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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 to increase awareness of our national heritage.
General Events Archive
This archive contains previous “general” events. Archived events that are related to a specific area of interest can be found in the relevant section of the site by following the links on the right.
CPD Training Module: Introduction to Landscape Character Assessment
Organiser: The Heritage Council
The Heritage Councl and its Partners: Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland, Irish Landscape Institute, Irish Planning Institute, Royal Town Planning Institute are running A Pilot CPD Training Module: Introduction to...
Seminar on Future Uses of Towpaths June 2007
Organiser: Heritage Council
The Heritage Council hosted a seminar looking at the future uses of the towpaths along our navigations.
The Evolution of the Roads of Ireland - 19th September 2009
Organiser: Lismullin Institute
Lismullin Seminar on the Evolution of the Roads of Ireland
Second Annual Recorders’ Event
Organiser: National Biodiversity Data Centre
The National Biodiversity Data Centre held the second Annual Recorders’ Event in Waterford on 26 and 27 August 2008.
Muc Mhara — Ireland’s Smallest Whale
Organiser: Irish Whale and Dolphin Group
The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group is hosting their second international whale conference from 19-21 September 2008 in Killiney, Dublin.
Seminar on Impacts of Boat Wash
Organiser: Heritage Council
The Heritage Council commissioned a literature review of the impacts of boat wash and then hosted a seminar to discuss the findings in October 2007.
Working Together Better for the Shannon Seminar 2008
Organiser: Heritage Council
The Heritage Council is hosting a seminar to progress the work of its Shannon Waterway Corridor Studies.
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.
Europa Nostra UK conference, September 2009
Organiser: Europa Nostra
Europa Nostra UK conference being held in Belfast in September 2009, in conjunction with the School of Geography at Queen’s University, on the topic of “The cultural landscape and cultural identity”..
Workshop on Climate Change And Cultural Heritage, Ravello, Italy
Organiser: Council of Europe and the European University Centre for Cultural Heritage
The Workshop is organised by the Council of Europe and the European University Centre for Cultural Heritage (CUEBC), Ravello, Italy.
The workshop will be held in Ravello, Italy and starts on 14th May 2009 at 9.30am and ends on...
Rethinking the City 2009 - Making the Transition to Resilience, April 24th 2009
Organiser: Cutlivate
Rethinking the City brings together stakeholders from a wide variety of sectors for a radical rethink on how we can work together to build local resilience in a future of energy, climate and economic uncertainty.
The 4th Aughty Earth Day Gathering, Tuamgraney, April 18th 2009.
Organiser: Slógadh Eachtaí
The Slógadh Eachtaí will take place on the 18th April 2009 in the East Clare village of Tuamgraney and will include keynote addresses and group sessions that will cover familiar and less explored aspects of the history and...
Organiser: NUIG
Following extremely successful meetings in UCC in 2006 and UCD in 2007 and TCD in 2008, the fourth Postgraduate Ecology Forum will be hosted this year by National University of Ireland Galway. The primary aim of the PEF is to...
The National Famine Commemoration Day -10th to the 17th May 2009
Organiser: Skibbereen Heritage Centre
The National Famine Commemoration Day takes place in Skibbereen in 2009. To commemorate this national occasion and in remembrance of those who died during the Great Famine.
The 11th Medieval Dublin Symposium Saturday 23rd May 2009
Organiser: Friends of Medieval Dublin
The Friends of Medieval Dublin host the 11th medieval Dublin symposium on Saturday 23rd May 2009
"The Remarkable Robert Halpin", a talk by Jim Rees, 22nd April 2009
Organiser: Wicklow County Council
In celebration of the theme "Heritage and science" as part of International Day for Monuments and Sites 2009, The Heritage Office of Wicklow County council in association with ICOMOS Ireland is pleased to announce "The Remarkable...
Clare Archaeological and Historical Society Summer Outings
Organiser: Clare Archaeological & Historical Society
Clare Archaeological and Historical Society - Summer Outings 2009. To find out more.....
