Interactive Armoury at the Irish National Heritage Park

What to Expect

The Interactive Armoury runs every day of National Heritage Week 2026 in the Crannog House at the Irish National Heritage Park. Park guides lay out replica artefacts and weapons spanning the Prehistoric, Gaelic, Viking and Norman periods and demonstrate how each was used, with visitors handling the pieces rather than looking at them behind glass. It runs continuously from 11am to 5pm, so there is no session to be late for.

The Crannog House is one of the park’s full-scale reconstructions, a roundhouse built on an artificial island in a lake, which puts the armoury inside a building of roughly the right period rather than in a visitor centre. The wider 35-acre site at Ferrycarrig covers 9,000 years of settlement in Ireland, from a Mesolithic campsite to a Norman motte and bailey, along a woodland and riverside trail beside the Slaney. Two other Heritage Week activities run in parallel: free Ogham writing workshops on 18, 20 and 21 August, and The Range, a paid archery, axe and spear throwing session for ages 10 and over.

Good to Know

• Daily from Saturday 15 August to Sunday 23 August 2026
• 11am to 5pm, drop in at any point
• Free activity, standard park admission rates apply
• Crannog House, Irish National Heritage Park, Ferrycarrig, Co. Wexford
• Part of National Heritage Week 2026
• Contact 053 912 0733 or bookings@irishheritage.ie

Getting There

The Irish National Heritage Park is at Ferrycarrig, roughly 4km northwest of Wexford town on the N11 towards Enniscorthy, signposted from the Ferrycarrig bridge roundabout. Parking on site is free. It is a ten-minute drive from Wexford town centre, and Bus Eireann services on the Wexford to Enniscorthy route pass the gate. The trail between the reconstructions is outdoors on gravel and woodland paths, so bring rain gear and sensible footwear.