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The Heritage Council seeks to protect and enhance the richness, quality and diversity of our national heritage for everyone. It works with its partners, particularly at local level, to increase awareness of our national heritage and to highlight its importance to public policy and everyday life.

PUBLICATIONS

Heritage Council publishes Quanta Report on grant-giving for building conservation

Carried out by the Heritage Council, this study on grant-giving in Ireland, makes the case for continued state authority funding of a wide range of built heritage grants.

HERITAGE IN YOUR AREA

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FEATURED NEWS

Six New Appointments to the Board of the Heritage Council

Dr Ciara Breathnach, Mr Ted Creedon, Ms Catherine Heaney, Dr Fidelma Mullane, Mr Michael Parsons and Dr Kieran O’Conor are to serve on The Heritage Council.

Heritage Council publishes draft submission in response to Draft Retail Planning Guidelines

The Heritage Council’s submission calls for the setting up of a national organisation, similar to the Association of Town Centre Management (ATCM) in the UK and the Downtown Association in the US, to promote and support the...

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FEATURED EVENT

'Heritage as an Engine of Economic Growth' - Heritage Economic Seminar Programme

The Heritage Council is pleased to announce an innovative series of workshops designed to showcase the economic potential of the heritage sector at a local level. The Irish heritage sector supports over 30,000 jobs and...

Exhibition - Ranks Mills at the Hunt Museum, Limerick

Ranks Mills was crucial to Limerick life over a span of several decades. It also provided an excellent example of life and work in Limerick’s recent past.

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Dayna Baumeister Presentation Introduction

There are very few problems nature hasn’t already solved!

In this series of videos Dr. Dayna Baumeister, leading biomimicry expert and co-founder of the Biomimicry Guild, describes what’s new in the field of bio-inspired design and the promise of biomimicry to solve grand challenges while conserving life’s genius.

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