2019 Awards
The 2019 National Heritage Week Awards took place on Thursday, 6th February 2020 at a ceremony in Dublin. There
Heritage Hero
Winner: The Egan Family, Five Alley, Birr, Co Offaly
The Egan family are responsible for the survival of an extraordinarily rare, intact furnished farmhouse, near Birr, Co Offaly. They hold tours during Heritage Week every year to showcase the cottage with its wonderful fixtures and fittings. Bread was baked in the family tradition during the Heritage Week tours. Visitors to the cottage commented on the generosity and heart-warming hospitality of the Egan family and their appreciation for their traditional farmhouse as they shared family memories passed on from one generation to the next.
Heritage Communities
Event: Stories, Music and Traditions of Donegal Radio Series
Organiser: Rosses Radio
Runners up:
Event: Programme of Heritage Week Event:s, Co Wicklow
Organiser: Dunlavin & District Forum
Event: DVD production on history of Rosemount, Co Westmeath
Rosemount Social Initiative
Cool For Kids
Event: Wildlife Detective for Kids, Co Offaly
Organiser: Clara Bog Visitor Centre (NPWS)
Runners up:
Event: Wild Child Bug Safari, Co Tipperary
Organiser: Nenagh Arts Centre
Event: Maths trail/tour of Ennis Friary, Co Clare
Organiser: Ennis Friary (OPW)
Le Cheile san Eorap
Event: St Columbanus and the idea of Europe, Co Carlow
Organiser: Myshall Muintir na Tìre
Runner Up:
Event: Carrowmore Through the Ages, Co Sligo
Organiser: Carrowmore (OPW)
