The heritage of the domestic sphere is frequently overlooked in the history books, but in the 'Shared Heritage & Myths' programme we are engaging with the long traditions of Louth and its borderlands’ in the ‘Arts of the Hearth’ module.   By this we mean all those shared traditions and skills passed down in the home through cooking, growing, baking, preserving, knitting and crafting........a rich heritage common to all homes up until very recently.  Not only that, but these heritage elements are common to all communities, religions and ethnicities, and of course were and are frequently the sphere of women. This part of the ‘Shared Heritage & Myths’ programme aims to validate domestic heritage and women’s place in the home in passing down the skills for generations. Through sharing of recipes, vegetable growing and preserves, as well as cooking or crafting, household hints or rearing hens - by engaging the experience of older women, we aim to build a sense of shared and precious heritage among younger women in these ‘arts of the hearth’, many of which will provide good ideas for coping with the current economic times.  The project team aims to generate an  e-Heritage Book of shared recipes, cures, crafts or food for thought - which will be available for download through the project website. During the year-long programme, the project team are contacting groups and individuals to engage with us on this culinary voyage to explore our shared domestic heritage. Recent Events Foraging in the Forest, Kilbroney - see pictures here! Baking Day DKIT, Dundalk - see pictures here! Stitch in Time, Drogheda - see pictures here!