National Heritage Week Award Winners 2021
From walking tours to water sampling, from art to otters, National Heritage Week is a countrywide celebration of our glorious natural, built and cultural heritage
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“There’s always a real meitheal atmosphere, which is a great way of bonding.”
A conservation project that saw those living in direct provision centres get involved in local heritage, while making new friends along the way
Project captures rich heritage of Irish Travellers: ‘We want to keep it alive’
First-hand testimonies of traditional nomadic lifestyle recorded, family trees plotted
Centre vital in preservation of deaf history
The Deaf Heritage Centre in Dublin 7 has grown into a national organisation with an important impact on the cultural and historical experience of deaf people
Heritage: sowing the seeds of curiosity
Nature, ruins, lineage and literature: people explain how they became hooked on heritage
Promoting pride in our heritage
As Dr Martina Moloney prepares to become chair of the Heritage Council, she reflects on the meaning behind the role
Community Gains: Groups putting Heritage Council funding to creative use across Ireland
Community organisations are using Heritage Council funding to highlight their local areas
Bringing to life Cork’s ‘rich and hidden’ history of LGBT activism
Orla Egan began by acquiring the Arthur Leahy Collection. Almost a decade later, she is still working tirelessly on it
Welcome to National Heritage Week
This is a time when people all over Ireland take ownership of their heritage and celebrate it, says Virginia Teehan, chief executive of the Heritage Council
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