Carlingford Heritage Week Castle Tours
Expert-guided tours of Carlingford's medieval streetscape and castle run across two weekends during Heritage Week, letting visitors follow in President Biden's footsteps through one of Ireland's best-preserved Anglo-Norman towns.
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"Ireland's first Cistercian monastery, where the Nine Years War ended and William of Orange camped before the Boyne, opens free for guided tours across Heritage Week."
Heritage Week Open Days at Old Mellifont Cistercian Abbey
"A free Heritage Week display of beautifully restored vintage tractors, vehicles and farm machinery at John Hanlon's yard, with donations supporting the Maria Goretti Foundation."
John Hanlon's Vintage Museum Exhibition
"The Village Green transforms into a living history Viking camp each September, with re-enactors, the Ardglass Viking Longboat, street entertainment and interactive family activities set against Carlingford's medieval walls."
Carlingford Viking Experience and Medieval Festival
"Carlingford's medieval streets fill each August for this four-day celebration of the famous lough-reared Carlingford oyster, with a sailing regatta, world crab-fishing contest, oyster pearl hunt and street markets."
Carlingford Oyster Festival
"Now in its 13th year, this intimate chamber music festival performs in three historic Boyne Valley venues including Townley Hall, Slane Castle and Drogheda's St Peter's Church, themed this year around Forgotten Spaces."
Boyne Music Festival
"Children dig alongside real archaeologists from the School of Irish Archaeology in a hands-on excavation at one of Ireland's most iconic early-Christian monastic sites."
Big Dig at Glendalough
"Guided tours of Delgany's early Christian burial ground explain historic 18th and 19th century inscriptions and artistic motifs, with self-guided heritage trail leaflets also available."
Delgany Early Christian Graveyard Heritage Tours
"A guided village walk through Newcastle exploring local landmarks, lore and the stories that shaped this quiet Wicklow coastal community."
Heritage Walk of Newcastle Village
"A practical Heritage Week talk at Carnew Library on the traditional skill of wild food foraging in the south Wicklow countryside."
Food Foraging Talk at Carnew Library
"A rare chance to step inside the restored six-storey Wicklow Head Lighthouse, perched above the Irish Sea and managed by Irish Landmark Trust, with guides leading visitors on the 2 km cliff walk from the carpark."
Wicklow Head Lighthouse Heritage Open Day
"Russborough House opens its exhibition centre free of charge during Heritage Week, showcasing 100 years of the Palladian mansion's families, history and culture alongside its half-price guided house tours."
Russborough House Heritage Open Day