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WIN a Family Heritage Card

WIN a Family Heritage Card

WIN a Family Heritage Card on Big Bay Breakfast with Garry Curran! 🎉

From 16th to 24th August 2025, Galway will burst into life for National Heritage Week — with over 50 incredible events celebrating the county’s cultural, natural, built, and intangible heritage. From the cobbled streets of Galway City to the wild beauty of Connemara, you can enjoy exhibitions, walking tours, storytelling sessions, heritage talks, craft workshops, music, dance, and much more — many completely free and family-friendly!

And here’s the best part… Next week on Big Bay Breakfast with Garry Curran, we’re giving you the chance to win 1 x Family Heritage Card EVERY DAY!

These cards — valued at €90 each — give FREE access for one family (2 adults and up to five children over 12) to more than 45 OPW-managed heritage sites across Ireland. You can visit as many attractions as you like during the card’s validity — from ancient castles to stunning gardens and historic houses.

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National Heritage Week is all about this year’s theme, “Exploring Our Foundations”, inviting us to reflect on Ireland’s natural, built, and cultural beginnings. You can even create your own personalised event schedule with the “My Events Trail” feature at heritageweek.ie so you don’t miss a thing.

So tune in to Big Bay Breakfast with Garry Curran next week, listen out for your cue to call, and you could be off on a summer full of heritage adventures — on us!

Highlighted Events in Galway City & County

Galway City Museum Talks & Displays

  • The Claddagh Ring – 16 Aug, 12:00–12:45pm
  • The Statue of Pádraic Ó Conaire – 19 Aug, 12:00–12:45pm
  • The Galway Shawl – 20 Aug, 12:00–12:45pm
  • The Great Mace of Galway – 21 Aug, 12:00–12:45pm
  • The Galway Hooker – 22 Aug, 12:00–12:45pm
  • Lough Corrib: A Rich Heritage – 16–23 Aug, daily 10:00am–5:00pm

City Walks & Tours

  • A Journey Through Galway, Past & Present – 18 & 20 Aug, 12:30–2:00pm
  • Peadar O’Dowd Memorial Waterways Tour – 20 Aug, 2:00–4:00pm
  • Tour of the Franciscan Abbey Graveyard – 19 Aug, 2:00–3:45pm
  • Galway Fossil Walk – 20 Aug, 10:00–11:30am
  • Computer & Communications Museum Tour – 16 Aug, 2:00–4:00pm

Heritage Across the County

  • Claregalway Medieval Church Conservation – 24 Aug, 7:30–8:30pm
  • Tour of Aughrim Battlefield – 17 Aug, 12:00–2:00pm
  • Exploring Ballinasloe’s Water Heritage – 20 Aug, 2:15–4:00pm
  • Ross Errilly Friary Guided Tours – 19–22 Aug, 10:30–11:30am
  • Moylough Castle Talk – 21 Aug, 8:00–9:00pm
  • D’Arcy 300 Commemorative Talks – 22–24 Aug (times vary)
  • Open Day at Conservation Letterfrack Workshop – 24 Aug, 10:00am–5:00pm

Nature & Family Events

  • Children of Lir Papercrafts – 23 Aug, 11:00am–12:30pm
  • Wonderful Wildflowers Walk – 23 Aug, 2:00–3:30pm
  • Trees in Irish Culture & Mythology – 24 Aug, 11:00am–12:30pm
  • Sea Shell Art for Children – 23 Aug, 11:00am–12:00pm
  • The Story of Living by the Sea – 23 Aug, 10:00–11:30am
  • Family Nature-Based Storytelling – 24 Aug, 2:00–3:30pm
  • Kylemore Abbey Nature Walk – 19 & 21 Aug, 12:00–1:00pm

Talks, Music & Exhibitions

  • Echoes of the Isles Exhibition – 18–22 Aug, 10:00am–4:00pm
  • Oíche Amhránaíochta (Song Night) – 22 Aug, 7:00–10:00pm
  • Launch: ‘Meldons of Coolarne’ Book – 23 Aug, 8:15–9:30pm
  • Irish Harp Performance at Kylemore Abbey – 17 & 24 Aug, 1:00–2:00pm
  • Club Leabhar (Irish Book Club) – 21 Aug, 8:00–9:00pm
  • Talk on Moylough Castle – 21 Aug, 8:00–9:00pm
  • Parnell Monument Talk – 20 Aug, 8:00–9:00pm
  • Exploring the Mannion Clan – 16 Aug, 10:30am–10:00pm
  • From Wilderness to Wonder – Kylemore Garden Talk – 16 Aug, 1:00–1:45pm
  • Saints & Scholars – Kylemore Talk – 23 Aug, 1:00–1:45pm