National Heritage Week with Historic Houses of Ireland
National Heritage Week with Historic Houses of Ireland
The countdown is ON for National Heritage Week!
Below you will see listings for our members' events from guided tours to specialist talks to hands on workshops across National Heritage Week.
Historic Houses of Ireland is grateful to be funded by The Heritage Council and our members love being a part of such an essential week in the heritage events calendar!
Saturday, August 15th- HERITAGE OPEN DOORS
FREE Guided Tours of Ballydarton Castle, Co Carlow: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/tour-of-ballydarton-house-co-carlow-in-association-with-historic-houses-of-ireland
FREE Guided Tours of Laurentinum House, Co Cork: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/tours-of-laurentinum-house-co-cork-in-association-with-historic-houses-of-ireland
Guided Tours of Raford House, Co Galway: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/tours-of-laurentinum-house-co-cork-in-association-with-historic-houses-of-ireland
FREE Guided Tour of The Malt House, Co Laois: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/tour-of-the-malthouse-stradbally-co-laois-in-association-with-historic-houses-of-ireland
FREE Open Garden Afternoon at Aghaboe Grange, Co Laois : https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/aghaboe-grange-gardens-open-afternoons-co-laois
Vernacular Furniture and Traditional Crafts Weekend at Larchill Arcadian Garden, Co Meath: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/vernacular-furniture-and-traditional-crafts-weekend
Trohanny Cottage Tour, Co Meath: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/trohanny-cottage-tour-co-meath-in-association-with-historic-houses-of-ireland
FREE Threads of Memory: Family, Fashion and the Private Archive, Birr Castle, Co Offaly: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/threads-of-memory-family-fashion-and-the-private-archive
Flesh As Witness, Milford House, Co Tipperary: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/flesh-as-witness
Tours of Knockmore House, Co Wicklow: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/tours-of-knockmore-house-co-wicklow-in-association-with-historic-houses-of-ireland
Sunday, August 16th
FREE Guided Tours of Ballydarton Castle: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/tour-of-ballydarton-house-co-carlow-in-association-with-historic-houses-of-ireland
House Tour of Blarney House, Co Cork: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/sunday-opening-of-blarney-house
FREE Open Garden Afternoon at Aghaboe Grange, Co Laois : https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/aghaboe-grange-gardens-open-afternoons-co-laois
Guided Tours of Slane Castle, Co Meath: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/slane-castle-historic-tours
Vernacular Furniture and Traditional Crafts Weekend at Larchill Arcadian Garden, Co Meath: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/vernacular-furniture-and-traditional-crafts-weekend
FREE Threads of Memory: Family, Fashion and the Private Archive, Birr Castle, Co Offaly: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/threads-of-memory-family-fashion-and-the-private-archive
FREE Killoskehane Castle Open Day, Co Tipperary: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/killoskehane-castle-open-day
Tours of Knockmore House, Co Wicklow: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/tours-of-knockmore-house-co-wicklow-in-association-with-historic-houses-of-ireland
Monday, August 17th
Guided Tours of Beaulieu House, Co Louth: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/guided-tours-of-beaulieu-house
FREE Grassland Management Walk, Enniscoe House, Co Mayo: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/moiled-cattle-grassland-management-walk-at-enniscoe-estate
Guided Tours of Slane Castle, Co Meath: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/slane-castle-historic-tours
FREE Bessmount House Tour, Co Monaghan: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/bessmount-house-tour
FREE Walled Garden Tour of Castle Leslie, Co Monaghan: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/a-guided-tour-of-the-walled-garden-at-castle-leslie-estate
FREE Talk at Castle Leslie, Co Monaghan: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/sir-shane-leslies-conversion-to-catholicism-and-how-the-architecture-of-st-salvators-reveals-something-of-his-spiritual-journey
FREE The Cashel Palace Experience, Co Tipperary: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/the-cashel-palace-experience
Tuesday, August 18th
Painting the Flowers of a Summer Meadow, Bantry House, Co Cork: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/painting-the-flowers-of-a-summer-meadow
Guided Tours of Beaulieu House, Co Louth: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/guided-tours-of-beaulieu-house
Guided Tours of Slane Castle, Co Meath: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/slane-castle-historic-tours
FREE Horse Logging Demonstration at Enniscoe House, Co Mayo: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/horse-logging-demonstration-with-alan-lynch
