Tinsmithing and winterage on the first list of Irish intangible heritage

Hurling has been included in the list of Irish intangible heritage
Hurling has been included in the list of Irish intangible heritage Image: Peter Mooney (Wikimedia) CC BY-SA 2.0

Ireland’s first national inventory of intangible heritage was released recently. A total of 30 activities that are unique to Ireland, such like tinsmithing, winterage, hurling and uilleann piping, have been included in this list. As the Irish Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Josepha Madigan said, these practices are the “threads in the cultural tapestry of our lives that make us richer as individuals and as a country”.

Ireland ratified the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2017. Under the convention, each country had to compile its own list. Instead of monetary gain, the listed cultural practices will gain more recognition and interests from the public.

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