by Maura Bell, Irish National Heritage Park, IE

1. The Irish National
Heritage Park,
Wexford ,Ireland.
Fairy-tale or scary-
tale making ends
meet.
A not for profit
organisation.

2. The “history” of the park.
 The Irish National Heritage Park opened its
doors in June 1987 after 2 years of building
and grant sourcing.
 The concept of the park as a tourist,
education and experiential attraction was
the brain child of a group of like minded
professionals, county manager, local
historians and local councillors.

3. Lets break it down.
 At the park we have 3 departments
1. Admissions-
2. Restaurant-
3. Retail-

4. Admissions.
 The Park has a varied market base :
Domestic, English, Europeans and the
Americas
 Our visitor numbers for 2014 were 51,872
and 2013 had 50,200 visitors.
 Our numbers are increasing year on year.

5. Restaurant.
 The Fulacht Fiadh Restaurant opens 362
days of the year ,as does the park ,and is
a continued source of income during the
winter months.
 The restaurant also opens after normal
park hours for private functions, corporate
events, weddings, book launches etc.

6. Retail.
 The Irish National Heritage park gift shop
host a vast array of products to suit all
tastes.
 Products range from traditional Irish crafts
to modern chic fashions.
 Local products are also showcased within
the shop.

7. Workshops.
 We host/organise many varied
workshops/courses such as bow, arrow,
walking stick, Viking shield making,
flint knapping to name but a few.
 Summer camps for adults and children.
 Bush craft skills courses.
 Row your own coracle boat.
 Traditional archery.
 These courses open up a new customer base
and revenue stream.

8. Annual events.
 Easter egg hunt.
 Viking festival.
 Park after dark.(Halloween)
 Santa in the crannog.

9. Our mascot.
 After a redevelopment at the park we
adopted our mascot Tuan Mc Carroll.
 He is a fun representative for the park and
really appeals to children .
 He appears on all of our signs around the
park and he has “The trials of Tuan.”
 He also is the voice of our audio guide.

10. The trials of Tuan-Interactives
around the park.
 Throughout the park there are Tuans trials
including :
1. panning for gold.
2. Rock art.
3. Wattle your own house.
4. Push the boulder.
5. Colouring in the scriptorium.

11. Ringfort stay over ,Crannog
feast and The Big Dig.
 The Ringfort stay over has generated a
new revenue stream for the park.
 Crannog feasts are to be launched in July
of this year.
 The Big Dig is an interactive
archaeological dig.

12. How we make ends meet-a
conclusion.
 At The Irish National Heritage park we
offer people so much value for money.
 We provide many services all under one
roof.
 Our customers have choice and can stay
for 2 hours or a whole day!
 Finally we strive to have a high standard
of customer care which makes for a
successful business and repeat customer.

13. Open invitation.Cead mile
failte!
 All at the Irish National Heritage Park
would like to invite you to visit us at LEAST
once in your lifetime.
 Looking forward to seeing you sometime.

15. Thank you for
listening.