FREE Knockelly Talk, Co Tipperary: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/knockelly-castle-a-work-in-progress
FREE Online Event- Save the Thatch, Parson's Cottage, Co Waterford: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/save-the-thatch
Wednesday, August 19th
FREE Tree and Shrub Trail at Bantry House, Co Cork: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/bantry-house-tree-shrub-trail
FREE Children's Nature Art at Bantry House, Co Cork: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/childrens-nature-art-bantry-house-gardens
Printmaking Workshop at Whitestown House, Co Dublin: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/heritage-week-printmaking-workshop-at-whitestown-house-estate-co-dubiin
FREE Tour of Ballykilcavan Farm, Co Laois: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/tour-of-ballykilcavan-farm
FREE Brilliant Gardens at Ballintubbert House, Co Laois: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/explore-ballintubbert-houses-organic-gardens-co-laois-in-association-with-historic-houses-of-ireland
Guided Tours of Beaulieu House, Co Louth: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/guided-tours-of-beaulieu-house
FREE Organic Garden Walk in Enniscoe House, Co Mayo: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/organic-garden-heritage-walk
An Afternoon of Fashion at Birr Castle, Co Offaly: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/an-afternoon-of-fashion-the-countess-collection
FREE Tour of Gloster House, Co Offaly: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/tour-of-gloster-house-gardens
FREE The Cashel Palace Experience, Co Tipperary: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/the-cashel-palace-experience
Behind the Scenes at Wells House, Co Wexford: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/behind-the-scenes-at-wells-house-heritage-week-tour
Thursday, August 20th
Botanical Art Workshop at Bantry House, Co Cork: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/wild-garden-botanicals-botanical-art-workshop
Guided Tours of Beaulieu House, Co Louth: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/guided-tours-of-beaulieu-house
FREE House Tour of Enniscoe House, Co Mayo: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/activities-at-north-mayo-heritage-centre-enniscoe-estate
An Afternoon of Fashion at Birr Castle, Co Offaly: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/an-afternoon-of-fashion-the-countess-collection
Tour of Loughton House, Co Offaly: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/tour-of-loughton-house
Behind the Scenes at Wells House, Co Wexford: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/behind-the-scenes-at-wells-house-heritage-week-tour
FREE Beneath Your Feet, Conserving the Floors at Russborough House, Co Wicklow: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/beneath-your-feet-conserving-russboroughs-historic-floors
Friday, August 21st
Botanical Art Workshop at Bantry House, Co Cork: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/wild-garden-botanicals-botanical-art-workshop
FREE Woodland Walk, Abbeyleix House and Gardens, Co Laois: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/launch-of-nature-kits
Guided Tour of Roundwood House, Co Laois: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/tour-of-roundwood-house-co-laois-in-association-with-historic-houses-of-ireland
House and Garden Tour of Lisglassock House, Co Longford: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/lissglassock-house-gardens-heritage-week-open-days-in-association-with-historic-houses-of-ireland-2
Guided Tours of Beaulieu House, Co Louth: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/guided-tours-of-beaulieu-house
Lime Pointing Workshop in Slane Castle, Co Meath: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/traditional-lime-mortars-in-practice-mixing-repointing-minor-wall-consolidation
An Afternoon of Fashion at Birr Castle, Co Offaly: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/an-afternoon-of-fashion-the-countess-collection
FREE The Cashel Palace Experience, Co Tipperary: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/the-cashel-palace-experience
The Tower, The Owl and The Meadow- Knockelly Castle, Co Tipperary: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/the-tower-the-owl-and-the-meadow-heritage-at-risk-at-knockelly-castle
Behind the Scenes at Wells House, Co Wexford: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/behind-the-scenes-at-wells-house-heritage-week-tour
Saturday, August 22nd
FREE Exploring Ballygibbon's Built and Natural Heritage, Ballygibbon House, Co Cork: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/ballygibbon-house-creating-a-sanctuary-for-nature-and-heritage-at-risk
FREE Built Landscape and Heritage Walk at Kilrush House, Co Kilkenny: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/built-heritage-landscape-walk-kilrush-house-freshford-co-kilkenny
House and Garden Tour of Lisglassock House, Co Longford: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/lissglassock-house-gardens-heritage-week-open-days-in-association-with-historic-houses-of-ireland-2
