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)
Cork City Heritage Open Days Cork City Heritage Office Event Link
Cork County Council
Bandon Walled Town Festival 2025 Bandon Walled Town Event Link
Donegal County Council
William J Doherty, Engineer and Antiquarian Fahan Community Development Partnership CLG Event Link
Down
Dirt, Disease & Death: A tour of Comber's Medical History Comber Historical Society Event Link
Comber Tour in Co. Down
Dublin City Council
The Photographic Collections of the Parish of the Travelling People' Parish of the Travelling People Event Link
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Tree Trail Walk and Talk In Monkstown Monkstown Village Tidy District Event Link
Fingal County Council
Traveller History and Craft Event Balbriggan Traveller Project Event Link
Galway City Council
Common Tern Project Conservation Volunteers Galway Event Link
Galway County Council
D'Arcy 300: Commemorating Patrick D'Arcy (1725 – 1779) Kiltullagh Killimordaly Heritage Society Event Link
Kerry County Council
Tralee Fossil Walk Ireland's Fossil Heritage Event Link
Kildare County Council
Discover Castledermot's medieval foundations Castledermot Local History Group Event Link
Kilkenny County Council
Water powered Corn Mill and Drying Kiln tour Deerpark Mills Event Link
Laois County Council
Traditional Cobbling and Historic Paving Workshop Southgate Associates Event Link
Traditional Cobbling event in Co. Laois
Leitrim County Council
Revisiting the 1930 Sheebeg Excavation Niamh Daly Event Link
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 Event Link
Longford County Council
Irish Native Rare Breed Livestock Show Longford/Westmeath Farmers' Mart Ltd. Event Link
Louth County Council
Guided Tours of Bellew's Castle, Castletown, Dundalk Sisters of St Louis & Louth County Council Event Link
Mayo County Council Harry Clarke, Stained Glass Treasures of Ballinrobe Ballinrobe Historical Society Event Link
Meath County Council
Dunshaughlin Heritage Walk Slí Sheachnaill Dunshaughlin & District Historical Society Event Link
Monaghan County Council
Bath Estate Bus Tour Larry McDermott and Mary Kirley Event Link
Offaly County Council
Bench Marks and Post Boxes Offaly History Event Link
Benchmark Tour in Co. Offaly
Roscommon County Council
The Palace Neighbourwood Park & Sensory Garden Elphin Area Community Enterprise (Windmill Committee) Event Link
Sligo County Council
A walking tour of Ballymote Ballymote Heritage Group Event Link
South Dublin County Council
Chemistry and the Celts with Scientific Sue SDCC Libraries Event Link
Tipperary County Council
Crawfords Farm Heritage Walk 2025 Talamh Beo Event Link
Waterford County Council
Eccelsiastical Heritage of Clashmore Kinsalebeg Clashmore Kinsalebeg Community Council and Clashmore Kinsalebeg Heritage Group Event Link
Westmeath County Council
Old Fair Day on the Green Tyrrellspass Tidy Towns Event Link
Wexford County Council
Killanne Where Heroes and Heritage are the foundations of our community Killanne Development Group Event Link
Wicklow County Council
Preserving the Past – Bell Restoration 2025 St Saviour's Church. Arklow Event Link
