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06 Sept 2025

North Longford heritage centre honoured at national awards ceremony

Granard Heritage Centre award

Eamonn Creamer,Moira Mahon, Déirdre Orme, Martina Moloney (Chair The Heritage Council) and Virginia Teehan (CEO The Heritage Council)

Knights and Conquests Heritage Centre, Granard were runners-up in the Inclusive Heritage Award category at the National Heritage Week Awards 2023.

The category recognises events that that made a special effort to share heritage with everyone in the community.

The Knights and Conquests event, entitled Dúchas Beo, invited people to experience history come to life with a live medieval re-enactment on horseback.

Master craftspeople were also on hand to showcase traditional Irish crafts and the group put significant effort into its outreach strategy.

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