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Runners-up of the Wild Child Award were Ballycumber Tidy Towns (L-R) Eddie Buckley, Emer Doherty , Tony Ennis. TT4505GS
The Heritage Council has congratulated the winners and runners up across seven different award categories in a ceremony that took place recently in Gloster Hous in Offaly.
Two Offaly groups, Bracknagh Heritage and Ballycumber Tidy Towns, were among those recognised for their endeavours, both taking home runner-up awards.
Bracknagh Heritage was runner-up in the Living Heritage Award category, which recognises events that successfully encouraged a greater appreciation of an element of our living heritage - traditional crafts, skills and practices. The event organised by Bracknagh Heritage brought people to the historical site of St Brochan’s Well and monastery. The celebration included the reinstatement of a statue of St. Brochan and the planting of whitethorn trees in keeping with the tradition of each tree representing one of the twelve apostles.
Meanwhile, Ballycumber Tidy Towns was a runner-up in the Wild Child Award category. This category recognises the event that successfully encouraged children and families to get outdoors so that they can enjoy and explore the heritage and biodiversity in their locality. Their event, entitled River Brosna Heritage Fest, featured a citizen science sampling event in the river with a catchment scientist inviting children to participate. It also included a nature walk with a local ecologist and an evening of entertainment focusing on the heritage and history of the village and river.
The National Heritage Awards recognises the enormous contribution of individuals and community groups across Ireland in ensuring the preservation, protection, and promotion of Ireland’s built, natural and cultural heritage.
The awards honour those organisers who created the most engaging and inspiring events and projects for National Heritage Week 2023 as well as Ireland’s Heritage Hero. Almost 2,000 events and projects took place around the country in August during National Heritage Week, as communities and individuals answered the Heritage Council’s invitation to explore this year’s theme of living heritage.
A full list of award categories winners and runners-up is available below:
https://www.heritageweek.ie/news/national-heritage-week-awards-2023
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