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By Helen Shaw, T\u00f3char Stories curator<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: St Anne\u2019s NS Tyrrellspass, Westmeath 5th Class with Minister of State Christopher O\u2019Sullivan, with T\u00f3char Stories Helen Shaw, ETHOS volunteer leader Eugene Dunbar and St Anne\u2019s NS teacher Laura Lynch. Credit Stephen Crilly (T\u00f3char Stories). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIs this place always free?<\/em>\u201d one of the children whispered when we were inside the National Museum, Kildare Street, and wandering through the exhibitions of the treasures found in Ireland\u2019s boglands. Their guide, the National Museum\u2019s educator,  Matthew Lester answered:  “it’s free because everything here belongs to the public, we take care of it on your behalf\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The visit to the National Museum<\/a> was the fulfilment of a wish we made back in April when we first met the children with Eugene Dunbar,<\/a> the community leader of ETHOS <\/a>(Everything Tyrrellspass Has On Show) and Eugene showed them images from the museum\u2019s bog collection<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The children, then in 4th Class, were starting our first bog art project<\/a> with artist mentor Annie Holland<\/a> and were learning about the nature and biodiversity of the local Cloncrow Bog. When Eugene showed them an image of the bog bodies he mentioned Old Croghan Man<\/a>, the two thousand year old remains of a man, sacrificed in Iron Age Ireland. One of the pupils, Amber Flanagan, put her hand up and said she was from Croghan and knew the story well. When we finished the art project,<\/a> installed the children\u2019s artwork at the entrance to the bog and printed postcards and badges of the children\u2019s art, we chatted with Amber about it<\/a>. From there we began thinking of bringing the class to the National Museum to share not just the story of the bog bodies, but the incredibly diverse national collection of antiquities found in the Irish bogs. In the Museum there\u2019s everything from bog butter ( the children were fascinated by the idea of how it might taste) to jewellery, early Christian chalice and full customs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday, November 12th, the children, now in 5th Class, finally got the chance to do just that along with Eugene and their 4th Class teacher Laura Lynch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: St Anne\u2019s 5th Class with Eugene and Laura inside the National Museum. Credit Stephen Crilly (T\u00f3char Stories).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Before the visit Eugene had spent time with the children in class sharing the history of the archaeological finds, particularly relating to Westmeath and the Midlands, so they had both a timeline from Stone Age, to Iron and Bronze Ages, and an understanding of Mesolithic <\/a> and Neolithic <\/a>societies. The bog bodies research project <\/a>is in the Museum\u2019s \u2018Kingship and Sacrifice\u2019<\/a> – where three of the Museum\u2019s bog bodies are preserved. The detailed research project followed the discovery of the two Iron Age bog bodies at Croghan, Co. Offaly and Clonycavan, Co. Meath, with both remains dated to between 400 BC and 200 BC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: National Museum Guide Matthew Lester in the exhibit of the bog bodies, with Amber and her classmates around him. (Helen Shaw – T\u00f3char Stories).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Matthew encouraged Amber to tell the story, or how we have pieced together the story. He also explained how science has allowed us to know some facts, like the last meal eaten by Croghan man (wheat and buttermilk) and that he was young, in his twenties, quite tall, as much as 6 foot, and potentially of high rank – based on his hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Amber telling the story of Croghan man as both Matthew, Eugene, Dawn (the class assistant) and her classmates listen (Helen Shaw – T\u00f3char Stories). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The children were mindful that Croghan Man and the other bodies had once been, like them, alive and breathing – they were curious about those lives but also quietly asked questions about how the bog preserved the bogs so well – and how the Museum stopped the bodies from disintegrating once they were discovered. Matthew, fittingly given it was also Science Week, explains they first treated the waterlogged remains with polyethylene glycol (PEG) to replace the water in the tissue. The treated bodies are then freeze-dried under vacuum to remove the PEG and any remaining water, preventing decomposition. This helps hold the body’s shape and allows the museum experts to research and study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By lunchtime the children were outside on the steps enjoying a break and watching the comings and goings in D\u00e1il Eireann<\/a> next door. If their minds were full of Iron Age politics and why Croghan Man was sacrificed they then had a surprise visit and a chance to find out about contemporary politics when the Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Christopher O\u2019Sullivan<\/a> popped over to chat with them.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minister O\u2019Sullivan has special responsibility for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity and by chance he had had the opportunity to visit Cloncrow Bog <\/a>in the Summer and had seen the bog restoration work<\/a> there and the children\u2019s artwork<\/a> at the entrance to it. For a half hour he offered the children the chance to find out about his job and what he is doing for nature and answered all the children’s questions including what his favourite ( enhancing national parks)<\/em> and least favourite ( attending funerals – always sad)<\/em> parts of the job are. \u201cWhat you\u2019ve been doing in your bog is really important, it\u2019s about the future, your future, keep it up\u201d, <\/em>he encouraged them and said if they didn\u2019t fancy becoming a politician like him then to think about becoming ecologists \u2018we\u2019re going to need more and more of them\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: a briefing in the shadow of D\u00e1il Eireann and Minister O\u2019Sullivan answers questions from the class (Stephen Crilly – T\u00f3char Stories). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When their impromptu briefing was over the children gifted the Minister a selection of their postcard artworks and asked him to send them out into the world from his office. He asked if they had a Christmas card series. Not yet, one replied, but that\u2019s an idea!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Minister O\u2019Sullivan with the postcards from the Tyrrellspass children (Stephen Crilly – T\u00f3char Stories)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Watch the video of the Minister’s meet and greet with St Anne’s 5th Class at the National Museum here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Museum <\/a> Kildare Street (Archaeology) is open Tuesday – Friday 9am-5pm and from 1pm-5pm on Sunday and Monday. And yes it is always free!. You can request group guided tours via the Museum – but do try and do it well in advance. <\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Eugene Dunbar sharing stories with the children in the Museum (Stephen Crilly -T\u00f3char Stories).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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