Butterfly Monitoring Workshop in Kilkenny
Organiser: National Biodiversity Data Centre
A Butterfly Monitoring Workshop will take place in the Castlecomer Discovery Park, Castlecomer on Tuesday 28th April at 7.00pm.
Launch of Biodiversity Species List for County Donegal - 19th May 2009
Organiser: Donegal County Council
The launch of Biodiversity Species List for County Donegal and presentation entitled 'Diversity Counts' by Ralph Sheppard will take place on the 19th May 2009 at Glenveagh Castle, Glenveagh National Park, Church Hill, Co. Donegal...
Launch of Hedgerow Survey of County Donegal - 21st May 2009
Organiser: Donegal County Council
The launch of Hedgerow Survey of County Donegal and presentation entitled 'Donegal Hedgerows - A Cultural Landscape' by John Wann, Aulino Wann and Associates which will take place on the 21st May 2009 at County Museum, High Road,...
Along the Road to Slane Excavations on the N2
Organiser: Brú na Bóinne Heritage Centre
Wednesday Lecture Series
Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre8.00pm. Free of Charge
Wednesday April 22ndExcavations on the N2: Meath's hidden Landscapeby Finola O'Carroll
Wednesday May 6thAgainst the Grain: Life and Death at Early...
Local Authority Museums Day - 21 May 2009
Organiser: Heritage Council
There are 13 local authority museums in the country, of various shapes and sizes, and funded variously by county, city and town councils. These museums collect, safeguard, hold in trust, research, develop and interpret...
Irish Walled Towns Network (IWTN) Meeting Carlingford September 2009
Organiser: IWTN
Details of this event will be confirmed over the coming weeks.
Should you have any queries please contact Conor Brennan, Irish Walled Towns Day Coordinator, on 056 7770777 or cbrennan@heritagecouncil.ie
Kilkenny’s Protected Wild Species and Places - 13th May 2009
Organiser: NPWS
A Public Illustrated Talk by Lorcan Scott,
Clare prepares for Biodiversity Day 2009
Organiser: Clare County Council
Clare County Council and the Clare Biodiversity Group have been focusing on a countywide promotion and raising awareness of biodiversity since the early 2000s
Kilkenny at the time of the Charter Conference
Organiser: NUI Maynooth
Conference is being held on 19th / 20th June to mark the 400th anniversary of the granting of the Kilkenny city charter in 1609.
Archaeolgy Summer School in Glencolmcille
Organiser: Oideas Gael
5,000 Years in Stone, Archaeolgy Summer School in Glencolmcille, County Donegal.
Weekend in the Woods, Bealkelly Oak Woods, Tuamgraney, Co. Clare - 11th & 12th July 2009
Organiser: CELT
CELT (Centre for Environmental Living and Training) Weekend in the Woods, Bealkelly Oak Woods, Tuamgraney, Co Clare - 11th & 12th July 2009
1st All Ireland Mammal Symposium
Organiser: AIMS 2009
1st All Ireland Mammal Symposium will take place at the Waterford Institute of Technology on the 6th-8th November 2009
Meath Landscape and People Seminar
Organiser: Meath Heritage
Meath Landscape and People Seminar being held in Trim Castel Hotel on Saturday 11 July 2009
Organiser: Kerry Folklore
Béaloideas Chiarrai/Kerry Folklore will be hosting a 1 day seminar on Community based Folklore Projects on September 24th in Muckross Traditional Farm Muckross House Killarney Co Kerry
IMA Museum Practitioners Forum
Organiser: IMA
IMA Museum Practitioners Forum on Friday 10th July 2009, Merrion Square, Dublin
Heritage Officer Training and Development Programme: Public Realm Plans
Organiser: The Heritage Council
Heritage Officer Training and Development Programme: Public Realms Plan which took take place in Fethard, Co. Tipperary on Tuesday, 23rd June 2009
Cultivating Societies: Dealing with Archaeological Dates Workshop
Dealing with Archaeological Dates Workshop, 3rd Oct 2009, Queen's University Belfast
The Evolution of the Roads of Ireland
Organiser: Lismullen Institute
The Evolution of the Roads of Ireland Seminar is being held on Saturday 19th September, 2009 at the Lismullin Conference Centre, Navan, Co. Meath
CPD Training Module: An Introduction to Landscape Character Assessment (LCA) Workshop September 2009
The CPD Training Course will be held on Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th September 2009, Spanish Point and Tulla, County Clare
Mountains to the Sea Literary Festival
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is pleased to announce that it will be holding its first literary festival called Mountains to the Sea which will take place in Dún Laoghaire, Dublin September 10-13, 2009.
