Heritage Week 2023 launched

THe Minister of state for Heritage and electoral reform, Malcolm noonan Td, recently launched national Heritage Week 2023, which takes place from August 12 to August 20. A colourful range of events and projects celebrating all aspects of our heritage will take place across the country as communities, families, holiday makers, and people of all ages and backgrounds are encouraged to get out and explore their heritage. have been passed from one generation to the next, and are still in use today.

Over 1,000 free events and projects have already been registered with that figure expected to reach close to 2,000 before the festivities kick off.

The theme for national Heritage Week this year is ‘Living Heritage’ which is defined as the practices, knowledge and that

As such, many events and projects will focus on the keeping alive of these crafts and skills, and this year’s launch took place at the workshop of Tom Mcdonnell and James Collins, two of the last remaining men practicing the dying trade of Traveller tinsmithing.