20-649: UFTM may refer to: Ulster Folk and Transport Museum , in Cultra, Northern Ireland Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro , the Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro , a public university in Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil See also [ edit ] Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), an intergovernmental organization. Topics referred to by
40-562: A Roman Catholic church, RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta regional studios, a Gaelic Athletic Association club and a golf club . According to the 2016 census 53.4% of the population spoke Irish on a daily basis outside the education system. The village is home of Tim Healy the famous politician . During the Land War of the 1880s, the people of Derrybeg were led by Canon James McFadden ( Irish : Séamus Mac Pháidín ), "The Fighting Priest of Donegal", who urged his parishioners to support
60-700: A crime to assault a priest in his vestments. In response to Healy's statements, the Crown prosecutors offered a plea bargain which spared all defendants the death penalty . McFadden was sentenced to time served and his parishioners received prison sentences of varying degrees. William Martin was buried in the Church of Ireland cemetery in Ballyshannon , under an inscription which described him as having been, "cruelly murdered while nobly doing his duty at Derrybeg." Following his death from Ewing's sarcoma in 1994,
80-535: A large library containing over 15,000 books and periodicals. The archives and library are open to the public during office hours. The Transport Museum has its origins in Belfast Corporation's preserved collection of historic transport items, which were temporarily exhibited in the 1950s in a former engine shed near Queen's Quay station . This collection was subsequently expanded and moved to new premises on Witham Street, opening on 1 April 1962. In 1967,
100-705: A new visitor base and have gained the site international recognition. The museum is the holder of Northern Ireland's main film, photographic, television and sound archives. The museum holds the BBC Northern Ireland archive of radio and television programmes, and also possesses over 2,000 hours of sound material broadcast between 1972 and 2002 by the Irish language radio station RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta , from its studios in Derrybeg , County Donegal . The museum also maintains an archive of Ulster dialects , and
120-608: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ulster Folk and Transport Museum Both the Ulster Folk Museum and Ulster Transport Museum are situated in Cultra , Northern Ireland , about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) east of the city of Belfast . Now operating as two separate museums, the Folk Museum endeavours to illustrate the way of life and traditions of
140-540: The Land League and the Plan of Campaign . After a series of anti-landlord sermons, the resident magistrate ordered McFadden's arrest. On Sunday 3 February 1889, Royal Irish Constabulary district inspector William Limbrick Martin (locally known as An Mháirtínigh ) arrived at Derrybeg's Roman Catholic church, Teach Phobail Mhuire with the intention of arresting McFadden immediately after Mass . As McFadden left
160-565: The Folk museum's 'Titanic Trail' is titled TITANICa . Also on the nautical theme, there is the 120 ton steel schooner Result . The aircraft on display is the Shorts manufactured Short SC.1 , an experimental vertical take-off aeroplane, only two of which were ever produced. The example in the museum, XG905, crashed in 1963, ending up upside down and killing its pilot. It was, however, repaired and flown again before eventually being preserved by
180-639: The Future , and manufactured by the DeLorean Motor Company in Belfast. Recent additions to the collection include a full set of Stanley Woods racing memorabilia, and two of his bikes. Also on display is a Rex McCandless vehicle and an early Formula 1 racing car. In October 2023 a collection of 7 racing motorbikes from local racers, including Joey Dunlop , was opened in the Driven gallery of
200-589: The Transport Museum was removed from Belfast Corporation ownership when it was merged with the Ulster Folk Museum. An additional 40 acres (16 ha) of land was purchased at Cultra and the first new gallery was opened in May 1976, although most of the collection remained at Witham Street for the time being. In the 1990s, new larger galleries were constructed at Cultra and the rest of the collection
220-534: The church interior, he was still dressed in his vestments and was carrying the Eucharist in the ciborium . Upon seeing McFadden, Martin drew his sword and charged the priest with the blade upraised. Horrified, McFadden's parishioners cried that Martin was attacking the priest with a sword and attacked the policeman. Martin was severely beaten and died upon the spot. McFadden and his parishioners were arrested and tried for first degree murder . A change of venue
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#1732794192683240-486: The collection's main attractions is Great Southern Railways Class 800 locomotive No. 800 Maeḋḃ , one of the three largest and most powerful steam locomotives ever to be built and run in Ireland. The new Road Transport Galleries boast a large collection of vehicles ranging from cycles and motorcycles to trams, buses, and cars. One of its most famous attractions is a DMC DeLorean car, the model made famous by Back to
260-576: The grounds of the museum, brick by brick. The site is devoted to illustrating the rural way of life in the early 20th century, and visitors can stroll through a recreation of the period's countryside complete with farms, cottages , crops , livestock, and visit a typical Ulster town of the time called "Ballycultra", featuring shops, churches, and both terraced and larger housing and a Tea room. Regular activities include open hearth cooking, printing , needlework , and traditional Irish crafts demonstrations. All these new developments have aided UFM in developing
280-569: The museum was created to preserve a rural way of life in danger of disappearing forever due to increasing urbanisation and industrialisation in Northern Ireland . The 136-acre (55 ha) site the museum occupies was formally the estate of Sir Robert Kennedy and was acquired in 1961. The museum opened to the public for the first time three years later in 1964. The Folk Museum houses a variety of old buildings and dwellings which have been collected from various parts of Ireland and rebuilt in
300-552: The museum, as examples of the long history of road racing in Northern Ireland. The museum boasts a permanent Titanic exhibition, documenting the construction, voyage, and eventual sinking of the ill-fated vessel. The ship has long been associated with Northern Ireland, as it was constructed in the Harland & Wolff shipyards, just a few miles from the museum. The newly refurbished Titanic exhibition, tying in with
320-593: The museum. Cultra railway station on the Belfast-Bangor railway line provides connections to Sydenham , Belfast Lanyon Place and Belfast Grand Central , Portadown and Newry in one direction and to Bangor in the other direction. Derrybeg Doirí Beaga (anglicised as Derrybeg , meaning 'small oak trees'), is a Gaeltacht village and townland in the parish of Gweedore ( Gaoth Dobhair ) in County Donegal , Ireland . It includes
340-604: The people in Northern Ireland, past and present, while the Transport Museum explores and exhibits methods of transport by land, sea and air, past and present. The museums rank among Ireland's foremost visitor attractions and is a former Irish Museum of the Year. The location houses two of four museums included in National Museums NI . Authorised by the Ulster Folk Museum Act (Northern Ireland) 1958,
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380-474: Was granted to Crown prosecutors, who were also allowed to pack the jury with Protestants . In his 1928 memoirs, Tim Healy , who defended McFadden and his parishioners, described how he had argued the case at trial. Healy reminded the court that, under English law , it was a death penalty offense to strike a judge in his robes. He explained that, to the Catholics of Donegal, it was even more horrendous of
400-568: Was then moved. These were the railway and road galleries, which opened in 1993 and 1996 respectively. The Transport Museum houses an extensive transport collection, and endeavours to tell the story of transport in Ireland, from its early history to the modern era . It is the largest railway collection in Ireland. The Irish Railway Collection tells the story of over 150 years of railway history. Steam locomotives , passenger carriages and goods wagons are combined with extensive railway memorabilia, interactive displays and visitor facilities. One of
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