Ireland's Heritage - Sponsored

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

Sat Oct 23 2021 - 10:00

Community Gains: Groups putting Heritage Council funding to creative use across Ireland

Community organisations are using Heritage Council funding to highlight their local areas

Sat Oct 23 2021 - 10:00

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

Sat Oct 23 2021 - 10:00

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

Sat Oct 23 2021 - 10:00

“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

Sat Oct 23 2021 - 10:00

Project captures rich heritage of Irish Travellers: ‘We want to keep it alive’

First-hand testimonies of traditional nomadic lifestyle recorded, family trees plotted

Sat Oct 23 2021 - 10:00

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

Sat Oct 23 2021 - 10:00