From top: Dr Patrick Greene, CEO and Museum Director. Above from left: Aileesh Carew, Director of Sales and Marketing, EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum; Minister for Tourism Catherine Martin; Dr Greene; Caroline O’Keefe, Dublin Manager, Fáilte Ireland; and Niall Gibbons, CEO of Tourism Ireland

This morning.

Custom House Quay, Dublin 1.

EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum in Dublin has been voted as Europe’s Leading Tourist Attraction at The World Travel Awards for the THIRD year running.

Of the online vote, Darragh at EPIC sez:

“We are very proud that EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum has been voted a winner in the 2021 World Travel Awards, keeping the title of Europe’s Leading Tourist Attraction in Dublin for the third year in a row.

Thank you. Whatever way you have spread the word about us online, thank you. Thanks for the tweets, the mentions, the shout outs, the inclusions, the event listings, the photos, the features. Thanks to you and your colleagues and all those who supported us. This award is above all a great testament to your continued encouragement, and I’d like to personally thank everyone who took the time to vote for us – we couldn’t have done it without you.”

In fairness.

EPIC The Irish Emigrant Museum

This morning.

EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum, are offering FREE entry to visitors with the following Christmas inspired names:

Holly
Nick/Nicholas
Fia
Noel/Noelle
Rí
Belle
Réaltín
Robin
Nollaig
And Joy

Via EPIC:

Visitors with any of the 10 Christmas inspired names can avail of the offer in the lead up to Christmas, from Monday 14th December to -Saturday 26th December. All free tickets can be redeemed at the museum ticket office with a valid ID, such as a passport, providing proof of name.

EPIC Museum has included a variety of Irish names on the list, including Rí (meaning King) and Fia (meaning Deer). This gives nod to their Power of a Name exhibition, which invites visitors from around the world to honour their Irish ancestors by adding their names to the museum and reconnecting them with their homeland

EPIC

We are delighted to have been nominated as Europe’s Leading Tourist Attraction for the 2nd year in a row. Help us keep the title here at home, by casting your vote today.

Take two minutes to vote: https://t.co/Y8DaJr2mT7@WTravelAwards pic.twitter.com/w30DmA1xUf

— EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum (@EPICMuseumCHQ) September 23, 2020

This afternoon.

Voting in the 2020 World Travel Awards closes today,

EPIC The Irish Emigrant Museum is seeking a second year as’ Europe’s leading Tourist Attraction’.

Vote Here