Share in the joy of heritage Heritage Council invites communities across County Tipperary to participate in National Heritage Week 2021
Open the door to heritage is the message from the Heritage Council as it today launched National Heritage Week 2021.
Culture and heritage groups, as well as communities, families and individuals in County Tipperary are invited to get involved and celebrate and share heritage.
Organised by the Heritage Council, National Heritage Week will run from Saturday, 14th – Sunday, 22nd August, and has become one of Ireland’s largest cultural events.
The launch was attended by Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan, TD.
“My department and I are pleased to support this year’s National Heritage Week, which focuses on encouraging the inclusion of as many people as possible in exploring, sharing and enjoying Ireland’s diverse heritage.
I especially welcome the heritage newcomers approach taken this year, which is an invitation to those who are new to heritage to get involved. During lockdowns many of us have had more time to explore our local or personal heritage.
National Heritage Week may be the perfect opportunity to showcase what you have discovered, or to dig deeper and find out more.
Whatever aspect of heritage is chosen, I wish the very best to all those taking part and look forward to seeing the end results in August.”
The Chairman of the Heritage Council, Michael Parsons, said:
“I strongly encourage all project organisers to think meaningfully on how they might include new members of their communities in their projects, and explore aspects of heritage that may have been overlooked in the past.”
Chief Executive of the Heritage Council, Virginia Teehan added:
“National Heritage Week continues to be an important moment for community engagement, wellbeing and social cohesion.
Heritage Week offers the perfect opportunity to showcase a personal heritage project that can be part of the bigger heritage landscape and shared with the wider national community.”
National Heritage Week 2021 will follow the same format as last year, where local heritage groups and organisers, families and communities are invited to develop projects which can be showcased on line.
In-person events will be limited and will be required to adhere to public health advice.
There is no subject-specific theme for National Heritage Week 2021; instead, the focus is on getting as many people to enjoy heritage as possible.
Projects should be completed in time for National Heritage Week (14th-22nd August 2021) when they will be showcased on here.
Accepted formats for showcasing vary from online talks or exhibitions, to a video, podcast, slideshow presentation or blog, to media coverage, a dedicated website or moderated social media account, or by means of small, in-person events, which comply with official public health advice.
A suite of resources to support project development will be available on HeritageWeek.ie as well as a series of webinars which will run in June, presented by the Heritage Council.
For more information, visit here.
