Heritage Council

Application No.

Applicant Name

Project

Project Description 

Approved Amount

17015

Myshall Muintir na Tire

Preservation of 19th century parish records

To conserve the original handwritten, baptismal, marriage and death records of Myshall Parish dated 1816-1855 (100 leaves)

€2,000

17041

Carlow County Museum

Safeguarding the former pulpit of Carlow Cathedral

To safeguard the current condition of the pulpit during construction works to renovate the building to accommodate the county museum as well as prepare a detailed conservation and maintenance plan for the pulpits future display as one of the museums main display pieces

€3,000

17050

Cavan County Museum

Caring for Cavan County Museum's Collection Project

Updating storage areas within the museum and to relocated some of the collection to off site storage ensuring it is maintained to the highest standard. Funding is sought for storage materials

€3,500

17053

Clare Museum

Conservation of Foresters Banner

Conservation of Foresters banner dating to c1872 to prevent further deterioration of the object and to enable future displayTinctoria in Leenane, Co Galway

€4,000

17082

Clare County Archives

Conservation of Minute books

Conservation of Board of Guardian Minute books (23 books)

€6,000

16737

Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral of St Fin Barre

Burges Archives- Conservation of cartoons

Conservation of cartoons created by William Burges for his design of St Fin Barre's Cathedral

€10,000

16956

Diocese of Cork and Ross

Restoration of Parish Baptismal Records (Phase 1)

Restoration and preservation of 2 volumes of Parish Baptismal Registers dating (1748-1772) and 1773-1778.

€5,000

17049

Cork City and County Archives

Conservation of Cork Poor Law Union Indoor Relief Registers (Phase 1)

Professional conservation and repair of register volumes dating from 1848-1854 (5 items currently in poor/very poor condition

€8,000

17061

Provincial Grand Lodge of Munster Freemasons

Conservation of a trio of Masonic oil-on canvas tracing boards

Conservation of a trio of Masonic oil-on canvas tracing boards at the Masonic hall, Youghal, Co Cork

€2,500

17063

Foxs Lane Folk Museum

Documenting the collection

To undertake a complete inventory of the museums artefacts

€2,500

16746

Donegal County Council Archives Service

Conservation of the Archives of Donegal Grand Jury

Re-binding and paper conservation of 35 volumes of the Donegal Grand Jury 1753-1899

€4,000

16807

Friends Historical Library

Data entry on CD Rom of Quaker deaths records 1650-1870

Compile a publicly accessible computer database of the vital records of individual Irish Quakers over the period 1670-1879

€5,000

16747

University College Dublin

Manuscript Conservation

To fully conserve Franciscan MS A7, Felire Oenguso, a fifteenth century vallum manuscript

€4,000

16936

Trinity College Dublin

Conservation Assessment of the Weingreen Museum (of Biblical Antiquities) collection

The collection needs to be assessed by a professional conservator, and targeted artefacts need to be treated and conserved accordingly.

€3,000

16948

Trinity College Dublin

Conservation treatment of selected material in zoological museum

Conservation and restoration of selected zoological mounted specimens, Much of this material is up to 200 years old

€2,000

16950

Dublin Civic Trust

Exhibition,booklet and seminar -"Irish House" It's former glory and its future

To host an exhibition,  of "O' Meara's Irish House" displaying artefacts from the original building. Also a seminar & information leaflet. Constructed in 1870 and demolished in 1968, the decorative exterior of the building was salvaged at the time of dismantling and is now in the guardianship of Dublin Civic Trust.

€2,000

16961

Contemporary Music Centre

Irish Music Digitisation Project

Full editing and transfer from vulnerable formats to cd/dvd formats of a further collection of rare archival recordings of music by 20th century Irish composers held in its collection. Their preservation and full cataloguing will ensure that they are accessible to the public

€4,000

16967

Irish Print Group SIPTU

Exhibition of the Irish Print Group 1809-2009

Exhibition of 200 year history of the Dublin typographical provident society

€2,500

16980

Dublin City Archives

Conservation of 28 wide street commission maps

To conserve 28 maps from the Wide Street Commission Map series by using the services of a professional conservator. These maps document the development of Dublin City throughout the 18th & 19th centuries.

