Heritage Week 12th – 20th August 2023
Heritage Week 2023 runs from Saturday 12th – Sunday 20th August
National Heritage Week celebrates all things heritage. It brings together communities, families organisations, cultural institutions, academics and enthusiasts, to build awareness about the value of heritage and supports its conservation. This year the focus is on living heritage, practices, knowledge and skills that have been passed from one generation to the next, and are still in use today.
Waterford Libraries are delighted to offer a wide variety of events, exhibitions, talks, walks and workshops across our branches for Heritage Week 2023.
Click Here to View and Download the Waterford Libraries Heritage Week Events Programme
Details of all events and further information about Heritage Week are available on www.heritageweek.ie
Exhibition – Waterford Artillery Barracks
Photographs from The Poole Collection
Waterford Artillery Barracks – Photographs from The Poole Collection.
Researched by Annette Wallace, Waterford Libraries. Reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Ireland and supported by Europe Direct Waterford.
Date: 31 July – 31 August
Time: During Library Opening Hours
Venue: Index Gallery, Central Library
Free Event – Booking Not Required
Contact Central Library on 051 849975 or centrallibrary@waterfordcouncil.ie for further information.
Calligraphy Workshop – Event for Children
Get ready to celebrate Heritage Week 2023 with this fun Calligraphy Workshop in Central Library. Calligraphy is the art of creating a beautiful piece of writing. Celebrate the skills of the past by creating a mindful piece of writing at Central Library.
Listen to some stories about writing and art, write your favourite line from a poem or book on fancy paper, and add an illuminated letter like the scribes of the past!
Suitable for children ages 5 – 10years.
Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. (Parents & guardians are welcome to create a piece of calligraphy of their own!)
Date: Friday 4th August
Time: 10.00 am
Venue: Central Library
Free Event – Booking Required
Contact Central Library on 051 849975 or centrallibrary@waterfordcouncil.ie for bookings and further information.
Hand Sewing Repair Workshop
with Caroline O’Toole
Find out more about traditional hand sewing skills and clothes repair at this hands on sewing workshop with fashion graduate, sewing skills tutor & childrenswear designer Caroline O’Toole.
This workshop is free but places are limited.
Date: Saturday 12th August
Time: 10:00am – 1:00pm
Venue: Central Library
Free Event – Booking Required
Contact Central Library on 051 849975 or centrallibrary@waterfordcouncil.ie for bookings and further information.
Walking Into The Past – “Lady Elizabeth’s Cove”
with Paul Brent
This is a walk which will start at Tramore Coastguard Cultural Centre and follow the Doneraile Walk down into Lady Elizabeth’s Cove.
Paul Brent, a local historian, will take people back in time and introduce them to some of the people that lived there and their lifestyles.
Along the way people will view some of the historical sites in the Cove, including: the Old Coastguard Station, The Haunted Well, The Capstan of the Monmouthshire.
Date: Sunday 13th August
Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Venue: Tramore Coastguard Cultural Centre
Free Event – Booking Not Required
Contact Tramore Library on 051 849755 or bhurley@waterfordcouncil.ie for further information.
Research Methods Workshop
with Dr. Bláithín Hurley
Find out about research methods and effective research skills that can be applied to genealogy research, local history research and general research.
This workshop will inform participants on the resources available to them through the library which can help them delve into their family lineage, unravel a local history mystery or undertake a historical research project.
Whether you’re an amateur historian, a curious genealogist, or a research enthusiast, this workshop will offer valuable insights into research.
Date: Monday 14th August
Time: 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Venue: Ardkeen Library
Free Event – Booking Required
Contact Ardkeen Library on 051 849755 or ardkeenlibrary@waterfordcouncil.ie for bookings and further information.
The Malcolmson Family – A Social History
by Maria Walsh
Maria Walsh, a local author, is set to deliver a talk on the intriguing tale of the Malcomson family, drawing from her book ‘Dunmore East – A Social History.’ With unparalleled access to the family’s private archives during her research, Maria’s talk promises to unveil lesser-known facts about the family.
