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The recording and publishing of previously unheard and unwritten stories of Galway’s central role in the voluntary period from 1913 to 1923 is being described as a legacy project of the County’s Decade of Commemoration programme, which draws to a close this week.

The Westmeath County Council culture team are launching a special exhibition celebrating the Bridges of Athlone on Tuesday, December 19, from 6.30pm in the Aidan Heavey Library, Athlone. The exhibition runs until January 8 2024.

Galway County Council has picked up one of the main accolades at the Public Sector Digital Transformation Awards 2023 for its innovative digital project that mapped over 40,000 graveyard memorial records across County Galway and made them publicly available online.

A new Heritage Plan is being prepared for County Westmeath, one which will set out a framework for the work of the Westmeath County Council Heritage Office, in partnership with groups and agencies, to deliver heritage projects within the county.

Numerous events will take place in Athlone and throughout County Westmeath to mark National Heritage Week 2023 from Saturday, August 12 to Sunday, August 20.

A new heritage plan is being prepared for Westmeath, one which will establish a framework for the work of Westmeath County Council heritage office, in partnership with groups and agencies, to deliver heritage projects within the county.

Niamh Ní Chróinín, TG4’s newly appointed ambassador for children and presenter of the dedicated children’s channel Cula4 and Cllr Michael Maher, Cathaoirleach of the County of Galway will launch a bilingual workbook on Aleen Cust; the first female veterinary surgeon to work in Ireland, or indeed the world, in 1900. The book launch will take place at Mountbellew Agricultural College ATU Campus (H53WE00), on April 21 at 11am.

Westmeath Heritage Office has organised a series of FREE events during the month of October.

A major heritage audit, seeking to identify collections of oral history, folklore, and stories of times past, has been ongoing in Westmeath since the summer.

Over many decades in Westmeath, precious memories of times gone by have been recorded by groups and individuals in an effort to document what are often fading memories of our past.