Fáilte go dtí An Cláchán - New for 2011!

In 2011 we look forward to opening two new exhibition houses, a Traditional thatched Shop/Pub with a shoemakers in the lower room, and a Fisherman's cottage dedicated to our history concerning the local fishermen and the sea. We will also pay tribute to Rockwell Kent (American Painter) and Dylan Thomas (Welsh Poet) in this cottage. Both these Artisans resided in a one bedroom cottage similar to this in Glenlough in the earlier part of the 2th Century. Events 2011

Fr James McDyer
Fr James McDyer founded the Glencolmcille Folk Village in 1967. He was transferred to Glecolmcille in December 1951. At first he was curate in the parish, living in Cashel. When he arrived he saw that Glencolmcille was suffering from lack of employment and consequently, emigration. This was not a new problem - having been present since the time of the Great Famine a hundred years previously.

During the previous seventy years, the Parish had lost 60% of its population due to the root problems of poor land, distance from any centre of population and lack of industry. Father McDyer deteremined to do all he could to help break this cycle, and set about developing local industry and amenities, some of which are hugely successful to this day. Find out more


Glencolmcille Folk Village
The Glencolmcille Folk Village is built in the form of a village in which each house is an exact replica of a dwelling used by the local people in each of the three successive centuries (18th, 19th 20th) and is equipped with the furniture, artifacts and utensils of its particular period. Find out more