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.

EDUCATION INITIATIVE

The Marian Rollins Heritage & Education Award (I.N.T.O. & The Heritage Council of Ireland)

The Marian Rollins Heritage and Education Award is an annual award presented to individuals who make an outstanding contribution to heritage education in Irish primary schools and communities.

Click for more information about the Marian Rollins Heritage & Education Award

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.

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

IRISH WALLED TOWNS GRANT

Irish Walled Towns Network (IWTN) Capital Projects Scheme

The IWTN Grants Fund aims to support the implementation of the suite of Conservation and Management Plans (CMPs) through capital works to conserve and promote historic town Walls and their settings.