Heritage Week 2026

National Heritage Week celebrates Ireland’s cultural, built and natural heritage, bringing together volunteers, community groups and heritage enthusiasts to share their experience, knowledge culture and practices. At a time of accelerating environmental change, social transformation, and technological shift, National Heritage Week 2026 explores the theme of Heritage at Risk, inviting us to reflect on how we can respond to this with care, creativity, and collective responsibility. 

Read on for individual event listings:

Discovering the heritage and history of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown

Book of Kells workshop for Heritage Week