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Cong Moytura Heritage Society is to host an expert talk on one of Ireland’s foremost national treasures - the Cross of Cong - tomorrow (Saturday) at 3pm in the Crossroads Community Centre, Cong.

Following a hugely successful exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland – Country Life in Turlough Park, Castlebar, the Cross of Cong will return to Dublin in a couple of weeks’ time.

Following a hugely successful exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland – Country Life in Turlough Park, Castlebar, the Cross of Cong will return to Dublin in a couple of weeks’ time.

The National Museum of Ireland - Country Life invites students to use their creative writing skills to compose a poem or a short story inspired by the Cross of Cong.

Week II

As part of the work undertaken to prepare the Cross of Cong to travel to the Museum of Country Life at Turlough Park, it was examined by experts in the National Museum’s conservation department. As a result of their on-going work, significant new discoveries about the Cross have been made.

The Museum of Country Life, Turlough Park, will be open this Easter Sunday following the lifting of a ban on overtime by members of the Civil, Public, and Services Union.

The National Museum is to transfer the Cross of Cong from its Kildare Street Museum of Archaeology to its Museum of Country Life in Castlebar.