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MURIEL GAHAN


Posted by BrÍan Hoban on June 01, 2011 at 20:58:25:

On April 7th, 2011, The Muriel Gahan Museum of Irish History was opened at An Grianán, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth, home of the ICA. The museum is now home to many items of Irish history, craft and culture, and is dedicated to Muriel Gahan for the work that she did throughout her life for Irish Craft. The museum is named after Dr. Muriel Gahan founder of the I.C.A. who resided at Creagh Villa, Castlebar.(Now Lough Lannagh Holiday Village.)


Muriel Gahan was born in County Donegal; in 1900 her family moved to Castlebar, County Mayo. She moved to Dublin in 1926, joining the Society of United Irishwomenin 1929, founding Country Workers Ltd and the Country Shop in 1930. Her reasons for the latter foundations was "her realisation of the lack of respect for craft workers, and their need for a retail outlet for their products."


In 1935 she launched the Irish Homespun Society in an effort to preserve some of the country's homespun traditions. Exhibitions where held at the annual Dublin Spring Show. She was a founder-member of the Irish Arts Council, vice-president of the Royal Dublin Society and received an honorary doctorate by University of Dublin in 1978.The Muriel Gahan Scholarship of one thousand pounds is awarded annually at the RDS national crafts competition.


ICA National President Anne Maria Dennison said at the opening of the museum “We are delighted to open the Muriel Gahan Museum here at An Grianán. Muriel was instrumental in the development of the Irish Countrywomen’s Association and we’re pleased to honour her with this collection. On the occasion of opening the Muriel Gahan Museum, we are proud to say that the ICA still lives by her motto: Deeds not Words.”

A biography of the life of Muriel Gahan was published by Louisburgh resident Geraldine Mitchell entitled :
“Deeds not words: the life and work of Muriel Gahan, (champion of rural women and craftworkers)” in 1997

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