€3,000

16985

Irish Museum of Modern Art

Repairs to Edward Delaney's Outdoor sculpture "Eve with Apple"

Repair and restoration of "Eve with Apple" by Irish sculptor Edward Delaney

€3,000

17000

Loreto Central Archives

Purchase of Environmental Monitoring Equipment and Cataloguing of material

1- Purchase of uv blinds, dehumidifier and thermogydropgraph. 2- Review and update of catalogue. 3- Cataloguing of correspondence of superiors general

€3,500

17007

Irish Traditional Music Archive

Conservation , cataloguing and dissemination of the music and song manuscripts of the Irish Traditional music Archive- Phase 1

Detailed cataloguing of unarchived music and song manuscripts and transferral of the records to archival storage (pocket and boxes)

€2,500

17008

Church of Ireland College of Education

Conservation of textile samples and cleaning of 19th/early 20th century college register of students

Cleaning and conserving of the 19th century needlework samplers in the archives &  9th/early 20th century register of students to the college with a view to making them accessible to researchers in the area and to eventually put them on display

€4,000

17017

Irish Labour History Society

Repair and conservation of the Trade Union Banner

Repair and conservation of early 20th century Irish 164cm x 158cm double sided polychrome oil painted banner

€4,000

17048

Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland

The Du Noyer drawings in the RSAI: Conservation, documentation and exploration

To conserve & catalogue the pencil sketches, washes and watercolours of Irish antiquities by George Victor Du Noyer, dating from c1835 to c1859 which are bound in albums and notebooks in the RSAI.

€1,000

17052

Dublin Diocesan Archives

Microfilming of the Edward Hay Papers 1817-1822

The Archive wish to have these papers, which are currently in a poor state, microfilmed so that researchers can once again access the material digitally. The papers have been transferred to acid free archival boxes.

€500

17059

National Irish Visual Arts Library

Embroidery Artist Archive

Indexing and arranging of organisations records and teaching collection of textile samples

€600

17075

Railway Preservation Society of Ireland

Restoration of Loco no H61

Restoration to full running order of Loco no H61 built in 1922

€5,000

17079

GAA Museum

Conservation and re-binding of the earliest GAA minute books

Conservation and re-binding of the 4 earliest minute books held by the GAA.

€3,000

17080

University College Dublin Library

Preservation and Conservation of UCD Library Special Collections

To undertake a preservation assessment of the UCDs Special Collections using the British Library's National Preservation Office (NPO) survey technique, identifying material to be prioritised for conservation

€2,000

17228

National Print Museum

National Print Museum Interactive Community Heritage Project

To comprise three separate elements which will cater for a broad spectrum of the community. These elements are all interactive, creative expression for older people, children's craft workshops, print fest 2009. These will take place during heritage week 2009

€2,000

17248

Royal Dublin Society

Repair and conservation of 3 paster models by John Henry Foley

Professional repair and conservation of 3 plaster models by Dublin born sculptor John Henry Foley

€2,250

16942

St Mary's Church

Conservation of built-in vestry furniture and limestone handbasin

Repairs of the very fine vestry furniture and stone handbasin which will facilitate the presentation of the collection of antique ecclesiastical textiles.

€2,500

16777

Galway County Council Archives

Conservation of Gort Poor Law union collection (phase 1)

Repair of several volumes which are in a very poor and fragile state. Conservation is required in order to make them accessible to researchers

€7,000

16964

St Brendans Cathedral

Conservation Treatment for Sacred Heart Painting

Conservation treatment of the Sacred Heart Painting by Francis O Donoghue in St Brendans Cathedral Loughrea

€1,500

17066

Galway City Museum

Storing the Dominican textile collection and preparing some pieces for exhibition

1- Safely store the Dominican Sister's collection of early 18th Century and Victorian silver and textiles (donated to Galway City Museum) to appropriate museum standards. 2- Conserve some of the early 18thC textiles for forthcoming exhibitions

€4,000

16821

Musaem Chorca Dhuibhne

Upgrading Museum Security Systems

To enable each portion of the building to have independent alarm systems.

€800

16978

Kerry County Museum

Kerry County Museums Teacher Resource Pack for Primary Schools

The development of a comprehensive teachers resource pack to be used a a multi-disciplinary education tool in conjunction with a the national primary school curriculum.

€2,000

17078

Kerry County Museum

Care of Collections Project- Phase 1

First phase of a three phase project in an effort to improve the care of its collections. Phase 1- Installation of a wireless environmental monitoring system and the provision of a fire-proof filing cabinet to protect records relating to the collections and an assessment of the conservation needs of the collection. 

€5,000

17025

Kilkenny Archaeological Society

Environmental Monitoring system

Installation of environmental monitoring system throughout Rothe House including storage areas to assess conditions for current artefacts on display and to enable the display of other relevant artefacts in line with the conservation plan policy.

€2,500

17027

Butler Gallery

Conservation and Storage projects

A number of works are in need to framing conservation of total frame replacement. Essential materials are required for continued collection care and ongoing documentation backlog of the collection

€7,000

16946

Donaghmore Famine Workhouse and Argricultural Museum Society

Care of Collections Strategy

Review of current conservation practices by Conservator and to facilitate and advise the board of its "Care of Collections Strategy"

€4,000

17071

Michael Campion

Durrow Bygones Museum

To develop a catalogue of the collection which can be published both in hard copy and on the internet. Items related to over 100 years of social life in the area of Durrow, Co Laois.

