Heritage Week Event at Museum

A children's event will be held in the museum on Saturday 20 from 2 - 3pm. The event entitled "What is heritage?" will comprise of story telling, quizzes and colouring.
As always the event is free and all materials will be supplied.

The Kane brothers from Kilkenny

The boys enjoying the replica artifacts in the museum. They were also given a demonstration of how to fire from the brown bess musket with the aid of our new iPad.

The museum is a voluntary non profit organisation with charitable status. Admission is free and all are Welcome, Fáilte, Willkommen, Bienvenue & Witaj.

Sheehan Family Visit to the Museum.

Maggie & Trevor with children Amy, Emma, Shauna & Andrew.

GAA Medals Donation.

Presentation of medals by Joseph Randles to Waterford County Museum.

These Medals were awarded to Michael and Joseph Wyse of Dungarvan. The earlier medal dated 1896 was awarded to Michael Wyse of Erin's Hope Team at the Waterford Football Championship. The other medals were awarded to Joseph Wyse in 1926 & 1927. We are delighted to add these very important GAA Medals to our collection.

Audio Walking Trail - WLRFM Radio Interview

William Whelan discussed the Walking Trail App with Ian Noctor of WLR FM,  for the radio programme 'Noctor 'til Six' at 4:45pm today (August 2nd 2011). The museum would like to thank Ian Noctor and WLR FM for the airtime.

The interview was six minutes in length and is available to download in two formats.

• MP3
• WMA (Windows Audio)

The Walking Trail App was developed in conjunction with Dave Lee of http://www.rememberwhen.ie/

Audio Walking Trail Launched For Dungarvan, Co. Waterford

Discover the history of Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, Ireland and explore some of the historic landmarks. This easy to use audio tour features contemporary accounts from soldiers, travellers and writers from times past. Travel back in time and see the town as our ancestors saw it. The app contains an interactive map with GPS system, 38 photos (most over 100 years old), a cast of 9 actors, sound effects and a script created by historians from Waterford County Museum. Once the tour has been downloaded it works offline, which means that you can enjoy the tour without needing to connect to the internet.

This audio trail has been produced by Waterford County Museum in co-operation with rememberwhen.ie (a Dungarvan company that specialises in producing DVD slide shows for special occasions and recording oral histories) and local volunteers who gave their time freely so that you can enjoy our town's history. The iPhone version of the Dungarvan Heritage Audio Tour costs 79 cent, it is available now via the App Store.

Free Podcast Version For MP3 Players, Android And Other Smartphones
A free version of the tour is currently being prepared. This podcast will not feature the GPS system on the app or the photos. We have prepared a free downloadable map to accompany this tour. The advantage of the free tour is that it will play on all smart phones (Android etc.) and will also run on MP3 players. It will also function as an audio synopsis of Dungarvan history for those who cannot visit the town.

Official Launch
The official launch of the App will be happening during Heritage Week 20th to the 28th August. We will also announce other exciting museum developments at the launch. Full details of all those who worked on the app for the past 8 months or so will be appearing in the official press releases which will appear in the local media in, my thanks to them all and also Glen Barnes of mytoursapp.com for his help and co-operation.

Developing Low Cost Walking Tours Across Waterford
It is hoped to do a lecture in September for other heritage / community groups in Waterford to allow communities to develop their own own walking tour apps. We managed to develop this app at almost no cost due to the goodwill of a lot of people, hopefully the lessons we have learned can be used by other community groups.

Waterford County Museum is a voluntary organisation and a registered charity dedicated to preserving the history of County Waterford. You can see screenshots from the app on iTunes / App Store.

Follow The Museum On Facebook, Twitter & YouTube
One of the best ways of keeping up with what the museum is doing is to follow us on

www.facebook.com/waterfordcountymuseum

www.twitter.com/waterfordmuseum

www.youtube.com/user/waterfordcomuseum

Grandchildren of Captain Kavanagh Visits Museum

Mrs. Meade and her brother Joe O'Brien with Members of the Museum Committee.

We were delighted to welcome Joe O'Brien and his sister Mrs. Meade to the museum last week. They are the grandchildren of Captain Joseph Kavanagh (1853-1923).  Kavanagh was appointed captain of the Fenian boat the Erin's Hope.  They presented the museum with a photograph of Captain Kavanagh and copies of his ship's master certs.  We have an engraving of the Erin's Hope on display in the museum.