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The theme for National Heritage Week 2025 is Exploring Our Foundations, encouraging a deeper understanding of the structures, traditions, landscapes, and communities that shape our heritage
Irish Landmark Trust conservation property Inchiquin House is located at the edge of the Burren in Co Clare
Celebrated for its spring garden, Bellefield House in Co Offaly was bequeathed to the Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland by architect and garden designer Angela Jupe, writes Tony Clayton Lea
Heritage boat owners share a love and respect for slow travel on Ireland’s inland waterways. Sylvia Thompson climbs aboard to find out more
Moscow native Victor Bayda is an outsider with the inside track on the nuances of the Irish language, he tells Catherine Foley as Béarla agus as Gaeilge
Heritage Week’s Wild Child Day offers children all sorts of opportunities to connect with the natural world
The Traditional Farm Buildings Grant Scheme helps to conserve structures that connect history and nature, writes Elizabeth Birdthistle
To gain grace and indulgences was the motivation in past times; today pilgrim walks are undertaken for more personal, holistic and cultural reasons
Heritage Week’s packed programme of events is your ticket to learn about nature, flex your language skills or try your hand at ancient crafts. Here are 10 trips to take
Already allowing a nosey behind the scenes in some of Cork’s landmark buildings, Open Day is being rolled out nationwide
Finders are not keepers but we’re all the richer for that as citizen archeologists’ finds and reporting of artefacts help join the dots of our past, writes Gemma Tipton
Heritage at Play uses the popular plastic bricks to engage children in our built heritage, writes Emer Roche
Eighth-generation stonemasons, siblings Killian and Petra O’Flaherty, tell Kate Demolder about the resurgence in their craft
Gems of our musical and folkloric heritage have turned up in all manner of places, writes Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, who tracks the discovery of some of these troves
Ethereal and evocative, uilleann pipes take hundreds of hours of focussed, skilled work, instrument maker Derrick Gleeson tells Sandra O’Connell
Specialised conservation courses offer life-long learning in a heritage area you are interested in
These water heritage groups are working with farmers, foresters, state agencies and communities to improve rivers, streams and lakes, writes Sylvia Thompson
There is huge appetite for Irish-language content online, writes schoolteacher and TikTok star Seamus Lehane
The 1924 Tailteann Games showcased newly independent Ireland’s unique culture to the world. Paul Rouse examines their impact and asks if the idea could be reprised
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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