Weekend in the Woods, Bealkelly Oak Woods, Tuamgraney, Co. Clare - 19/20 September 2009
Organiser: CELT
CELT (Centre for Environmental Living & Training) Weekend in the Woods, Bealkelly Oak Woods, Tuamgraney, Co Clare - 19th & 20th September 2009
Organiser: Galway County Council
Dry Stone Wall Workshop & Stone Wall Survey, Inis Oirr, Co Galway - 30th September - 2nd October 2009
Organiser: Heritage Council
As part of Heritage Week 2009 Irish Walled Towns Day will be celebrated in historic Walled Towns throughout the country on Sunday the 23rd of August.
Clonmacnoise Studies - Seminar 3
Clonmacnoise Studies Seminar 3 is being held on Saturday 3rd October, 2009 at Clonmacnoise National School, Co. Roscommon
Insight into the Big Houses of East Galway : Seminar
Fohenagh, Ahascragh, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway. Saturday 28th November 2009
All Ireland Conference on Bird Conservation 2010. Sligo, 26th-28th March 2010.
Education in the Outdoors seminar
Organised by the Countryside Recreation Network. 23rd February 2010. Norfolk Park, Sheffield, England.
Lough Neagh’s Lakeland Heritage conference
'An investigation into the archaeology and history of an Irish lough.' Lough Neagh Discovery Centre, Oxford Island, Co. Armagh. Saturday 23rd January 2010. Fee £10 (includes lunch). Booking essential
Noah's Ark or Noah's Coffin - The challenge for biodiversity
Annual Darwin Day Lecture as arranged by the Humanist Association of Ireland. Thursday 11th February 2010, 7.30 pm. Trinity College Dublin
Creating an Outdoor Classroom - 2 Day Course
Organiser: Organiser: The Irish SeedSavers Association
Establishing a school garden as a cross curricular teaching aid. 27th and 28th February [and repeated on 20th and 21st March]. The Irish SeedSavers Association, Capparoe, Scariff, Co. Clare.
International Viking Conference
Viking Woodstown and Hiberno-Norse Waterford: Their Place in the Viking World. 26th-28th March, 2010. Waterford.
'Planning for a Smarter Ireland' : IPI National Planning Conference
Thursday April 15th & Friday 16th April, 2010. Tullamore Court Hotel, Tullamore, Co Offaly.
Joyce Country Walking Festival | Turas Oidhreacht Duiche Sheoigheach
The festival will take place between the 5th-7th March 2010, against the backdrop of the breathtaking mountains and mystical valleys that are found in the north County Galway area.
Fortnightly chance to search for interesting species, learn to identify some new ones, and have fun recording our biodiversity! Prizes!!
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
Irish Seed Savers Upcoming Wokshops
Creating an Orchard, Fruit Tree Pruning, Restoring an Old Orchard
The Hedge Laying Association of Ireland demonstration. Saturday 19 February, Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra, Co. Down.
Enabling Sustainable Behaviour: The Environment, Communities, Health & Well Being
3rd Annual Social Marketing Conference of The Centre for Innovation and Structural Change at NUI Galway. Friday 15th April.
Getting to Know Ants with Professor John Breen
National Biodiversity Data Centre 2011 Workshop Programme : 9th April
Wildlife Courses Cape Clear 2011
Cape Clear Bird Observatory, Cape Clear, Co. Cork. April - September
ECO-UNESCO - Environmental Education Training - 7th & 8th February 2012
Tuesday & Wednesday, 7th & 8th February 2012, Dublin. This is a great opportunity for environmental educators (staff and volunteers) to be up-skilled in teaching methods and methodologies central to environmental education.
HERITAGE IN YOUR AREA
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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.