Cool little museum that highlights how death has been honored and recognized throughout Irish history. Lots of history, especially around funeral and burial practices during times of catholic/protestant conflict.

We had 2 major thoughts after visiting:

• the actual history of the modern wake (gathering, visiting, singing, loud sometimes jovial celebration) isn't discussed. We visited the Irish Whiskey Museum in Dublin earlier in the week and it was there where we actually learned about the more modern wake tradition and how it developed.

• the museum itself is in a building that served as an almshouse, these almshouses played a major role in the development of modern day hospice care. This is my own personal thought/insight, but as a nurse who works in end of life care, we appreciate the Irish so much for crafting and introducing the philosophy of hospice care as we know it to the modern world. It would be cool to see this acknowledged in some way in the museum, especially since one euro from each ticket is donated to hospice care.

All in all, would recommend - however would love to see some time dedicated to explaining how the wake tradition actually started.