21/08/2026
Heritage Week continues with gusto at Virginia Library tomorrow afternoon with this lovely event orgnanised and facilitated by Women Without Borders – Multicultural Women’s Shed. 🌿
We invite you to join us for 'Taste of Childhood: Voices Before They Fade', a special community gathering celebrating the memories, traditions, stories and flavours that connect us all.
📅 Saturday, 22 August 2026
⏰ 2:00pm - 4:30pm
📍 Virginia Library, Main Street, Virginia, Co. Cavan A82 PA03
In the true spirit of National Heritage Week, this event recognises that heritage is not just found in buildings and artefacts, but in the treasured memories, recipes, songs, traditions and stories passed from generation to generation and shared across cultures.
Bring along: 🍲 A childhood dish to share
📸 1-3 childhood photographs for the Photo Zone
💬 Stories, recipes, traditions, songs and memories
Enjoy an afternoon of conversation, cultural exchange, children's activities, tea, and the opportunity to help create a living heritage archive for future generations.
This is a free event and everyone is welcome.
🌿 National Heritage Week 2026 | Taste of Childhood – Voices Before They Fade 🌿
What does your childhood taste like?
Maybe it is a dish your mother or grandmother used to make. Maybe it is a family recipe, an old photograph, a song, a story, a tradition — or simply a memory that instantly takes you back home.
On Saturday, 22 August, we invite people of all cultures, nationalities and generations to come together at Virginia Library and share a little piece of their childhood.
📍 Virginia Library, Main Street, Virginia, Co. Cavan
📅 Saturday, 22 August 2026
🕑 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
💚 Free community event – everyone is welcome
We would love you to bring:
🍲 One favourite dish from your childhood, prepared by you, to share with others
📸 1–3 printed childhood photos for our shared Childhood Photo Zone
📖 A family recipe, story, song, tradition or special memory
During the afternoon we will hear childhood stories from people from different countries, taste traditional dishes, look through old photographs, share family traditions and create a small living heritage archive together.
Our children are growing up in a different world — and sometimes far away from the places where their parents and grandparents grew up. Recipes, songs, traditions and stories can slowly disappear between generations.
This day is about keeping them alive. ❤️
Different countries. Different childhoods. Shared memories. One community.
If you would like to bring a dish or share a short childhood story, please comment below or send us a message with your country and the name of your dish.
Organised by Women Without Borders – Multicultural Women’s Shed with the support of our community partners, as part of National Heritage Week 2026.
Cavan County Local DevelopmentCavan County CouncilCavan County Library Service
