Cork


CONTACTS

Heritage officer

See the County Heritage Services Contacts page to find a Heritage Officer in your area. 

MUSEUM & ARCHIVE INITIATIVE

The Heritage Council has invited six more museums to join the Museums Standards Programme for Ireland:

Allihies Copper Mine Museum, Cork
Athy Heritage Centre and Museum, Kildare
Dublin City Gallery
The Hugh Lane Irish Jewish Museum, Dublin
Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin
The Zoological Museum, Trinity College Dublin

There are now forty-seven museums participating in the Programme. For further information about the Programme please visit click here to visit the MSPI section of this website.

RECREATION INITIATIVE

The Beara Breifne Way Project

The Beara Breifne Way Project is an ambitious undertaking which will see the development of a walking and cycling route along the spine of the country, from Beara in Co. Cork to Breifne in Co. Leitrim. It follows the line of the historic march of O’Sullivan Beara in 1602.

Click to enter the Beara Breifne Way Project section.

ARCHAEOLOGY INITIATIVE

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The Heritage Council is working in partnership with Local Government and the farming community to provide advice to farmers on the management of archaeological monuments on privately owned farmland.

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COUNTY HERITAGE SERVICES GRANT AIDED PROJECT

Grant Aided Projects in Cork City

Click on the link above to view recent examples of grant aided projects in Cork city

MARINE GRANT AIDED PROJECT

ARCHITECTURE GRANT

Significant Place of Public Worship Grant Scheme

Significant Places of Public Worship projects funded by the Heritage Council and the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government grantees 2009

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

HERITAGE IN YOUR AREA

Select your county from the drop-down list below for more information about heritage projects in your area.