Lacken Heritage Day
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.
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"A traditional one-day agricultural show in the shadow of Nephin mountain, showcasing livestock, home produce, and rural crafts at the heart of North Mayo's farming community."
Crossmolina Agricultural Show
"Pilgrims walk the ancient 30-kilometre Tóchar Phádraig route from Ballintubber Abbey westward to Croagh Patrick, following the very path used by the Kings of Connacht to the holy mountain since the Iron Age."
Tóchar Phádraig Reek Saturday Pilgrimage Walk
"A beloved week of trad workshops, céilís and sessions on the wild Atlantic island of Achill, connecting generations of musicians in one of Ireland's most dramatic landscapes."
Scoil Acla Summer School
"Up to 25,000 pilgrims climb Ireland's holiest mountain barefoot on the last Sunday of July, continuing an unbroken Lughnasa-rooted tradition traced to at least the 12th century."
Reek Sunday Pilgrimage, Croagh Patrick
"A week-long traditional music and cultural summer school on Achill Island, established in 1910 and revived in 1985, offering tuition in instruments, Irish language (Gaeilg' Acla), sean-nós song, dance, and visual art at the Atlantic edge of Mayo."
Scoil Acla Scoil Samhraidh
"A weekend festival on the small inhabited island of Inishbiggle off the north coast of Achill, celebrating island community and Atlantic heritage in one of Mayo's most remote settings."
Féile Inis Bigil
"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
"The medieval walled town of Athenry hosts Heritage Week archery demonstrations in the grounds of its 13th-century castle, placing a living traditional skill against one of Connacht's finest fortified monuments."
Archery Demonstrations at Athenry Castle
"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."
Ballinderreen Heritage Week Event
"A community Heritage Week gathering at Ballinderreen Community Centre in this small south Galway village on the shores of Galway Bay, part of a county-wide programme of over 100 events celebrating Galway's rural heritage."
Ballinderreen Heritage Week Open Day