Francis Ledwidge Museum

The Francis Ledwidge Museum is the cottage birthplace of World War I poet, Francis Ledwidge.

It is a perfect example of a 19th century farm labourer’s cottage and was purchased and restored by the Francis Ledwidge Museum Committee in 1981. Dr Benedict Kiely opened it as a museum in June 1982. It houses the poet’s works and artefacts from World War I, alongside memorabilia of the period.

Its millennium exhibition portrays the poet’s life in picture and text from his birth in the cottage to his death at the third battle of Ypres, Belgium, in July 1917.

The museum is run by a small but dedicated group of Ledwidge enthusiasts who take pride in the writing of the poet and the restoration and upkeep of his birthplace.