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Our architectural heritage is one of the most tangible aspects of our heritage. By conserving our historic buildings we help to preserve them for future generations to enjoy as part of their heritage, just as we do now.

Events Archive

Dry Stone Walling Demonstration

Traditional Building Skills Demo at the National Ploughing Championships 2008

Organiser: The Heritage Council

The Heritage Council presented a Traditional Building Skills Demonstration at the National Ploughing Championships at Burnchurch, Co. Kilkenny, in September 2008.

Traditional Building Skills Training

Sligo County Council in association with the Office of Public Works, County Sligo Heritage Forum and the Heritage Council will hold a series of one-day 'Introduction to Lime' Workshops at the OPW Depot, Dromahair, Co. Leitrim on...

Insight into the Big Houses of East Galway : Seminar

Fohenagh, Ahascragh, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway. Saturday 28th November 2009

Conserving Your Dublin Townhouse : Lecture series

Organised by: The Irish Georgian Society

The Irish Georgian Society has assembled a team of conservation experts to deliver a lunchtime lecture course, entitled Conserving Your Dublin Townhouse. Lectures will take place between...

The Living Tradition of Stone Sculpture in Callan: the O'Tunneys - the men, the work and the times

Callan Heritage Society: 1st Annual Conference, 30 July - 1 August 2010

Traditional Building and Conservation Skills Exhibition

Castletown, Co. Kildare. Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th June

Traditional Shopfronts of Wicklow Town: Guidelines and Recommendations Workshops

Town Forum Offices, Main St. Wicklow Town. 23rd-27th August 10.00-13.00

Stone Wall Workshop

Inis Oírr, County Galway. 24th-26th September 2010

Superficial Surfaces

Martin Rein-Cano [Topotek 1], Pearse Street Library, Pearse Street, Dublin 2. Thursday 16th September 2010. Doors open 5.45pm.

Urban Ecology and Green Roofs

Dusty Gedge, Pearse Street Library, Pearse Street, Dublin 2. Thursday 21st October 2010. Doors open 5.45p.m.

Historic Houses, Gardens and Demesnes of County Waterford Past, Present & Future

Thursday 14 Oct 2010 at 9am

Pugin Room, Lismore Castle, Lismore

Energy Efficiency in Historic Houses

Regional Seminars: November and December 2010

Rooms Neatly Coloured

Painting and decorating the Dublin town house, 1789-1810

Conserving your Dublin Period House

Lunchtime lecture series, March, April and May 2011

Lime Workshop - Dublin

Tuesday 10th May 2011, Drimnagh Castle

Working with Lime - Sligo workshop

Friday 29th April 2011, Temple House, Ballinacarrow, Ballymote, Co. Sligo

Abandoned Mansions of Ireland

Exhibition at Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare. 1st April-2nd May. Free admission.

 

Conservation Follies – Attempting the Impossible

Lecture by James Simpson, Simpson and Brown Architects, Edinburgh. 21st April at 1pm in the Wood Quay Venue, Dublin City Council Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8.

Monaghan International Forge-In

“The Hive of Knowledge”. Monaghan Town, 24th - 26th June 2011.

Space and settlement in the Middle Ages

Conference: May 27th / 28th. Trinity College Dublin

Engage with Architecture

3-28 May 2011. Tullamore, Co. Offaly.

Lime Workshop - Drimnagh Castle

Building Limes Forum Ireland

Traditional Building & Conservation Skills in Action Exhibition

Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th August 2011. Farmleigh House, Phoenix Park, Dublin

Conserving Your Dublin Period House

The Irish Georgian Society and Dublin City Council present a six-week lecture series. 26th October - 30th November 2011

Traditional Ironwork Conservation & Current Practice

Presented by Galway Rural Development Company

Conference - Heritage as an Engine of Economic Growth in Mid-Sized Towns

A conference examining how the heritage resources of a town can help them recover from the recession will be held on Thursday January 26th in the Wood Quay Venue, Dublin.

“Challenging Times: Innovations & Opportunities” - Landmark Trust Conference

Tuesday, 28th February 2012, Council Chambers of Limerick County Council.

Heritage as an Engine of Economic Growth - Galway Agenda Announced

The agenda for the inaugural workshop of this series is now available. The workshop will take place on Saturday, 3rd March 2012 at NUI, Galway.

 

Introduction to Conservation Plans - 1 Day Course

29th March 2012. This course is being run by the Heritage Council as part of the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland (IAI) Continuous Professional Development Programme 2012.

Heritage as an Engine of Economic Growth - Kerry Workshop

21st April, Kerry. Following on from the outstanding success of the Galway event the Heritage Council is pleased to announce the details of the next workshop in the series which will take place in Listowel, Co. Kerry.

Tara Farnan’s contribution to the Skryne National School Stained Glass Project run by Meath County Council/ The Heritage Council/ Glasshaus Studio which explores the Hill of Tara National Monument.

Your Place or Mine - Conference on new initiatives engaging communities in interpreting & presenting heritage

18th April 2012, Dublin. A joint Heritage Council / ICOMOS Ireland conference. This conference will stimulate discussion on public participation in heritage policy and presentation in Ireland.

Tenth Annual Historic Houses of Ireland Conference

'The Country House and its Visitors: Past, Present and Future’

  • Archaeology
  • Architecture
  • Education
  • Museums & Archive
  • Inland Waterways
  • Marine
  • Recreation
  • Wildlife
  • Landscape
  • Irish Walled Towns
  • County Heritage Services
  • Planning
 

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