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Launch of County Donegal Heritage
Week
03.08.18
NATIONAL Heritage Week
takes place from Saturday, August 18 to Sunday,
August 26 and is coordinated by The Heritage Council
and Local Authority Heritage Officers.
The aims of heritage week are to raise awareness of
our heritage and to encourage its preservation,
conservation and promotion. County Donegal is the
county with the most events taking place per head of
population. Events include built heritage open days,
guided walks, heritage site visits, fieldtrips,
exhibitions, illustrated presentations, workshops,
storytelling, historical re-enactments, children’s
activities and traditional skills demonstrations. |
The County Donegal
Heritage Office has compiled the
Heritage Week Event Guide which is a free,
pocket-size booklet that outlines 116 events taking
place across Donegal and most of them are
free. The event guide will be launched at Glenveagh
Castle, Glenveagh National Park on Tuesday, August 7
at 12 noon by Cllr. Seamus Ó Domhnaill,
Cathaoirleach, Donegal County Council. Everyone is
welcome to attend and light refreshments will be
served.
“As 2018 is the European Year of Cultural Heritage,
people are encouraged to ‘make a connection’ with
their heritage whether it’s at a local, national or
european level” explains Joseph Gallagher, County
Donegal Heritage Officer.
“The theme of this year’s heritage week is ‘Share a
Story’ and County Donegal has lots of stories to
tell about its heritage, landscape, environment,
history, folklore, traditional skills and the lives
of its inhabitants.”
Copies of the County Donegal Heritage Week Event
Guide will be available in tourist offices,
libraries, public service centres, museums and
heritage centres next week and on-line at
www.heritageweek.ie . |
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