CHAIRof the Irish Draught Horse Breeders Association Jennifer Haverty was delighted to meet the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan TD, at the recent launch of the permanent National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage, celebrating living cultural heritage practices in Ireland.

This represents official State recognition of cultural practices all around Ireland and will serve to protect and promote these practices for generations to come. Irish Draught Horse breeding is one of the 30 elements of living Irish culture that were given official recognition at the event which took place at Waterways Ireland.