National Heritage Week is almost here -  17^th – 25^th August.

Heritage Week is co-ordinated nationally by The Heritage Council and locally by the Heritge Office of Wicklow County Council. This year we are spoiled for choice with 76 events to choose from in County Wicklow.

Full details of all events are available on www.heritageweek.ie (for Wicklow events filter by county) or by clicking on the event links below.

Big thanks to n the Wicklow branch libraries who are hosting so many events and to all the volunteers and community groups throughout the county who have organised events to shine a light on their local place and heritage.

The majority of events are free and family friendly. Please spread the word, check out an event near you or even discover a new part of the garden county!

County Wicklow Events Trail 17^th- 25^th August 2024

See  County Wicklow Heritage Week Events Trail 2024 or scroll down to download an event programme in pdf format

Click on the events list below for more details.

 

·  Walking with bats in Newcastle

·  See inside a Freemasons Lodge

·  Celebrating Handmade

·  Sunset Hike up Church Mountain

·  Dunlavin's Railway Heritage

·  Discover Dunlavin’s Heritage: A Guided Walk

·  Railway Art Workshop

·  Children’s Railway Inspiration Ramble

·  Traditional Irish Music Night

·  Guided Tour by Rob Goodbody of St. Paul's Church and Graveyard

·  Bray Biodiversity Action Plan and Bat Walk

·  Art O'Neill and Twelve Graves Heritage Walk, Glenmalure.

·  Native Tree Trail @ Wild Eala

·  Meet our trees- Talk & Walk

·  Old Connaught Graveyard Opening During Heritage Week

·  Big Dig @ Glendalough

·  Wicklow War of Independence Exhibition

·  Wicklow Gaol Comrades Exhibition

·  A Tour of Greystones Focusing on Greystones and the Coming of the Railway

·  Killruddery House Tours

·  Soil and Biodiversity - A Web of Connection

·  Soil and Biodiversity - A Web of Connection

·  ‘The Avoca River... connecting people, nature and culture’

·  Bat Walk at Knocksink Wood

·  Plant Maintenance and Propagation for Pollinators in Bray

·  Open Day at St. Kevin's Church of Ireland, Hollywood

·  Invasive Species and How We Can Help Our Nature Reserves

·  House Tour of Altidore Castle

·  Dry Stone Walls. Our Perceptions. Their Ecology.

·  Exploring the Vartry - Celebrating Water Day

·  Open Day at Wicklow Head Lighthouse

·  A Talk Given By Brian White entitled "What you didn't know about Enniskerry Parish"

·  Heritage Hike: Church Mountain

·  Heritage Hike: Wicklow's Hilltop Passage Tombs

·  Garden Quest: A Plant-Powered Adventure

·  Connecting People, Plants and Place.

·  Organ Music and Woodcarvings, Christ Church Bray

·  Irish Trees & Ogham Art with Liz Tiernan

·  Irish Trees & Ogham Art with Liz Tiernan

·  Enniskerry Heritage Stroll

·  Family History Clinic

·  Family History Clinic

·  "All Paths Lead to Glendalough" A Celebration of The Saint Kevin's Way

·  Open Afternoon St Kevin's Church Glendalough OPW

·  Folklore Tour of Glendalough OPW

·  Family Friendly Tour Glendalough OPW

·  Family History Clinic

·  In the Belly of the Beast: Tales from Wicklow’s Historic Jail

·  A-MAZE-ing Heritage Day at Russborough

·  Arklow Library Writers' Room Showcase

·  Out There Somewhere - The Graves of The National Army 1922-24

·  Dublin & Blessington Steam Tram

·  Medieval Pilgrimage to Glendalough

·  Wicklow’s Historic Graveyards: Connecting our Communities

·  Wicklow Barn Owls: Connecting Pellets, Poo and Library Cards!

·  JUNIOR Hydro Engineer Turlough Hill Tour

·  Wicklow's Military Road - Connecting Landscape, People & Place

·  Donard Village Evening Bat Walk

·  Glendalough in LEGO Workshops for Neurodivergent Families

·  "Take a Local Link to the Past for National Heritage Week"

·  The Urban Wilderness Project

·  ISL Tour of Glendalough's Monastic Site OPW

·  Free Admission to Glendalough Visitor Centre

·  The Poetry Chair

·  Kilmacurragh - Rebuilding the Collections

·  Kilmacurragh - Nature Walk with Richard Nairn

·  Delgany's Heritage Trail & the Glen of the Downs Nature Reserve

·  ESB Turlough Hill 50th Anniversary Tour

·  Who Were the Kennedys of Mount Kennedy?

·  Tour of Wicklow's Historic Gaol

·  Tinahely Heritage Walk

·  A Book Lost in Time - Rediscovered! A talk about life in Wicklow town in the late 1600s

·  Tinahely Heritage Market Day

·  Tour of Nun's Cross Church, Kiliskey Parish, Ashford, Wicklow

·  Open day at Glenealy Parish Church: Tours & Talk

·  Bandstand to Harbour, Bray