€3,500

16973

Cavan & Leitrim Railway Company Limited

Nancy Steam locomotive restoration project

Restoration of steam locomotive "Nancy" 1908- Stage 1 Completion of boiler

€5,000

17020

Carrick on Shannon Heritage Group Ltd

Exhibition of Archives

To mount an exhibition of various books, manuscripts, posters, letters, rental books and other material of historical interest mostly relating to the 19th century in St George's Visitor Centre, Carrick-on-Shannon

€4,000

16981

Patricia Hazelbeck Flynn

Restoration and Digitisation of Hazelbeck glass plate photographic collection

To stabilise, care and digitise this photographic collection with the view to creating exhibitions and publications. The collection relates to the history of Limerick for the period 1920-1950. (Project is carried out in co-operation with ESB) Funding is being sought for the cost of the production of polyester negatives

€4,000

16993

Limerick City Gallery of Art

Limerick City Gallery of Art Collection: conservation of paintings and preventative conservation for the collection

Conservation of 2 paintings- Peaches by Moira Barry, Still Life by Clausen O'Brien. An environmental audit of the building to be completed by Conservation Letterfrack, assisting  effective preventative conservation and reducing environmental causes of deterioration (in order to reach interim standards as set by MSPI)

€6,000

16782

Louth County Archives Service

Conservation of Louth Archives

Conservation of archives in board of guardians collection

€2,000

17064

Eamon Cushnahan

Documentation and storage of a collection of hand-crafted scaled hull models of traditional boats

Categorisation and documentation of a private collection of several hundred scaled hull models of traditional boats by Theo Oakley. The models, once documented will be stored in labelled, tissue-lines cardboard boxes in a suitable environment.

€2,000

16819

Knock Museum

To continue to collect and preserve the History Heritage of Knock Shrine

To ensure the longterm preservation of Knock Shrine through recording of stories and memories of individual pilgrims to Knock Shrine

€500

16820

Knock Shrine Archive

To monitor and control the environment in the new Knock Shrine Archive

To monitor and control the environment in the Knock Shrine archive to ensure the longterm preservation of its collection

€500

17065

Museums of Mayo Network

Museum documentation and preventative conservation training

two day training programme for the museums of mayo network members in museum documentation and preventative conservation measures

€500

16939

Headfort Trust

Conservation of paintings

Conservation of 4 Paintings in the Eating Parlour at Headfort House, Co Meath

€10,000

17072

Monaghan Town Council

Map Conservation

Conservation of map of Monaghan and borough and parish cemetery 1868

€2,000

16822

Model Arts and Niland Gallery

Creation of conservation archive of the Niland Collection

Create a new system of documenting the condition of works in the Niland Collection

€4,000

16998

South Tipperary County Museum

Conservation and restoration of the glass reverse painting with frame

Conservation and restoration of the glass reverse painting of "Father Sheehy of Clogheen".

€1,700

17033

Irish Traction Group

Continuation of the restoration of 201 "C" class locomotive 226

Replacement of large components following their restoration- an important step in the restoration of this locomotive to working order.

€4,000

16748

Waterford County Museum

Web Portal- Integrated Museum web site and database

Construction of a web portal for the museum, integrating the current website, image archive and database of artefacts

€1,964

16818

Waterford City Archives

Restoration of Annie Brophy backdrops

To restore Annie Brophy photographic backdrops.

€3,000

16944

Waterford Museum of Treasures

Conservation of Medieval City Charters

Conservation of medieval city charters with view to complete the display pertaining to King Edward iV (1461-1483) for public enjoyment and Education

€10,000

17012

Scouting Ireland Heritage Group

Mount Mellerary Scout Museum & Archive

Archive storage materials i.e acid free storage boxes etc. In addition to purchase acrylic sheets to protect the display panels from the recent exhibition "Scouts 100- Living the Adventure" at Collins Barracks) in their new home at the scout centre

€2,000

16959

Wexford County Council Archive Service

Conservation of mould affected volumes

Conservation of volumes from the former county museum collection at Enniscorthy which have been assessed as being in critical condition due to the ravages of mildew and damp. (Conservation of 10 items in total)

€6,000

17068

Parish of Wexford Town

Conservation of registers

Conservation of 11 catholic registers from Row Street church- 7 baptismal and 4 marriage.

€4,500

16738

Alfred Beit Foundation

Installation of Museum Grade Ultraviolet filters

Installation of Museum Grade Ultraviolet filters at Russborough House to protect paintings, tapestries, carpets, furniture and furnishings.

€3,000

Total

€225,814