Heritage Week Events

Red Martyr: The Story of St Oliver Plunkett.

Tour Guide: Historian Bartle D'Arcy .

Where: Loughcrew Estate

When: Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th August 2.00 pm

 

Saturday 23rd: Red Martyr - The story of St. Oliver Plunkett

Where: Loughcrew Gardens

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Celebrate the 400th anniversary of the birth of Ireland's last Saint and the 50th anniversary of the cannonisation of Saint Oliver Plunkett in the place of his birth at the Plunkett Tower House and Church on Loughcrew Estate. This walk and talk by Historian Bartle D'Arcy will cover his life story from his origins at Loughcrew through his travels and travails of becoming The Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of All of Ireland, during dangerous and turbulent times. Both trials and the fake "Popish Plot" that ultimately led to his martyrdom at Tyburn on the 1st of July 1681 will be covered as well as his beatification in another turbulent time in Ireland in 1920 and his canonisation in 1975. The Walk and Talk will take in the Plunkett Church and the foundations of the earlier Plunkett Longhouse that gave Ireland its last Saint, The Patron Saint of Peace and Reconciliation.

 

Normal Garden Admission applies - no extra charge for the Heritage Week Tour.

 

Free Car Parking available and if you have any further questions please contact our office at 049 85 41356. The tour guide will meet you at the Loughcrew Gardens Coffee Shop.

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Sunday 24th: Heritage Tour of Loughcrew House

 

Discover the captivating story of the Naper family, from their arrival at Loughcrew in the 17th century through the generations that followed, right up to the present-day custodian, Emily Naper. Her lineage weaves together the Dashwoods of West Wycombe Park and the Plunkett family of Dunsany, bringing the Plunkett heritage full circle — back to its ancestral roots at Loughcrew.

 

Directions: Enter through the ornate Blue Gates and Park at the Portico. Arrive 15 mins before Tour time and tickets include entrance to the Coffee Shop and Gardens afterwards.

 

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