Ballinderreen Heritage Week Event
Ballinderreen Community Centre hosts Heritage Week programming for this small south Galway coastal village, bringing together local history and community memory during the national celebration.
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"A weekly Sunday gathering of local crafts, home baking, fresh produce, and artisan goods on the Connemara coast, a sociable window into the village community all summer long."
Roundstone Country Market
"Dating to the 1890s, this spectacular two-day regatta on Bertraghboy Bay brings Galway hookers, gleoiteógs, and racing currachs racing beneath the Twelve Bens in one of the oldest traditional sea festivals in the west of Ireland."
Roundstone Regatta
"A beloved Connemara beach racing tradition held on the sands of Aillebrack near Ballyconneely, where horses and ponies have raced on this Atlantic shoreline for well over a century."
Errismore Horse and Pony Races
"In the wild Maumturk Mountains of Connemara, thousands gather at the remote mountain pass of Mám Éan on Reek Sunday for Mass, rounds at St Patrick's Well, and offerings at a hawthorn tree in one of Connacht's most atmospheric outdoor patterns."
Turas Mháim Éan (Mám Éan Pilgrimage)
"A patron-day currach racing festival on the largest of the Aran Islands, keeping alive the island's deep seafaring tradition on one of the Atlantic's most dramatic coastlines."
Pátrún Inis Mór Currach Races
"Now in its 47th year, this ten-day coastal celebration on the Aughrus Peninsula weaves together the Cleggan Regatta, seafood, live music, kayaking, and family events across Connemara's most remote Atlantic headland."
Cleggan and Claddaghduff Festival of the Sea
"A rare chance to join guided Heritage Week tours of the internationally significant Knock Shrine and Basilica, exploring the site's pilgrimage history and sacred architecture during the 50th anniversary of the Basilica."
Basilica 50: Guided Shrine and Basilica Tours
"Castlecoote House, a fine 18th-century Palladian villa with elaborate plasterwork in a quiet Roscommon village, opens each Heritage Week for guided afternoon tours through the Section 482 scheme."
Castlecoote House Heritage Week Open Days
"King House, a magnificent early 18th-century mansion on Boyle's main street and once barracks to the Connaught Rangers, opens throughout Heritage Week with a full programme of tours and activities."
King House Heritage Week Open Days
"Strokestown Park, a Palladian mansion with one of Ireland's longest herbaceous borders and the Irish National Famine Museum, opens through Heritage Week in its planned Georgian estate village."
Strokestown Park Heritage Week Open Days
"A hands-on celebration of Ireland's traditional crafts at the National Museum of Ireland Country Life in Turlough Park, showcasing the thatching, blacksmithing and rural skills under threat in 2026's Heritage at Risk theme."
Traditional Craft Celebration
"A community Heritage Week gathering at Lacken Sensory Garden on the shores of Lacken Strand, celebrating the coastal and natural heritage of this quiet north Mayo village."
Lacken Heritage Day