Guided Tours of Beaulieu House, Co Louth: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/guided-tours-of-beaulieu-house
FREE Kid's Nature Bingo Walk at Enniscoe House, Co Mayo: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/kids-nature-bingo
An Afternoon of Fashion at Birr Castle, Co Offaly: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/an-afternoon-of-fashion-the-countess-collection
FREE Biodiversity and Woodland Walk at Altidore Castle, Co Wicklow: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/free-woodland-and-biodiversity-walk-at-altidore-castle-in-association-with-wildlife-estates-label-ireland
Sunday, August 23rd
Lead Work at Dunleckney Manor, Co. Carlow: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/leadwork-at-dunleckney-manor-craft-conservation-and-a-living-heritage
Built Landscape and Heritage Walk, Kilrush House, Co Kilkenny: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/built-heritage-landscape-walk-kilrush-house-freshford-co-kilkenny
FREE Bicentenary Talk at Thornfield House, Co Limerick: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/talk-to-mark-bicentenary-of-gen-sir-richard-bourkes-governorship-of-the-cape-of-south-africa
Guided Tours of Beaulieu House, Co Louth: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/guided-tours-of-beaulieu-house
FREE Kid's Nature Bingo Walk at Enniscoe House, Co Mayo: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/kids-nature-bingo
An Afternoon of Fashion at Birr Castle, Co Offaly: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/an-afternoon-of-fashion-the-countess-collection
Library Talk with Peter Cox in Killruddery, Co Wicklow: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/library-talk-with-peter-cox-heritage-at-risk
Three Exceptional Ladies, Killruddery, Co Wicklow: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/three-exceptional-ladies-of-killruddery
Open Every Day!
Guided Tours of Huntington Castle, Co Carlow: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/tours-of-huntington-castle-co-carlow-in-association-with-historic-houses-of-ireland-2
Guided Tours of Corravahan House, Co Cavan: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/corravahan-house-survival-and-conservation
Guided House Tours of Drishane, Co Cork: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/tours-of-drishane-house-co-cork-in-association-with-historic-houses-of-ireland
Garden Tours at Salthill Gardens, Co Donegal: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/garden-tours-at-salthill-gardens
Tours of Burtown House, Co Kildare: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/tours-of-burtown-house-co-kildare-in-association-with-historic-houses-of-ireland
Tours of Harristown House, Co Kildare: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/tours-of-harristown-house-co-kildare-in-association-with-historic-houses-of-ireland
Guided Tours of Kildrought House, Co Kildare: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/house-visit-2
Guided Tours of Leixlip Castle, Co Kildare: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/tours-of-leixlip-castle-co-kildare-in-association-with-historic-houses-of-ireland
Lodge Park Steam Museum and Garden, Co Kildare: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/the-steam-museum-lodge-park-walled-garden
Tours of Moyglare Glebe, Co Kildare: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/tours-of-moyglare-glebe-co-kildare-in-association-with-historic-houses-of-ireland
Guided House and Garden Tours of Shankill Castle, Co Kilkenny: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/visit-shankill-castle-gardens-co-kilkenny-in-association-with-historic-houses-of-ireland
Guided House Tours of Stradbally Hall, Co Laois: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/guided-tours-of-stradbally-hall-co-laois
FREE Guided Tours of Franciscan Abbey on Stradbally Estate, Co Laois: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/free-tours-of-the-franciscan-abbey-stradbally-in-association-with-historic-houses-of-ireland
Guided House Tours of Castlegarde, Co Limerick: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/tours-of-castlegarde-co-limerick
Guided Tours of Barmeath Castle, Co Louth: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/tour-of-barmeath-castle-in-association-with-historic-houses-of-ireland
Tours of Rokeby Hall, Co Louth: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/tours-of-rokeby-hall
Tours of Moyglare Manor, Co Meath: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/tours-of-moyglare-manor-co-meath-in-association-with-historic-houses-of-ireland
Guided Tours of Birr Castle, Co Offaly: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/guided-tours-of-birr-castle
House and Garden Tours of Grenane House, Co Tipperary: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/tour-of-grenane-house-and-gardens-in-association-with-historic-houses-of-ireland
Guided House Tours of Altidore Castle, Co Wicklow: https://www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/guided-tours-of-altidore-castle
