Heritage Council

The Heritage Council seeks to protect and enhance the richness, quality and diversity of our national heritage for everyone. It works with its partners to increase awareness of our national heritage.

Over 1100 events announced at launch of National Heritage Week Event Guide

Growing interest in heritage evident nationwide

Experience life in 1210 by living in a castle for a week, meet the bugs of Corlea Bog, get an 18th Century Guide to Marriage, celebrate Tara & Irish heritage with Paul Muldoon and Colm Toibín, trace your ancestors, dance at the crossroads, taste some famine soup, get an insight into the life of Dublin’s women street traders, take a surf lesson through Irish, explore the royal canal or go on the hunt for bats in Dromoland Castle ... just some of the 1100 events included in the National Heritage Week Event Guide. Click here for further information.

  • Archaeology
  • Architecture
  • Education
  • Museums & Archive
  • Inland Waterways
  • Marine
  • Recreation
  • Wildlife
  • Landscape
  • Irish Walled Towns
  • County Heritage Services
  • Planning
 

HERITAGE IN YOUR AREA

Select your county from the drop-down list below for more information about heritage projects in your area.

EVENTS

Seminar on Robert O’Hara Burke: Galway Man and Australian Explorer

Saturday 4th September 2010. Loughrea, Co. Galway.