Derry Walls
THE Derry Walls are to feature in two free events taking place next week as part of National Heritage Week.
On Wednesday evening 24th August at 7pm in the Verbal Arts Centre, Liam Mannix, archaeologist and coordinator of the Irish Walled Towns Network, will deliver a talk on the other 29 walled towns in Ireland.
On Sunday afternoon at 1.30pm 28th August, join Paul Logue, archaeologist with the Department for Communities’ Historic Environment Division, for an afternoon walk and talk about the archaeology and history of the Derry Walls.
These two free events are being organised by the Friends of the Derry Walls, as Coordinator, Mark Lusby, explains:
“The talk on Wednesday evening is a great opportunity to talk about the diversity and cultural value of the surviving walled towns in Ireland.
“We know that the Derry Walls are unique in having the most complete circuit of any walled town in Ireland, but what can we learn about our own walls by comparing and contrasting them with the surviving municipal fortifications of our sister walled towns across the island of Ireland?
“We also are all familiar with the Derry Walls as part of our townscape but the Sunday afternoon walk is a rare chance to look closely at the Derry Walls as an archaeological feature, with an expert.”
National Heritage Week is coordinated by The Heritage Council of Ireland and its aim is to build awareness and education about our heritage, thereby encouraging its conservation and preservation.
Each year, during the last week of August, many national and hundreds of local community organisations participate by organising more than 1700 events throughout the country.
National Heritage Week 2016 runs from August 20th – 28th and more information can be found at www.heritageweek.ie
Places at Wednesday evening’s talk and Sunday afternoon’s walk can be booked by emailing Mark Lusby on[email protected]
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