Heritage Week

Heritage Week 2!

Heritage Week is an ideal opportunity to get out and explore County Carlow walking or cycling! One of ireland’s off the beaten track hidden gems.Here is a short video of Carlow images

Heritage Week!

August 18 – Aug 26 is Heritage Week. There are thousands of events across the country and there a number in county Carlow too.

I never cease to be amazed by the number of heritage sites in the Count y, many are obscure, hidden away, little is known about them but they are important links with our past. Heritage Week is an opportunity to get out and about and maybe locate some of them and explore your local area.

During the year I visited quite an mont of sites and I have showcased them on the video below:

I hope to put up another post later in the week of other places of interest.

Our roots are in our cultural heritage. We are fortunate in this country to have so many wonderful heritage sites in every county. Some are well known but there are a host of unmarked sites that are not promoted or signposted.

It’s so important that we protect these sites and monuments which are a direct link with our past. As this is heritage week it might be a good time to get out on your bike or walk to visit these connections with our distant and recent past.

I have included a lot of sited on my routes in my book ‘South Leinster Cycle Routes’ and they tell wonderful stories of this part of @ancienteastIRL

Here is a random collection of photographs of some of the sites encountered while cycling the 30 routes across Carlow, Kilkenny, Laois, Kildare, Wicklow and Wexford: