Hands & Heritage Festival at Sigginstown
Sat, 19 Sept
|Sigginstown Castle
Come to our festival of traditional skills and crafts! Workshops and Demonstrations of Disappearing Skills. Fiber, Flax, Hearth Cooking, Timber Joinery, Lime Mortar, Stone Masonry, Music and More!
Time & Location
19 Sept 2026, 10:00 – 20 Sept 2026, 17:00
Sigginstown Castle, Main Gate on The Norman Way, Sigginstown, Tomhaggard, Co. Wexford, Ireland
Guests
About the event
Come join us for our Hands & Heritage Festival at Sigginstown ! This Festival honors disapperaing skills in the modern age, and is mostly unplugged!
General Admission ticket on Saturday and Sunday is €10.00 and includes a variety of demonstrations from 12:00 to 5 p.m. including flax, fiber, dying, timber joinery, lime mortar, stonemasonry, hearth cooking in our new medieval kitchen area. Your general admission ticket includes an optional tour of the tower at 12:30 or 2:30 p.m. (we are selling specific tour tickets on that weekend). In the later afternoon on Saturday we will have Fran Scattergood and Stevo Murphy playing in the Coach House, and on Sunday the High Cs will do sea-shanties and possibly some other groups.
On Saturday night we are delighted to host a Music and Mummers Ball from 8-11 pm. We will have an open music session inbetween the mumming (please contact us in…
Tickets
General Admission Sat & Sun
Sale ends
19 Sept, 23:00
Ticket includes access to site, demonstrations from 12-5 pm, tour of tower at 12:30 or 2:30 p.m., Sat evening music and mumming. (Excludes workshops).
€10.00
+€0.25 ticket service fee
Timber Hewing Saturday 10-1
Attend a workshop taught by expert traditional timber joiner James Grace on Saturday, Sep 19 from 10 am to 1 pm. See description
€50.00
+€1.25 ticket service fee
Timber Hewing Sunday 10-1
Attend a workshop taught by expert traditional timber joiner James Grace on Sunday, Sep 20 from 10 am to 1 pm.
€50.00
+€1.25 ticket service fee
Stonewall Masonry Saturday
Attend a workshop taught by expert traditional stonemason Michael Carroll on Saturday, Sep 19 from 10 am to 1 pm. See description
€50.00
+€1.25 ticket service fee
Stonewall Masonry Sunday
Attend a workshop taught by expert traditional stonemason Michael Carroll on Sunday, Sep 20 from 10 am to 1 pm. See description
€50.00
+€1.25 ticket service fee
Flax Workshop Saturday
Attend a Flax growing, processing and spinning workshop taught by Peter Hoare on Saturday, Sep 19 from 10 am to 1 pm. (Peter is only holding the workshop on Saturday) See description
€50.00
+€1.25 ticket service fee
Hearth Cooking Saturday
Attend a hearth cooking workshop focusing on Irish Food in the Pre-Norman period taught by Drew Shiel on Saturday, Sep 19 from 10 am to 1 pm. See description
€50.00
+€1.25 ticket service fee
Hearth Cooking Sunday 10-1
Attend a hearth cooking workshop focusing on Food in Ireland in the Post-Norman period taught by Geraldine Clarke on Sunday, Sep 20 from 10 am to 1 pm.
€50.00
+€1.25 ticket service fee
Food - Saturday Pizza DIY
Sale ends
19 Sept, 14:00
Assemble your own pizza on Saturday from 5:30-7:30 pm and we will cook it in the brick oven in the outdoor medieval kitchen. A variety of ingredients to choose from. Please contact us with any allergies or if you need gluten-free. We provide some lemonade and mint drink to accompany. You are welcome to provide your own beverage. Seating outdoors, or in large nearby shed. A good social time!
€12.00
+€0.30 ticket service fee
Food: Saturday Lunch
Sale ends
18 Sept, 19:00
Ticket includes quiche or sandwich with green salad or crisps, tea or coffee or soft drink.
€12.00
+€0.30 ticket service fee
Food: Sunday Lunch
Sale ends
18 Sept, 19:00
Ticket includes quiche or sandwich with green salad or crisps, tea or coffee or soft drink.
€12.00
+€0.30 ticket service fee
Total
€0.00