National Heritage Week starts Saturday, August 17th, and runs through Sunday, August 25th. This year, National Heritage Week will celebrate our natural, built, and cultural heritage with the theme “Connections, Routes, and Networks,” encouraging you to explore how we connect to each other and the connections we have. There will be over 2,000 events taking place across the country, including traditional craft workshops, talks, walking tours, and much more. Explore what’s happening at heritageweek.ie.
From castles and gardens to sites of natural beauty and ancient spirituality, the Office of Public Works (OPW) offers much to the curious traveller or local explorer. The OPW manages the state’s property portfolio, including numerous iconic heritage properties, and works to maintain Ireland’s history, traditions, and culture. The organisation preserves and presents the nation’s two UNESCO World Heritage Sites, 780 National Monuments, and over 2,000 acres of gardens and parklands. Find out more about the many OPW visitor sites at: www.heritageireland.ie
For the first weekend of National Heritage Week, the OPW will offer free entry to over 48 fee-paying sites across the country (excluding Kilmainham Gaol).
National Heritage Week is a Heritage Council programme supported by the Local Authority Heritage Officer network and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
The OPW is giving readers a chance to win a Family Heritage Card, granting free admission to historic heritage sites around Ireland for a whole year, valued at €90. Enjoy unlimited access to Ireland’s icons of built, natural, and cultural heritage for one year after the card’s first use. What will you discover this year?
This competition is now closed.
Terms & Conditions
1. The promotion is open to residents of Ireland aged 18 years or over except employees of the Promoter, their families, agents or anyone professionally connected with the promotion.
2. A valid entry consists of a correct answer entered in the form above, accompanied by the entrant’s name, email address and a phone number.
3. No applications from agents, third parties, organised groups or applications automatically generated by computer will be accepted. No incomplete, illegible, or corrupted entries will be accepted. No entries not in accordance with the entry instructions will be accepted.
4. The Promotion will run from 14/08/2024 to midnight on 01/09/2024 inclusive.
5. All entries must be received by the Promotor by no later than midnight on the Closing Date. All competition entries received after the Closing Date are automatically disqualified.
6. Promotion limited to one entry per person. No entrant will win more than one prize.
7. By submitting an entry to the Promotor, you are agreeing to be bound by these terms and conditions.
8. Responsibility will not be accepted for entries lost, damaged or delayed as a result of any network, computer hardware or software failure of any kind. Proof of sending is not proof of receipt. Entries will become the property of the Promoter.
9. The prize is one of 10 OPW Family Heritage Cards valued at €90 each. There will be ten winners.
10. All prizes will be subject to any additional terms and conditions of the supplier of the prize to the Promoter. This voucher cannot be refunded or redeemed for cash.
11. The Promoter shall not be liable for any loss, damage or consequential damage of any nature in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise caused by the acceptance of the terms and conditions or in connection with the prize.
12. In the event of unforeseen circumstances the Promoter reserves the right to substitute the prize for an alternative of equal or greater value.
13. The winners will be notified by email. The winner must claim the prize within 30 days of the notification. If the prize is unclaimed after this time, it will lapse and the Promoter reserves the right to offer the unclaimed prize to a substitute winner selected in accordance with the Promotion rules.
14. The promoters’ decision is final and binding in all matters and no correspondence will be entered into.
15. The winners’ details (name and county) will be made available on The Irish Times website.
16. The winner may be required to participate in unpaid publicity arising from this promotion.
17. The Promotor will only process your personal information as set out in https://www.irishtimes.com/policy-and-terms/privacy-policy and as set out in these terms and conditions.
18. Prizes are non transferrable and cannot be exchanged for cash.
19. These terms and conditions shall be governed by Irish law and the Courts of the Republic of Ireland shall have exclusive jurisdiction.
20. Promoter and Data Controller: The Irish Times DAC, The Irish Times Building, P.O. Box 74, 24 - 28 Tara Street, Dublin 2.
21. The Promoter reserves the right to hold void, suspend, cancel or amend the Promotion where it becomes necessary to do so.
