National Heritage Week 2025 Awards County Winners
The County Award recognises the work of many groups and volunteers across Ireland for National Heritage Week. Through their dedication and work they contribute to making National Heritage Week a festival that can be enjoyed by all. Here are the County winners for each local authority area.
Antrim
Belfast’s Hidden History: A Walking Tour
Community Archaeology Programme Northern Ireland (CAPNI)
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Armagh
Guided walk of History, Poetry & Music
Rural Health Partnership
Carlow County Council
Light through the Ages in Newtown
St. Patrick’s Church Newtown Restoration Group
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Cavan County Council
Birthplace of Rifleman Luke Delaney WW1 War Veteran
Luke Delaney WW1 Restoration Committee
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Clare County Council
Quin Heritage Day
Quin Heritage Group
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Cork City Council
Cork City Heritage Open Days
Cork City Heritage Office
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Cork County Council
Bandon Walled Town Festival 2025
Bandon Walled Town
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Donegal County Council
William J Doherty, Engineer and Antiquarian
Fahan Community Development Partnership CLG
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Dirt, Disease & Death: A tour of Comber's Medical History
Comber Historical Society
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The Photographic Collections of the Parish of the Travelling People'
Parish of the Travelling People
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Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Tree Trail Walk and Talk In Monkstown
Monkstown Village Tidy District
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Fingal County Council
Traveller History and Craft Event
Balbriggan Traveller Project
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Galway City Council
Common Tern Project
Conservation Volunteers Galway
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Galway County Council
D'Arcy 300: Commemorating Patrick D'Arcy (1725 – 1779)
Kiltullagh Killimordaly Heritage Society
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Kerry County Council
Tralee Fossil Walk
Ireland's Fossil Heritage
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Kildare County Council
Discover Castledermot's medieval foundations
Castledermot Local History Group
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Kilkenny County Council
Water powered Corn Mill and Drying Kiln tour
Deerpark Mills
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Laois County Council
Traditional Cobbling and Historic Paving Workshop
Southgate Associates
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Leitrim County Council
Revisiting the 1930 Sheebeg Excavation
Niamh Daly
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Limerick County Council
Celebrating the Heritage of the Victorian pipe organ Ó Riada Mass
Doon Parish Choir in collaboration with Dún Bleisce Historical & Literary Society
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Longford County Council
Irish Native Rare Breed Livestock Show
Longford/Westmeath Farmers' Mart Ltd.
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Louth County Council
Guided Tours of Bellew's Castle, Castletown, Dundalk
Sisters of St Louis & Louth County Council
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Mayo County Council
Harry Clarke, Stained Glass Treasures of Ballinrobe
Ballinrobe Historical Society
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Meath County Council
Dunshaughlin Heritage Walk Slí Sheachnaill
Dunshaughlin & District Historical Society
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Monaghan County Council
Bath Estate Bus Tour
Larry McDermott and Mary Kirley
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Offaly County Council
Bench Marks and Post Boxes
Offaly History
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Roscommon County Council
The Palace Neighbourwood Park & Sensory Garden
Elphin Area Community Enterprise (Windmill Committee)
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Sligo County Council
A walking tour of Ballymote
Ballymote Heritage Group
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South Dublin County Council
Chemistry and the Celts with Scientific Sue
SDCC Libraries
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Tipperary County Council
Cloncannon BioFarm Heritage Walk 2025
Talamh Beo
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Waterford County Council
Eccelsiastical Heritage of Clashmore Kinsalebeg
Clashmore Kinsalebeg Community Council and Clashmore Kinsalebeg Heritage Group
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Westmeath County Council
Old Fair Day on the Green
Tyrrellspass Tidy Towns
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Wexford County Council
Killanne Where Heroes and Heritage are the foundations of our community
Killanne Development Group
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Wicklow County Council
Preserving the Past – Bell Restoration 2025
St Saviour's Church. Arklow
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