Heritage Week in the Republic takes place from 17th to 25th August 2024.
This is a listing of all IH related events compiled on 5th August 2024. Additional events may be added to this list at a later date.
Further details about each event can be found on the Heritage Week 2024 webpage for each event (linked to below). This will include booking requirements (if any) and event location and time(s).
CARLOW
Exploring the River Barrow through Archives 19th to 23rd August 2024
Borris Viaduct – sixteen arches and how many memrories? 23 August 2024
CAVAN
Mill Stones of Slieve Rushen Mountain – 20 August 2024
CLARE
Bicentenary of Bealaclugga Bridge in Spanish Point 17 August 2024
Caherconnell Furnace Festival 24 to 25 August 2024
Lecture on “The Industrial History of Sixmilebridge” 23 August 2024
Open Day at Loop Head Lightkeeper’s Houses 25 August 2024
Tour of Ardnacrusha ESB Hydro-electric Station 19 to 23 August 2024
CORK CITY
Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway 1850 to 1932 17 August 2024
How Gunpowder was made in 19th Century – Walk and Talk 17 August 2024
CORK COUNTY
Hammers and Steel. Open day at the Forge. 24 August 2024
Illustrated talk: The Kinsale Railway Past and Present 24 August 2024
Open Day at Galley Head Lightkeeper’s Houses 25 August 2024
Unveiling of Timeline of Ballinascarthy Railway 1886 – 1961 18 August 2024
DONEGAL
Building the Burtonport Extension Railway 20 August 2024
Open Day at Railway Crossing Cottage 25 August 2024
Open Day at St. John’s Point Lightkeeper’s Houses 25 August 2024
The Wee Donegal in pictures 17 August 2024
Tour of Leitir Corn Mill Kilcar 24 August 2024
DUBLIN CITY
Dublin’s Deep Sea Port Walking Tour 17 and 20 August 2024
Dublin’s Golden Triangle Walking Tour 23 August 2024
Guided Tour: Marking 200 years since the first Ordnance Survey of Ireland 19 and 20 August 2024
Irish Waterways Transport Tour 19, 21 and 23 August 2024
John Spicer’s bakery and shop, Balbriggan (1904-1999), and his links with Dublin city. 21 August 2024
Phibsboro’s Canal Heritage – Walk & Talk 20, 22 and 24 August 2024
DUBLIN COUNTY
Clonsilla & Royal Canal Heritage Walk 18 August 2024
Connecting the East Coast. Celebrating 180 years of the Dublin to Drogheda Railway Line 19 August 2024
Dublin to Drogheda Railway Talk – 17 August 2024
Harcourt Street Line and Foxrock Station 19 August 2024
Lucan Steam and Electric Trams: 1881 – 1940 17 August 2024
The Earliest Railways of Dalkey and Killiney. 19 August 2024
GALWAY CITY
Rivers and Waterways. Walking Tour. 22 August 2024
KERRY
“Coast to Coast Aboard the Faraday” Exhibition 24 August 2024
Breaking the Cable Monopoly 24 August 2024
KILDARE
Connections, Routes and Networks of Sallins Village 17, 19-24 August 2024
Leixlip: Connections through River, Tolled Road, Stagecoach, Tram and Railway 19 August 2024
Tour of Hydroelectric Facilities & General Buildings and Gardens at Celbridge Mill 17 August 2024
Tutty’s Shoemakers – Remembered on HANDS TV Series 21 August 2024
KILKENNY
A Journey through Time at Merino Mill 21 August 2024
The Irish Marble Company 1730 – 1930 20, 21 August 2024
Tour of Dunphy’s Mill 17 August 2024
LAOIS
Life in the Mountmellick Malt Factory 17 and 20 to 24 August 2024
Tour of the Malthouse Stradbally 24 August 2024
LIMERICK
Barnagh Tunnel Nature Walk 17 August 2024
LONGFORD
Simulation of R.L. Edgeworth’s Pioneering Telegraphic Message from Dublin to Galway in 1803 17 August 2024
LOUTH
Walking Tour Celebrating 175 Years of Railways in Dundalk 20 August 2024
MEATH
Connecting with Martry Mill 20 August 2024
MONAGHAN
Blacksmith Forge Essexford Cross 17 August 2024
Mullan Factory Tours 22 August 2024
OFFALY
Industrial Heritage Walk Along Clara’s Dickensian Mile. 17 August 2024
ROSCOMMON
A Local Railway History, “Detailing Two Contrasting Railway stations” 22 August 2024
A Virtual Railway Journey as a Reflection on Community and Economic Experiences of our Ancestors 23 August 2024
Elphin Windmill Guided tours 17 – 25 August 2024
‘The Cut’ on the Lung River 25 August 2024
SLIGO
Lecture on the last of the Prince Merchants of Sligo, Authur Jackson 23 August 2024
TIPPERARY
Charles Bianconi Chapel 17, 18, 24 August
Charles Bianconi Documentary – County Museum, Clonmel 24 August 2024
(Charles) Bianconi themed walk Cahir 25 August 2024
Charles Bianconi Documentary – Cahir Castle 25 August 2024
Charles Bianconi Documentary – Cashel Library 23 August 2024
Connections, Routes and Networks – Journeys on the Towpath, River Suir 17 August 2024
Tour of Fancroft Mill and Gardens 25 August 2024
WATERFORD
A history of the Waterford to Mallow Railway Line 21 August 2024
A history of the Waterford to Mallow Railway Line 24 August 2024
Tour through Fairbrook Mill/Garden 17, 18 August 2024
WESTMEATH
Moate and Snowcream: A Journey Together 17, 19 to 24 August 2024
The Bridges of Athlone Exhibition 17, 19 to 24 August 2024
Tour of Mullingar Railway Station 19, 22 August 2024
WEXFORD
Photographic display recalling the Construction of the N25 New Ross Bypass Bridge 21 August 2024
The River Barrow & The Port of New Ross 22 August 2024
WICKLOW
Dublin & Blessington Steam Tram 17 August 2024
ESB Turlough Hill 50th Anniversary Tour 19 to 23 August 2024
Open Day at Wicklow Head Lighthouse 25 August 2024
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