Heritage Council

Galway

CONTACTS

Heritage officer

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

ARCHAEOLOGY INITIATIVE

Field Monument Advisor Scheme

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.

Read more about the Field Monument Advisor Scheme.

more archaeology initiatives

ARCHITECTURE FUND

REPS 4 Traditional Farm Buildings Grant Scheme

more architecture research funds & grants

  • 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.

NEWS

Conference focuses on the value of heritage resources for towns attempting to recover from recession

National Heritage Week 2011 - Video Clips from around the country!

Discover the Beaches of County Galway

Have you got the gift of the gab?

Golden Mile of Galway Competition : Slí Dúlra na Gaillimhe 2011

Winners of the Heritage Council's Inaugural National Heritage Week Event Awards

National Heritage Week 2011

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

Working Together Better for the Shannon Seminar

Galway Tree Heritage

The Galway County Heritage Awards

Digitally Mapping the Graveyards of North East Galway

Online Waterways Corridor Database Launched

EVENTS

'Heritage as an Engine of Economic Growth' - Heritage Economic Seminar Programme

Clifden 2012 Railway & Transportation Weekend

Traditional Ironwork Conservation & Current Practice

Atheney Celebrates National Walled Towns Day

Investigating Your Family History - A Practical Approach

Stone Wall Workshop: Féile na gCloch

Aughrim Remembered - The Kelly Connection

Clonfert 1111—2011

Ireland Reaching Out

Seminar: Introduction to Genealogical and Local History Sources

Insights into our Folklore and Oral Heritage

2010 Golden Mile Awards and 2011 Golden Mile Calendar launch

Folklore and Oral Heritage Seminar

Stone Wall Workshop

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

Ballinasloe Biodiversity and Natural Heritage walks and talks

National Heritage Week : 21st to 29th August

The Golden Mile of Galway | Slí Dhúlra na Gaillimhe 2010

The Galway Garden Festival

Golden Mile Awards 2009 and launch of Golden Mile Calendar

Galway County Heritage Awards

The Hunt is on For Ireland's Heritage Trees

PUBLICATIONS

The Arable Weed Flora of the Rye Crop on the Aran Islands, Co. Galway

Waterway Corridor Studies

Attitudes To Heritage In Ireland 2004

St. Brendans Cathedral, Clonfert, County Galway

Tuam, Co Galway Study Of Planning & Development for The Heritage Council

Preparation of National/All-Island Guidelines for the Sustainable Management, Protection, Conservation and Enhancement of Historic Walled Towns in Ireland

Irish Walled Towns Day Post Event Member Reports

St Brendan’s Cathedral, Clonfert, Co. Galway Conservation Plan

A Policy Framework for Education, Community, Outreach (ECO)

Scoping Study For Development Of On-Line Heritage Materials For The Primary Sector