Clonmacnoise Pattern Day, Féile Naomh Ciarán
Pilgrims process the Pilgrim Cross through the great 6th-century monastic ruins of Clonmacnoise on St Ciarán's feast day, a diocesan pilgrimage that transforms a UNESCO-listed monument back into a living sacred community.
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"Free access to the ancient Shannon-side monastery founded by St Ciarán in the 6th century, with guided tours of its cathedral, two round towers, three high crosses, and eight churches."
Heritage Week Open Day at Clonmacnoise Monastic Site
"A heritage interpreter leads visitors around the ancient monastic site of Rahan and its medieval Church of Ireland church, a rarely visited early Christian foundation in rural Offaly."
St Carthage's Church and Rahan Monastic Site Heritage Week Opening
"Local professional photographer Jeff Harvey leads an interactive Heritage Week workshop on preserving and archiving personal photographs, covering both digital and printed formats at Clara Library."
Photography Workshop with Jeff Harvey, Clara Library
"Europe's largest outdoor agricultural trade exhibition and cultural event returns to Screggan, Tullamore, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors to witness competitive ploughing, livestock, and rural crafts."
National Ploughing Championships
"Pilgrims process between the ancient high crosses and ruined churches of Clonmacnoise on St Ciarán's feast, maintaining an unbroken pilgrimage tradition at one of the great monastic sites of early medieval Europe."
St Ciarán's Pattern Day, Clonmacnoise
"A unique competitive filmmaking festival in Birr where participants are challenged to conceive, shoot and screen a short film within just a few days."
OFFline Film 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