Heritage Week at Tintern Abbey
A Cistercian abbey founded by William Marshal after a vow made during a storm at sea, nestled in woodland on the Hook Peninsula, opens for free guided tours throughout Heritage Week.
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"Now in its 32nd year, this intimate four-day gathering in a small Wexford village pub draws a loyal following with a mix of traditional, folk, roots, and Americana music across a long July weekend."
Annual Phil Murphy Weekend of Music
"A ten-day county-wide outdoor arts festival staging sculpture, painting, and performance in public spaces across Wexford, bringing contemporary Irish art directly into streets, harbours, and open landscapes."
Wexford Art in the Open Festival
"A long-running summer arts and community festival centred on the handsome 19th-century Market House in Gorey, bringing theatre, music, and street performance to one of Wexford's most characterful market towns."
Gorey Market House Festival
"A four-day arts festival staged in the rural townland of Ballythomas near Gorey, combining visual art, performance, and music in an intimate countryside setting away from the main festival circuit."
The Gap Arts Festival
"Now in its 84th year, this long-running village show at Castlebridge Community Hall celebrates the best of local horticulture, home produce, and agricultural tradition in a small north Wexford village."
Castlebridge Horticultural and Agricultural Show
"A boutique two-day music, food, and community festival held in the whimsically named Fuddletown near Killinick, offering an intimate alternative to the large festival circuit in a south Wexford village setting."
FuddleFest
"Now in its 23rd year, this nine-day county-wide festival opens at Arboretum Leighlinbridge and takes in historic estates, woodland gardens and walled gardens across the Carlow Garden Trail, with acclaimed designers and gardeners from Ireland and the UK delivering talks, tours and workshops."
Carlow Garden Festival
"Held at Stradbally Hall by the Irish Steam Preservation Society, this August Bank Holiday gathering showcases working steam engines, traction engines, oil engines, vintage tractors, and traditional crafts over three days, with a steam and vintage parade through the village square."
National Steam Rally
"This beautifully preserved 13th-century collegiate church in the village of Gowran opens for escorted morning and afternoon sessions ahead of Heritage Week."
Open Day at St Mary's Church Gowran
"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