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€440,000 regenerative tourism project supported by Fáilte Ireland through the EU Just Transition Fund New visitor attraction strengthens Carrick-on-Suir’s tourism offering and enhances visitor experience
The Tides of Time Heritage Centre Redevelopment Project transformed the Carrick-on-Suir Heritage Centre into an immersive cultural and visitor destination through an investment of €352,647 under Fáilte Ireland’s Regenerative Tourism and Placemaking Scheme, co-funded by the European Union’s Just Transition Fund and the Government of Ireland.
Creative Tides is a new open-call commissioning programme by Explore Carrick-on-Suir. We invite artists and creative practitioners to submit proposals for original works that creatively respond to the stories, themes, and heritage of Carrick-on-Suir and the Tides of Time Visitor Experience.
Carrick-on-Suir Heritage Centre appointed Mirador Media to the Tides of Time visitor experience. Led by creative team members Marc, Mook, Sven and Beulah, the project is transforming the Heritage Centre into an immersive cultural destination featuring interactive storytelling, audio-visual experiences and community-driven exhibition spaces ahead of its planned launch.
Carrick-on-Suir Heritage Centre secured major EU Just Transition Fund support through Fáilte Ireland for its new Tides of Time interpretation project. The initiative to transform the Heritage Centre into a vibrant cultural and visitor hub featuring immersive exhibitions, community spaces, oral histories and interactive experiences, is almost open.
A newly restored edition of Retrospections of an Outcast, published by COSDA Press, bringing together Dorothea Herbert’s original text, illustrations, and family history in a single volume inspired by the Tides of Time exhibition in Carrick-on-Suir.
Carrick-on-Suir Heritage Centre secured major EU Just Transition Fund support through Fáilte Ireland for its new Tides of Time interpretation project. The initiative to transform the Heritage Centre into a vibrant cultural and visitor hub featuring immersive exhibitions, community spaces, oral histories and interactive experiences, is almost open.
Carrick-on-Suir Heritage Centre appointed Mirador Media to the Tides of Time visitor experience. Led by creative team members Marc, Mook, Sven and Beulah, the project is transforming the Heritage Centre into an immersive cultural destination featuring interactive storytelling, audio-visual experiences and community-driven exhibition spaces ahead of its planned launch.
Tides of Time was created to preserve, celebrate and share the rich cultural heritage of Carrick-on-Suir through an immersive and contemporary visitor experience. Developed within the restored St. Nicholas’ Church and historic grounds, the project brings together local history, storytelling, photography, artefacts and innovative digital interpretation to reconnect people with the town’s unique identity and relationship with the River Suir.
The experience was shaped through collaboration between historians, designers, artists, community groups and heritage specialists, with support from local and national partners. Funding through regeneration and cultural heritage initiatives has helped transform the site into a vibrant public space where history, memory and place can be explored in engaging and accessible ways.
Tides of Time reflects the resilience, creativity and enduring spirit of Carrick-on-Suir, creating a lasting cultural resource for future generations.
The Tides of Time Visitor Centre is located in the Heritage Centre, off Main Street, Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary, E32 CX60.
We are open from 9am – 5pm Monday to Saturday and 10am – 3pm Sunday. Last entry 30 minutes before closing.
Tides of Time Visitor Centre
Heritage Centre, Main Street, Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary Ireland E32 CX60
Tel. 051-511-894
Email. info@tidesoftime.ie
When Michael Coady wrote Heritage and Hope in 1982, he imagined St. Nicholas’ Church transformed into a living cultural space — a place of memory, creativity, research, storytelling and community connection. He believed the site could become “the informed setting for a dynamic present and a confident future.”
Today, that vision lives on through the Tides of Time Experience.
The restored church now welcomes visitors into an immersive journey through the people, stories and spirit of Carrick-on-Suir. What began as a hopeful appeal for restoration has evolved into a vibrant heritage destination that honours the town’s past while creating new opportunities for culture, tourism, education and community life.
