National Heritage Week 2006 - County Carlow

August 26th – September 3rd

Full listing of all events taking place in County Carlow will be published here shortly. To ensure inclusion of your organisations event contact Carlow County Museum urgently with details. Events can range from anything like talks, walks, exhibitions, to demonstrations, storytelling, fieldtrips, activities, re-enactments, lectures and  commemorations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Heritage Boat Association celebrating Heritage Week 2005 on the banks of the River Barrow in Graiguenamanagh. Photo: Carlow County Museum.

Heritage Week 2006 will run from Saturday August 26th to Sunday 3rd September inclusively. Heritage Week activities are organised across forty European countries. Its main aims are to promote awareness of our built, natural and cultural heritage thereby encouraging its conservation and preservation and to promote Europe's common cultural heritage and to foster mutual understanding. The theme Europe: A Common Heritage has been adopted as a permanent theme by the Council of Europe. Where possible events should be free of charge and where it is not possible please try to offer special concessions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At the Ballon Improvement Group (B.I.G.) lecture on Ballon Hill in Ballykealey Manor Hotel, Ballon, (L to R) Alison Harvey, Heritage Council, Michael Martin, Chairman of B.I.G. and Maeve Sikora, National Museum of Ireland.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Walking up Slieve Ban from the Nine Stones Carpark on the Blackstairs Mountain Range.

Over the past two years Carlow County Museum has co-ordinated the county publicity of all events taking place in Carlow and the 2006 Heritage Week will be no different. Similar to previous years, in the week leading up to and during Heritage Week there will be advertisements in the local media to promote the various events organised throughout the county. Press releases will also be issued for inclusion in newspapers and radio news bulletins. Also, it is hoped for a number of organisations to have the opportunity to promote their event on local radio. A brochure/ flyer containing a list of all events will also be published. A detailed listing of the various events will appear here as well as on the Local Authorities website, www.carlow.ie 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Inland Waterways Association’s Barrow Branch Heritage Week Walk from St. Mullins Lock to Tinnahinch Lock.

 At a national level Heritage Week is coordinated by the Heritage Council. They have set up a dedicated website www.heritageweek.ie and you can register or check events taking place in other counties and nationally.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peadar McArdle, Director of the Geological Survey of Ireland pointing out rock specimens on the Blackstairs Mountains.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From the heights of the Blackstairs Mountains Peadar McArdle uses the fantastic view of County Carlow to show the geological make up of the county.