Tales from the Trenches - Heritage Week at Cavan County Museum

What to Expect

Tales from the Trenches is a family-friendly guided storytelling event at Cavan County Museum in Ballyjamesduff. Visitors follow a storyteller around the museum and into the museum’s reconstructed WWI trenches, hearing the real stories of Cavan men who fought in the First World War. The event is part of National Heritage Week 2026, which runs 15-23 August under the theme “Heritage at Risk”.

Good to Know

• Date: During National Heritage Week, 15-23 August 2026 (exact day TBC - contact museum to confirm).

• Venue: Cavan County Museum, Virginia Road, Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan.

• Free event; booking required - contact 049 8544070 or info@cavanmuseum.ie.

• Annual Heritage Week event; spaces limited.

Getting There

Cavan County Museum is on the Virginia Road (R194) on the southern edge of Ballyjamesduff, approximately 20km south of Cavan Town on the N3.