Announcing the National Heritage Week 2024 County Awards
The Heritage Council proudly recognises outstanding local Heritage Week events with the annual "County Awards" which celebrate the top events in each Local Authority Area as nominated.
These award-winning initiatives excelled in raising awareness of local heritage, engaging their communities, and promoting the importance of heritage preservation. Here is a full list of the county winners for 2024.
2024 County Award Winners
Antrim
Digging Up History! A virtual exhibition for Carrickfergus Revisited Conference
Carrickfergus Museum
Event Link
Armagh
A Stitch in Time: Lacemaking in South Armagh
The South Armagh Lace Collective
Event Link
Carlow
Making Connections – Tinryland Past and Present
Tinryland Heritage Group of Tinryland Park CLG
Event Link
Cavan
Skeagh Golden Way Project
Skeagh Golden Way
Event Link
Clare
Placemaking Heritage Day and Local Seaweed Foraging
Liscannor Heritage Group
Event Link
Event Link - Seaweed Foraging
Cork City
Cork City Fossil Walk
Ireland's Fossil Heritage
Event Link
Cork County
Touch Tanks at Lough Hyne
Skibbereen Heritage Centre
Event Link
Derry
Trip to Goa Island
Foyle Civic Trust
Event Link
Donegal
Teampall agus Reilig Mhachaire Gathlán, Doirí Beaga
Ionad Naomh Pádraig
Event Link
Down
National Heritage Week Children's Workshops
Museum of Childhood Ireland and Sticky Fingers Arts
Event Link
Dublin City Council
Feltmakers Ireland Open Day – Discover the Magic of Wet Felting
Feltmakers Ireland
Event Link
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown
Walking Tours of Historic Killiney Village
Killiney Village Residents Association
Event Link
Fermanagh
Well Well Well
Lisnaskea Historical Society
Event Link
Fingal
Oldtown Links to the Past
Friends of Clonmethan
Event Link
South Dublin
Create Your Own Brat Bhride
Clondalkin Library
Event Link
Galway City
Reimagining Life on the Road Community Project
The Galway Traveller Movement
Event Link
Galway County
Echoes of the Past: Voices of Ballinderreen GAA: Ag Cuimhneamh Siar: Guthanna CLG Bhaile an Doirín
Ballinderreen Community Centre
Event Link
Kerry
Heritage Week Programme of Events
Kerry Writers' Museum
Event link
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Kildare
Willow Workshop
John Sullivan (IWA) Resource Centre
Event Link
Kilkenny
Living Networks on the Dinin River: Citizen Science Event
Nore Vision
Event Link
Laois
Brigid in Bloom Festival
The Class of 1990 (Brigidine Convent, Mountrath, Laois)
Event Link
Leitrim
Glenview Folk Museum Open Day
Glenview Folk Museum
Event Link
Limerick
Rare Breeds at Bunratty
Irish Native Rare Breed Society
Event Link
Longford
Heritage Week Programme of Events
Corlea Trackway Visitor Centre, O.P.W.
Event Link
Louth
Walk and Talk with Éanna Ní Lamhna
Dromiskin Tidy Towns
Event Link
Mayo
Launch of the Sand Martin Wall Nesting Initiative
Clogher Environmental Group
Event Link
Meath
Oíche Oidhreachta Ghaeltacht Ráth Chairn
Coiste Oidhreachta Ráth Chairn
Event Link
Monaghan
National Heritage Week Event Series
Cassandra Hand Folk and Famine Centre
Event Link 1
Event Link 2
Event Link 3
Offaly
Unstitching the 17th Century Shinrone Gown
Shinrone Heritage Group
Event Link
Roscommon
The History and Archaeology of Ballintubber and the Castles in Communities Fieldschool 2024
Ballintubber Tidy Towns
Event Link
Sligo
Heritage Day at Dolly's Cottage, Strandhill
Dolly's Cottage
Event Link
Tipperary
Heroes and Ghosts: A Celebration of The Life and Times of Larry Slattery
Moycarkey Borris Littleton Men's Shed & Community History Group
Event Link
Waterford
Cheekpoint - A Community of the Tides
Tides & Tales Maritime Community Project
Event Link
Westmeath
Tour of Carn, A Forgotten Westmeath Famine Village
Frank Dillon
Event Link
Wexford
Castletown River and Nature Festival
Ahare River and Biodiversity Group
Event Link
Wicklow
All Paths Lead to Glendalough: A Celebration of The Saint Kevin's Way
Wicklow Mountain’s National Park, the OPW, Glendalough Heritage Forum, and The St Kevin’s Way Committee
Event Link
