradFest 2018, we’re converting our usual rock ‘n’ roll tour into a Traditionally Irish Music themed tour. We’ll be talking about the Traditional music each of our rock stars drew their inspiration from, we have some traditional memorabilia from some of the most renowned traditional musicians.
Vibe For Philo 2018
Vibe for Philo is an annual event held to commemorate Phil Lynott on the anniversary of his tragic death. It’s obviously an event close to our heart with Phil having such a strong presence in the museum, and this year we’re doing both a discount and an extra special giveaway!
Artist Spotlight: Kila how they influence Irish Music and their Christmas Tour
We’re big fans of traditional Irish music and fusion rock here at the Irish Rock n Roll Museum, for our Irish rock roots began on the trad scene.