2026 Events | National Heritage Week 15th – 23rd August 2026

1774 Events

Children's Tour

Children's Tour

OPW
Castletown House, Co. Kildare
Celbridge, Co. Kildare
18 August, 11am - 12pm

Old Abbey in Ruins: Claregalway Update

Old Abbey in Ruins: Claregalway Update

Claregalway Church Parish Pastoral Council
Cairdeas Meeting Room, Co. Galway – County
Claregalway Church
16 August, 7pm - 8:30pm

Print Room Tour

Print Room Tour

OPW
Castletown House, Co. Kildare
Celbridge, Co. Kildare
17 August, 2pm - 3pm

Tour of The Irish Workhouse Centre

Tour of The Irish Workhouse Centre

Irish Workhouse Centre
Irish Workhouse Centre Portumna, Co. Galway, Co. Galway – County
St. Brigid's Road, Portumna, Co. Galway
15 - 23 August, 2pm - 3:15pm

"60 years of memory, 10 years in our new home — We have only made a beginning."

"60 years of memory, 10 years in our new home — We have only made a beginning."

INDEPENDENCE MUSEUM KILMURRY
The Independence Museum Kilmurry, Co. Cork County
Kilmurry, Co. Cork, Ireland.
15 August, 2pm - 5pm
16 August, 2pm - 5pm
19 August, 11am - 4pm
20 August, 11am - 4pm
21 August, 11am - 4pm
22 August, 2pm - 5pm

Landscape Tour

Landscape Tour

OPW
Castletown House, Co. Kildare
Celbridge, Co. Kildare
16 August, 12pm - 1pm

Medieval Thomastown: Walls and Towers

Medieval Thomastown: Walls and Towers

Thomastown Community Network
Sweetman's (Mullins) Castle, Co. Kilkenny
Thomastown
23 August, 2:30pm - 4pm

Free Guided Tours of Ferns Castle

Free Guided Tours of Ferns Castle

Office of Public Works, Ferns Castle
Ferns Castle Visitor Centre, Co. Wexford
The Square, Ferns
15 - 23 August, 9:30am - 4:15pm

At the End of the Day - The Musical

At the End of the Day - The Musical

Dunkineely Community Ltd
Bruckless Community Centre, Co. Donegal
Near Church of St Joseph and St Conal, Bruckless
19 August, 7:15pm - 10pm

Open Day at St Eunan's Cathedral Raphoe

Open Day at St Eunan's Cathedral Raphoe

ST EUNAN'S CATHEDRAL CHURCH, RAPHOE, CO DONEGAL
St Eunan's Cathedral, Raphoe, Co. Donegal
Raphoe, Co Donegal
21 August, 12pm - 3pm

Photographs of the people and places of the island through the years By Padraig Carroll

Photographs of the people and places of the island through the years By Padraig Carroll

west town
Community Centre, Co. Donegal
West Town ,Tory Island, Donegal, Ireland
19 August, 9am - 6pm
22 August, 7am - 6pm

Music, Poetry & the Story of Clonycavan Man

Music, Poetry & the Story of Clonycavan Man

Ballivor Community Council
Ballivor Library, Co. Meath
St Kinneth's Church, Ballivor, Co Meath
18 August, 7pm - 8:30pm