The staff of the Heritage Council are a small, flexible and highly motivated group of people.
Their expertise, independence and their focus on heritage define the organisational culture.

Michael Starrett
Chief Executive Officer
mstarrett@heritagecouncil.ie
Heads of Departments

Ian Doyle
Head of Conservation
idoyle@heritagecouncil.ie

Beatrice Kelly
Head of Policy & Research
(Also contact for general Museums & Archives queries)
bkelly@heritagecouncil.ie

Michael O'Brien
Head of Business Services
mobrien@heritagecouncil.ie

Helene O'Keeffe
Head of Education & Communications
hokeeffe@heritagecouncil.ie
Professional Officers

Paula Drohan
Finance Officer
pdrohan@heritagecouncil.ie

Alison Harvey
Planning Officer
aharvey@heritagecouncil.ie

Colm Murray
Architecture Officer
cmurray@heritagecouncil.ie
Administrative Staff

Anne Barcoe
PA to Chief Executive Officer & Chairman
abarcoe@heritagecouncil.ie

Amanda Ryan
Grants Administrator
aryan@heritagecouncil.ie

Martina Malone
Administrator, Website & Social Media Content
mmalone@heritagecouncil.ie

Gerard Croke
Administrator
gcroke@heritagecouncil.ie

Christena Ryan
Administrator
cryan@heritagecouncil.ie
Project Managers
Lesley-Ann Hayden
Co-ordinator Museum Standards Programme for Ireland
lahayden@heritagecouncil.ie
Irish Walled Towns Network Project Managers
Liam Mannix
lmannix@heritagecouncil.ie
Hollie Kearns
hkearns@heritagecouncil.ie
Anna Meenan
REPS 4 Traditional Farm Buildings Grant Scheme Project Manager
ameenan@heritagecouncil.ie
Niamh Donnellan
Heritage Week Project Manager
heritageweek@heritagecouncil.ie
ndonnellan@heritagecouncil.ie
Maria Walsh
Heritage in Schools Project Manager
heritageinschools@heritagecouncil.ie
mwalsh@heritagecouncil.ie
Mary Mulvey
Uplands Co-ordinator
Pat Reid
Heritagemaps.ie
