Ireland’s only vintage radio museum

Howth Martello is one of 21 Martello towers that have survived in County Dublin. Many have been demolished and some are privately owned. In 2003,  Pat Herbert, who has a keen interest in history and sound technology, was given the tower by the Dublin City Council. It now houses a growing collection of artifacts related to all forms of communication including radios, gramophones, and early TVs. Many of these have been donated from different parts of the world including Russia. Its name derives from a comment made by former Taoiseach Seán Lemass, who asked a radio controller in the 1950s, ‘How’s the hurdy-gurdy?’ (A hurdy-gurdy is a type of string instrument.)

Thanks to Joerg Pfeiffer for interesting video