Louth Heritage

02/11/2026

Check out some of the Heritage Week events still to come this weekend in Dundalk & surrounding areas!

• From Edison to Spotify www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/from-edison-to-spotify

• Genealogy Clinics www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/genealogy-clinics

• Set Dancing Céilí Mor www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/set-dancing-c%C3%A9il%C3%AD-mor

• Travel the mass path -from Bronze age to Booleying • www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/travel-the-mass-path-from-bronze-age-to-booley-2

• Film: Screening of the lifting of Dundalk Central Cabin in 1996 www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/film-screening-of-the-lifting-of-dundalk-central-cabin-in-1996

• Learn to Make Nettle Cordage. Meet the Trees and Plants Along the Sidella Laneway www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/learn-to-make-nettle-cordage-meet-the-trees-and-plants-along-the-sidella-lane

• Ramparts River Walk • Stories of the past. Visions of the Future www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/ramparts-river-walk-stories-of-the-past-visions-of-the-future-3

• Symbol of Hope in Louth • www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/symbol-of-hope-louth

• Tour of Anaverna House • www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/tour-os-anaverna-house-2

• Our Seed Saving Heritage • Garden Workshop and Tour www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/our-seed-saving-heritage-garden-workshop-and-tour

A full list of events taking place across the county can be found at www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings?q=&where%5B%5D=louth

02/11/2026

📢Applications Open: Community Monuments Fund 2027

Owners and custodians of archaeological monuments in Louth can now apply for funding to conserve, maintain, protect, and present our heritage.

Louth County Council administers the fund locally on behalf of the National Monuments Service.

📆 Deadline: 4:00pm, Friday 22nd January 2027

🔗 For details see the link in bio

07/10/2026

The Viking Age is set to come alive in Annagassan this weekend as The Glyde Inn hosts a special Viking Day on Saturday 10th October, in partnership with Boyne Valley Events & Lakes Vikings.

Running from 12pm to 5pm, the event will offer visitors the chance to step back in time and discover what life was like during the Viking Age – with free entry for everyone.

The afternoon will feature a range of Viking-themed activities, including the opportunity to meet Viking warriors, explore Viking craft displays, chat with knowledgeable Viking enthusiasts, watch a Viking games display, and experience history through an immersive Viking VR Experience.

The event is particularly fitting for Annagassan, a village with a fascinating Viking heritage dating back to the 9th century.

“We’re really looking forward to welcoming the Vikings to The Glyde Inn,” said Conor O’Neill of The Glyde Inn.

“Annagassan has such an incredible Viking story, and we wanted to create an event that brings some of that history to life in a fun and engaging way. It’s not every day you get to walk into your local pub and find yourself surrounded by Vikings!

“The event is completely free, so we’re encouraging families, locals and visitors to come along, meet the Vikings, try something different and enjoy an afternoon in Annagassan.”

The Viking VR Experience will provide visitors with an opportunity to immerse themselves in the Viking world, while the craft displays and demonstrations will offer an insight into the skills and traditions of the period.

The event is being delivered in partnership with Boyne Valley Events & Lakes Vikings, who will bring their Viking characters, displays and expertise to Annagassan for the day.

For younger visitors in particular, the event promises to be an exciting and interactive way to discover local history – moving beyond the pages of a history book and allowing them to see, experience and interact with aspects of Viking life.

With free admission, there is no need to book – visitors can simply come along to The Glyde Inn between 12pm and 5pm on Saturday 10th October.

VIKINGS AT THE GLYDE INN
📅 Saturday 10th October 2026
⏰ 12pm – 5pm
📍 The Glyde Inn, Annagassan, Co. Louth
🎟️ FREE ENTRY

Activities include:

⚔️ Meet the Vikings
🧶 Viking Craft Displays & Chats
🛡️ Viking Games Display
🥽 Viking VR Experience

Come and experience the Viking history of Annagassan – and meet the Vikings along the way!

ENDS
For further information, interviews or photographs, please contact:

Conor at The Glyde Inn
Annagassan, Co. Louth
📞 0879495064
📧 [email protected]
🌐 www.theglydeinn.ie

22/09/2026

Have you seen wild birds feeding on a GAA pitch?

22/09/2026

16/09/2026

Culture Night 2026 in Millmount Museum

Join us for this year's Culture Night on Friday 18 September 2026 from 5pm to 9pm.

6pm official opening of Corey Davenport Photography 'Silence & Stone' exhibition in our Jim Garry Room.

7.30pm to 8.30pm we welcome back Hup! who will play a few traditional tunes.

Free admission to museum and tower from 5pm to 9pm
Please note that the tower will close at 8pm!

On the night as well:

Shane's Tasty Smash Burgers
Museum Book Shop
Craft Shops

Free car parking

16/09/2026

Greenore was developed by a British railway company as a port for its ferry services between Ireland and Britain (Holyhead/Caergybi). Though the ferries and the railway lines are long gone, Greenore remains an important port and one of the most interesting villages in Louth. It is an industrial village, built, more or less, in one go, to standard designs. It has something of the appearance of a British industrial town.

16/09/2026

Reminder!
Have you an hour to spare on Saturday morning?

02/09/2026

Wow!

One of Europe's greatest sculptures is about to be recreated by hand.
For the next several years I will be reconstructing Muiredach's High Cross here in County Mayo using traditional stone carving methods.
When I accepted this commission, I thought I was simply beginning another major carving.
I soon realised it had become something much bigger.
This is not simply the making of a sculpture. It is an attempt to recover and record the knowledge required to recreate one of Ireland's greatest monuments.
Standing just over 17 feet high, Muiredach's High Cross is almost exactly the same height as Michelangelo's David, despite having been carved almost six centuries earlier. Art historians have described the great Irish High Crosses as among the most significant freestanding sculptures created in Western Europe between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance.
The project will begin with full-size studies of the individual narrative panels before moving on to the complete reconstruction.
Every stage will be documented.
Every panel will tell its own story.
Every lesson learned will become part of the educational record.
I've written the first essay explaining why this project matters, how it began, and what I hope it will become.
If you're interested in Irish craftsmanship, monumental sculpture, archaeology, or simply the process of bringing knowledge back to life through making, I'd be delighted if you joined me on the journey.
The first article is now available on my Substack.






















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