Louth’s Heritage Week 2016 – Event Listing
(presented by date, then starting time – events that are taking place on
several days are listed separately at the end)
(Control + click on the green headings for further information)
Saturday 20th August
Dundalk Tidy Towns’ Open Door Programme will give both locals and visitors a look inside some of Dundalk’s most prominent buildings.
· Dundalk Garda Station, The Crescent – 12 noon *BOOKED OUT!
· St Nicholas’ Church (Green Church), Church Street – 2pm
If you are interested on attending any of the guided tours of the buildings listed above please phone Mary on 042 9324262
Image and Rhyme - a photo and poetry exhibition by Eric O'Neill and John Dixie Nugent
Location: Drogheda Library
Time: 10:00 to 17:00 (also on Saturday 27th August 10:00 to 17:00)
Snippets of Old Ardee
Location: Ardee Library
Time: 11:00 to 17:00
Ringing of Bells
Location: Carlingford Heritage Centre (former Church of Ireland)
Time: Midday
Guided Tours of Magdalene Tower
Location:Magdalene Tower, Patrick Street, Drogheda
Time: 13:00 to 16:00
Off the Tracks - Heritage Walk of Carlingford - Omeath Greenway
Location: Greer's Quay, off the Omeath to Carlingford Road, south of Omeath
Time: 14:00 to 16:00 (plus time to return to your car if it is parked at Greer’s Quay)
The Great Hugh O’Neill 1616-2016
The event will feature compositions and arrangements by composer Michael Holohan, with Mick O’ Brien, the renowned uilleann piper, and readings by special guests.
Location: Old Mellifont Abbey, near Tullyallen, Drogheda
Time: 15:00 to 16:00
Sunday 21st August
Where in the Abbey?
Location: Old Mellifont Abbey, near Tullyallen, Drogheda (Children’s competition)
Time: 10:00 to 17:00 (and also on Sunday 28th August at the same times)
A Medieval Day out at Old Mellifont Abbey
Location: Old Mellifont Abbey, near Tullyallen, Drogheda
Time: 10:00 to 17:00
Free Guided tours and Exhibition
Location: Old Mellifont Abbey, near Tullyallen, Drogheda
Time: 10:00 to 17:00 (and also on Sunday 28th August at the same times)
Barmeath Conducted Garden Tour
Location: Barmeath Castle, Grangebellew, near Dunleer
Time:14:00 to 17:00
Four Drogheda Churches
Location: St Magdalen's Church (Dominican Church), Dominic Street, Drogheda
Time: 14:30 to 16:30
Peninsula Ploughing and Field Day
Location: Castlecarragh, Cooley
Time: Midday to 18:00
Zoe Conway & John McIntyre's Summer Concert Series
Location: Carlingford Heritage Centre, Carlingford
Time: 16:00 to 17:00
Cost: €10
Booking contact: + 353 42 9373454
Monday 22nd August
Thomas D'Arcy McGee Summer School
Location:Carlingford Heritage Centre
Dates and times: Monday 22nd August and Tuesday 23rd August 10:00 to 16:00
Tuesday 23rd August
Louth Volunteers 1914-1918 Exhibition
Location: Louth County Archives Service, the old gaol, Ardee Road, Dundalk
Dates and times:Tuesday 23rd and Wednesday 24th August, 9:30 to 13:00
Thomas D'Arcy McGee Summer School
Location:Carlingford Heritage Centre
Dates and times: Monday 22nd August and Tuesday 23rd August 10:00 to 16:00
Wednesday 24th August
Louth Volunteers 1914-1918 Exhibition
Location: Louth County Archives Service, the old gaol, Ardee Road, Dundalk
Time: 9:30 to 13:00
Heritage - see the signs!
Location:Dundalk Tourist Office, Market Square, Dundalk
Time: 18:00 to 19:00
Five-Bridge Walking Tour of Old Drogheda`
Location: Bridge of Peace
Time: 19:30 to 21:00
Thursday 25th August
Genealogy Workshop
Location:Drogheda Tourist Office, the Tholsel, corner of West and Shop streets, Drogheda
Time: 13:00 to 16:00
‘A Walking Tour of the Designed Landscape at Beaulieu House’
Location:Beaulieu House, just off the R167, Drogheda to Baltray Road (between it and the R166 Drogheda to Termonfeckin Road).
Time: 18:00 to 19:30
Friday 26th August
100 Years of Heritage Poetry, Music & Song
Location: Dundalk Library, Jocelyn Street, Dundalk
Time: 11:00 to 12:30
Children's Gallery Workshop
Location: Highlanes Gallery. Laurence Street, Drogheda
Time: 11:30 to 13:00
Saturday 27th August
Image and Rhyme - a photo and poetry exhibition by Eric O'Neill and John Dixie Nugent
Location: Drogheda Library, Stockwell Lane, Drogheda
Time: 10:00 to 17:00 (also on, at the same times, on Saturday 20th August)
Medieval Drogheda Symposium
Location: Education Centre, Millmount, Drogheda
Time: 12:30 to 16:00
Whale Watch Ireland 2016
Location: Meeting at Port Oriel Upper Car park, Clogherhead
Time: 14:00 to 17:00
Sunday 28th August
Free Guided tours and Exhibition
Location:Old Mellifont Abbey
Time: 10:00 to 17:00 (also on Sunday 21st August)
Where in the Abbey?
Location: Old Mellifont Abbey
Time: 10:00 to 17:00 (also on Sunday 21st August)
Family Fun Day
Location:Drogheda Museum, Millmount Complex
Time: 14:00 to 18:00
Land of Legends 8k Challenge
Location:Clogherhead Beach Car Park
Date: 13:00 to 16:00
Taste Medieval Ale and Mead
Location:Old Mellifont Abbey
Time: 14:00 to 15:30
National Heritage Week Walk and Picnic
Location: Townley Hall Woods
Time: 13:00
Zoe Conway & John McIntyre Summer Series
Location: Carlingford Heritage Centre, Carlingford
Time: 16:00 to 17:00
Cost: €10
Booking contact: + 353 42 9373454
Events being held on several days or all week long
'The Birth of a Nation' exhibition
Location: County Museum, Jocelyn Street, Dundalk
Opening Times: 10.00 to 17.00
Date: Saturday 20th August and then Tuesday 23rd to Saturday 27th. CLOSED ON SUNDAY 21st AND MONDAY 22nd.
Guided Tours
Location: Carlingford Heritage Centre
Dates and Times: 11:00 to 12:00 midday and again from 14:00 to 15:00 on both days at both weekend, so Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st August and Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th August.
Dundalk Heritage Week Colouring Competition
Location:Dundalk Tourist Office, Market Square, Dundalk
Date and Time: Saturday 20th and 27th August 11:00 to 15:00, Closed Sunday 21st and 28th, Monday 22nd August to Friday 26th August 9:30 to 17:00.
Collection Fifteen Minutes
Location:Highlanes Gallery, Laurence Street, Drogheda
Dates: Sunday 21st to Saturday 27th August, from 13:15 to 13:30 each day
Our Heritage (Art Exhibition)
Location: Listoke House and Art Gallery, Ballymakenny Road, just north of Drogheda
Date: Everyday but Sunday, so Saturday 20th and then Monday 22nd to Saturday 27th August 10:00 to 21:00 everyday.