Adding depth to her narrative, she will incorporate photos from the Malcolmson family’s personal collection and the Cologne, Germany archives, where the brothers played a pivotal role in the development of German industrialization in the Ruhr Valley.
Date: Tuesday 15th August
Time: 6:30pm – 7:30pm
Venue: Ardkeen Library
Free Event – Booking Required
Contact Ardkeen Library on 051 849755 or ardkeenlibrary@waterfordcouncil.ie for bookings and further information.
Horrid Histories of Dungarvan – Talk for Children & Families by Willie Whelan
Historian Willie Whelan will be in Dungarvan Library to tell us about the Horrid Histories of Dungarvan! This talk is for Children, but open to all who are interested.
This event is free but places are limited.
Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Date: Wednesday 16th August
Time: 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Venue: Dungarvan Library
Free Event – Booking Required
Contact Dungarvan Library on 058 21141 or dungarvanlibrary@waterfordcouncil.ie for bookings and further information.
Research Methods Workshop
with Dr. Bláithín Hurley
Find out about research methods and effective research skills that can be applied to genealogy research, local history research and general research.
This workshop will inform participants on the resources available to them through the library which can help them delve into their family lineage, unravel a local history mystery or undertake a historical research project.
Whether you’re an amateur historian, a curious genealogist, or a research enthusiast, this workshop will offer valuable insights into research.
Date: Wednesday 16th August
Time: 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Venue: Central Library
Free Event – Booking Required
Contact Central Library on 051 849975 or centrallibrary@waterfordcouncil.ie for bookings and further information.
Launch of John Young’s Donated Collection with a Presentation of Waterford Maritime History – A Historical Sketch by Andrew Doherty
To launch John Young’s donated book collection in Waterford Libraries, Andrew Doherty will present a talk on Waterford’s Maritime History, including the important work that John Young has done and is detailed in his book, A Maritime and General History of Dungarvan 1690-1978.
This illustrated slideshow will explore the maritime history of the county by taking a virtual tour from Waterford city to Ardmore exploring the maritime heritage that exists through memory, built heritage, placenames, and/or documentation. It will highlight the depth of heritage that exists and provide some awareness of opportunities to develop this.
Light refreshments served.
This event is free but places are limited.
Date: Thursday 17th August
Time: 6:30pm
Venue: Dungarvan Library
Free Event – Booking Required
Contact Dungarvan Library on 058 21141 or dungarvanlibrary@waterfordcouncil.ie for bookings and further information.
Basket Weaving Demonstration
with Cathy Hayden
Find out more about the traditional skill of basket weaving with a demonstration from local Tramore basket maker Cathy Hayden.
Cathy did her apprenticeship in basketmaking at Shanahan’s workshop in Carrick-on-Suir’s Chapel Street in the early 1980s. Shanahan’s was one of the last of Ireland’s old-style commercial basketmakers, three generations of basket weavers harvesting willow annually from their land by the banks of the River Suir. The workshop was the subject of one of the famous RTE Hands documentaries and is featured in John Seymour’s book The Forgotten Crafts.
She has been a Waterford Crafts member for nearly 30 years. From her studio in Drumcannon in Tramore, Cathy runs basketry workshops for beginners and grows her own willow for all her baskets.
Date: Thursday 17th August
Time: 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Venue: Central Library
Free Event – Booking Required
Contact Central Library on 051 849975 or centrallibrary@waterfordcouncil.ie for bookings and further information.
Talk on Ring Irish
with Pádraigín Ní Chadhla
Join us in Dungarvan Library on Friday 18th August from 11:00am – 12:00pm for a talk examining the unique heritage of Ring Irish presented by Pádraigín Ní Chadhla. All are wellcome.
Date: Friday 18th August
Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm
Venue: Dungarvan Library
Free Event – Booking Not Required
Contact Dungarvan Library on 058 21141 or dungarvanlibrary@waterfordcouncil.ie for further information.
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