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Clare Heritage Week 2025 was marked by an outstanding programme of over 100 events, including four innovative online digital projects, bringing communities together to celebrate the county’s rich and diverse heritage.

Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works, Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran, T.D. and Clare County Council are delighted to announce the completion of the €5.2 million Springfield Flood Relief Scheme.

Strength and agility will be put to the test at Bunratty Castle and Folk Park on Sunday, September 7, 2025, as the County Clare visitor attraction plays host to a sheaf throwing competition as part of its long running Traditional Harvest Day event. 

Clare County Council vehicles have been parked at council depots overnight since 31 March, 2025, following the implementation of the Vehicle Usage and Vehicle Telematics Policies

Clare Arts Office, in conjunction with Clare Museum, will host ‘The return of wonder’ by Marijke Jordens and Simon Ratcliffe in Clare Museum from August 25 to September 20, 2025.

A survey of the Unbaptised Children’s Burial Grounds (cillíns) will be launched as part of Clare Heritage Week at 7.30 pm on Thursday, August 21 in the Clare Museum, Ennis. Historian, writer and archaeologist, Michael Houlihan, carried out the Clare Cillíní survey from 2023 to 2025 on behalf of Clare County Council. The information gathered during the survey is being made publicly available on the Clare Heritage website: https://clareheritage.org/

Clare Arts Office, in conjunction with the Edna O’Brien Library in Scarriff, will host ‘Stereo’ by the artist Sabrina Heinrichs, from August 25 to September 27, inclusive.

Clare County Council is complementing its hedge cutting programme this autumn by facilitating landowners and community groups in maintaining hedgerows throughout County Clare, while adopting a management regime in keeping with biodiversity considerations.

National Heritage Week 2025 takes place from August 16 to 24, under the theme ‘Exploring Our Foundations’. Clare County Council has announced a countywide programme of events celebrating the county’s rich cultural, built and natural heritage.

From restored seating and public art to new planters and improved bus stops, Clare County Council’s Ennis Municipal District (MD) and local groups have delivered a series of linked enhancement projects aimed at improving how people move through and experience the town of Ennis.