Arklow Heritage Museum

The Arklow Heritage Museum opened in 1976 in the old technical school on Saint Marys Road in Arklow, County Wicklow. Its original purpose was to celebrate the town's rich seafaring heritage, described by the late maritime historian John de Courcy Ireland in a letter to the museum as "Ireland's Most Maritime Town".

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Type: Museum
Description: maritime museum in Arklow, Ireland
Also known as: “Arklow Maritime Museum”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Arklow Methodist Church and Arklow Dominican friary graveyard.

Arklow Methodist Church

Church

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Arklow Methodist Church is situated 300 metres north of Arklow Heritage Museum.

Arklow Dominican friary graveyard

Park

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Arklow Dominican friary graveyard is a park, which is situated 340 metres west of Arklow Heritage Museum.

Arklow

Railway station

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Arklow railway station is a railway station in Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland. Arklow is situated 1 km southwest of Arklow Heritage Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arklow and Scarnagh.

Arklow

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Arklow is a town on the coast of County Wicklow at the outflow of the River Avoca. The name is Norse, meaning "Arnkell's meadow". It's industrial and has become a commuter town for Dublin; in 2022 its population was about 13,000.

Scarnagh

Locality

Scarnagh Cross or Scarnagh is a small hamlet in north County Wexford in Ireland. It is located four miles from the sea, on the R772 regional road between Gorey and Arklow. Scarnagh is situated 6 km southwest of Arklow Heritage Museum.

Woodenbridge

Village

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Woodenbridge is a small village in County Wicklow, Ireland. It lies between Arklow and Avoca, at the meeting of the Avoca, Aughrim and Goldmine rivers. Woodenbridge is situated 7 km northwest of Arklow Heritage Museum.

Arklow Heritage Museum

Categories: maritime museum, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.7985° or 52° 47′ 55″ north

Longitude

-6.14942° or 6° 8′ 58″ west

Elevation

7 metres (23 feet)

Open location code

9C4MQVX2+96

GeoNames ID

11776924

Wikidata ID

Q38251306

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