Curragh Military Museum

The Curragh Military Museum is a museum in Ireland dedicated to the military history of the Curragh Camp and of The Curragh.

History

The Curragh Military Museum was founded in 2010. It was extensively refurbished during a period of closure in 2020–22 during the COVID pandemic.

Contents

The museum is housed in a long rectangular building in the centre of Curragh Camp, in an area accessible to civilians. It is in three areas: archaeology, the English/British period, and the modern Irish Army use.
A large collection of artillery pieces, armoured cars and tanks are displayed outside, including a Comet tank, Churchill tank, Beaverette Mk IV armoured car and a Panhard M3 amphibious armoured personnel carrier.
Alfred Chester Beatty donated a collection of weapons from around the world to the Irish Defence Forces in 1952; they are housed in Curragh Military Museum.