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- Special Exhibition Gallery
• Audio Visual Room
• Museum Gallery
• Tom Crean Room
• Knight’s Hall
• Medieval Experience
- Special Exhibition Gallery
• Audio Visual Room
• Museum Gallery
• Tom Crean Room
• Knight’s Hall
• Medieval Experience
Special Exhibition Gallery Kerry Lives 1950-1973‘Kerry Lives’ is a portrait of life in Kerry from 1950 to 1973, illustrated from the Kennelly Archive. The Kennelly Archive is a remarkable collection of photographs taken by husband and wife team Padraig and Joan Kennelly, professional photographers from Tralee, Co Kerry. The exhibition, opening in June 2010, is a fascinating pictorial record of the transformation of a rural society into a modern urban one. All of life is here, from the formal events that mark big days like weddings and christenings to news stories, sporting occasions, festivals, famous visitors to Kerry, right down to casual, everyday scenes. People didn’t have their pictures taken that often back then, so the appearance of this young couple with a camera offering to take a snap of them going about their daily business was a novelty. Instinctively the Kennellys understood that it’s the little details that often give a greater sense of what people are like rather than the large public set pieces like weddings and official openings. The images are rounded out with contextual information, and the exhibition gives a really full and rich impression of what life was like in Kerry during those years.
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