Celebrating Heritage Week in Clough’
Heritage Week 2026 in Cloughjordan focused on the theme 'Heritage at Risk,' featuring a public river sampling exercise at the Ballyfinboy River. The event aimed to educate the community on local aquatic biodiversity and the ecological status of Irish waterways.
Why it matters
Public engagement in environmental monitoring is crucial for the conservation of local ecosystems and the success of national river management plans.
The theme for Heritage Week 2026 was ‘Heritage at Risk’ and a number of events were held to focus attention on unique aspects of our heritage, natural, built and cultural. Supported by the River Basin Management Service and the Tipperary Heritage Office, a public river sampling exercise and walkover survey was held at the Ballyfinboy River Cloughjordan. This interactive event saw the use of special nets and display containers to capture and show the normally hidden life of the river. Trout, Stonefish, Caddidflies, Damselflies, Water Snails and many other examples of invertebrates and aquatic life were found. According to the EPA Ireland has more than 73,000km of river channels. If placed end-to-end, they could encircle the Earth almost twice. Three-quarters of these channels are very small streams that typically flow into larger rivers.
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