- CLOSED TO PUBLIC
- Opening Hours: Monday and Tuesday 10am – 2pm
- Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 10am – 3pm
- Saturday Tours can be made by appointment
- Guided tour to Seán MacDiarmada’s must be made in advance through Kiltyclogher Heritage Centre.
In accordance with national guidelines on the prevention of Corona virus, we are taking the precautionary measure of closing the Heritage Centre to the public for the immediate future.
We regret having to take this action but feel it is necessary in the interest of Public Health and Welfare.
Contact Details: (071) 9854865
Email:kiltyclogherheritagecentre@gmail.com
Guided tours to Seán Mac Diarmada’s house can be arranged in advanced through Kiltyclogher Heritage Centre.
We house an exhibition about the 1916 Proclamation signatory Seán MacDiarmada. The exhibition contains an audio-visual facility and interpretive panels, providing visitors with information about Seán MacDiarmada and the history of the locality.
Seán MacDiarmada’s family cottage is only a few kilometres outside the village in Corranmore.The cottage is a designated National Monument owned and maintained in its original condition by the Office of Public Works. It is of considerable historic importance as it is a fine example of a traditional Irish cottage and gives an insight into what life may have been like 100 years ago.
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted.Seán Mac Diarmada, the Jewel in Leitrims historic crown, was shot by firing squad in the Stone Breakers Yard Kilmainham Jail at quarter to four on the 12th of May 1916.
On the last visit from his sweet heart Min Ryan and her sister Phylis (Cumann na mBán) he left the buttons of his jacket for remembrance sake and Min his ring, the ring that his sisters had sent him from New York.
He also wrote two letters on the eve of his execution,
One to his family and one to the Daly's.
His last lines for his family were:
"Goodbye dear brothers and sisters.make no lament for me.Pray for my soul and feel a lasting pride at my death.
I die that the Irish Nation may live.God bless and guard you all and may he have mercy on my soul."
With no regrets he was led to the yard where he faced the firing squad on the same day as James Connolly refusing a blindfold to face his fears with his eyes wide open.
Michael Collins quote on Séan
“If I had one quarter the strength of Sean Mac Diarmada, I am satisfied. Wherever he walked, there went with him all the shades of the great Irishmen of the past.
He was god-given.
He was humble in the knowledge of his own greatness and in the task which he had chosen to do.
He did not seek glory as a personal investment but as a National investment.
He was not Sean Mac Diarmada, he was Ireland”
GOD REST YOU SEÁN MAC DIARMADA
Painting by Sinead Guckian
More good news for Kevin McCann and his greatly anticipated film "The Rising" featuring Seán Mac Diarmada.
We have been privileged here in Kiltyclogher and Glenfarne to have sat at a live reading of the extremely impressive script of his film plus Kevin's beautiful captivating piano scores. It all hails good for the future.Good work Kevin,Keep us a seat at the premier.🍀😀🍀
Producer hopes to bring Easter Rising filming to Fermanagh and Border region
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Enniskillen born film producer Kevin McCann hopes to bring filming to Fermanagh and the Border region for his prospective film about the Easter...