Heritage Council

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.

2009 INSTAR Grant Recipients

Contact Name

Principal Applicant

Applicant Name with Partners

Project Title

Amount Awarded

Web resource

Dr Edel Bhreathnach

UCD Mícheal Ó Cléirigh Institute

UCD Mícheal Ó Cléirigh Institute with UCD School of History and Archives, Discovery Programme

Mapping Death: People, Boundaries and Territories in Ireland 1st to 8th Centuries AD.

€81,000

Dr Rory Quinn

Centre for Maritime Archaeology Coleraine

Centre for Maritime Archaeology Coleraine with Memorial University Newfoundland, Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Marine Institute

Archaeological applications of the joint Irish Bathymetric Survey Data - Phase 2.

€80,000.00

Dr Aidan O Sullivan

University College Dublin

UCD School of Archaeology with Queens University Belfast, Cultural Resource Development Services Ltd, Archaeological Consulting Services Ltd, M Gowen Ltd

Early Medieval Archaeology Project (EMAP)

€100,000.00

Dr Ingelise Stuijts

Discovery Programme

Developing a wood and charcoal database for Ireland

Developing a wood and charcoal database for Ireland

€72,000.00

Graeme Warren

University College Dublin

University College Dublin with OPW, Belderrig Research and Study Centre, NUI Maynooth, NRA

Neolithic & Bronze Age Landscapes of North Mayo: full publication of survey, excavations & environmental research at Ceide Fields & related sites.

€65,5000

Dr Helen Lewis

University College Dublin

University College Dublin (Schools of Archaeology and Geography), with Meath County Council, Dundalk IT, University of Southampton, Talamh Ltd

An integrated, comprehensive GIS model of landscape evolution and land use history in the River Boyne valley: Phase 2.

€73,000.00

Dr Tomás Ó Carragáin & John Sheehan

University College Cork

University College Cork with University of Newcastle, ACS Ltd, Munster Archaeology, Aegis Archaeology

Making Christian Landscapes.

€75,000

Dr Nicki Whitehouse

Queen's University Belfast

Queen's University Belfast with University of Oxford, NRA, CRDS Ltd, UCD, National Museum of Scotland, University College London, University of York

Cultivating societies: assessing the evidence for agriculture in Neolithic Ireland.

€101,000.00

Dr Nicholas Branch

University of Reading

University of Reading with Archaeological Development Services Ltd

Examining the relationship between human activities and climate change in the wetlands of Ireland.

€37,000.00

Dr Eileen Murphy

Queen's University Belfast

Queen's University Belfast with and UCC, NRA, Northern Ireland Environment Agency, DoEHLG, The Ulster Museum, National Museum of Ireland, Aegis Archaeology Ltd, Eachtra Archaeology, Northern Archaeology  Consultancy,M Gowen Ltd

The People of Prehistoric Ireland: Health and DemographyPhase 1 - The collation of baseline data on collections of Irish prehistoric human remains.

€56,000.00

€740,500.00

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

NEWS

The Heritage Council Grants Programme

The Heritage Council Grants Programme for 2011 is now open. The closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 8th October at 5.00 p.m. Please visit the Grants section of this website for information on making an application.

Irish National Strategic Archaeological Research [INSTAR] Programme web archive launch

Five museums receive interim accreditation under Museums Standards Programme for Ireland

High nature value farming case studies in north Connemara and the Aran Islands

EVENTS

Seminar on Robert O’Hara Burke: Galway Man and Australian Explorer

Saturday 4th September 2010. Loughrea, Co. Galway.