Bandon Walled Town Festival, one of over 2,400 events making up this record-breaking National Heritage Week

Bandon Walled Town Festival, one of over 2,400 events making up this record-breaking National Heritage Week

To mark the closure of National Heritage Week, Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage with special responsibility for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity Christopher O’Sullivan TD joined Heritage Council Chief Executive, Virginia Teehan, Kristin Gleeson Historian, Cllr Gillian Coughlan, and Harpist Brenda Malloy at The Harp in Ireland, Sound, Symbol and Story in Bandon, Co. Cork.

The celebration of this national symbol formed part of the Bandon Walled Town Festival, one of over 2,400 events making up this record-breaking National Heritage Week. For the past 20 years, National Heritage Week has been coordinated by the Heritage Council.

Photography by Gerard McCarthy Photography.