Irish Walled Towns

The Viking raiders of the ninth century and the Anglo-Norman invaders of the twelfth built defensive strongholds that over the centuries came to enrich the fabric of Irish life.

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IRISH WALLED TOWNS NETWORK COORDINATOR

Name:	Connor Brennan
Tel:	(056) 777 0777
Email:	cbrennan@heritagecouncil.ie

Please don't hesitate to contact me should you have any queries about The Irish Walled Towns Network. See below contact info for IWTN members.

IWTN Member Contact Details

Walled Town	Contact Name	Contact Details
Athenry	Brid Higgins	Acting Heritage Officer Galway County Council �?ras on Chontae Prospect Hill Galway Tel: 091 509000 ext. 198 bhiggins@galwaycoco.ie
Athlone	No details at present
Carlingford	Brendan McSherry	Heritage Officer Louth County Council County Hall Millenium Centre Dundalk Co. Louth Tel: 042 9324109 Brendan.mcsherry@louthcoco.ie
Carrickfergus	Alison Kelly	Carrickfergus Museum & Civic Centre 11 Antrim Street Carrickfergus BT38 7DG Tel: 028 93358051 hrankin.tourism@carrickfergus.org
Cashel	Marie Mc Givern	Town Clerk Cashel Borough Council Friar Street Cashel Co. Tipperary Tel: 062 64700 Seamus.maher@southtippcoco.ie
Clonmel	Billy Doyle	Town Clerk Clonmel Borough Council Town Hall Parnell Street Clonmel Co. Tipperary 052 83800 tclerk@clonmelbc.ie
Cork	Ciara Brett
Derry	Elaine Griffin	Economic Development Dept Derry City Council Strand Road, Derry Tel 028/048 71 365151 Elaine.Griffin@derrycity.gov.uk
Drogheda	Brendan McSherry	Heritage Officer Louth County Council County Hall Millenimium Centre Dundalk Co. Louth Tel: 042 9324109 Brendan.mcsherry@louthcoco.ie
Dublin	Donacha O Dooling	Heritage Office, Dublin City Council, Block 3 Floor 3, Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8. Tel. 01-222 3824
Fethard	Terry Cunningham	Chairperson Fethard Historical Society 052 21300(work)
Galway	Jim Higgins	Heritage Officer Galway City Council City Hall College Road Galway Tel: 091 526574 / 087 2751511 jim.Higgins@galwaycoco.ie
Kilkenny	Dearbhala Ledwidge	Heritage Officer Kilkenny County Council County Hall John Street Kilkenny Tel: 056 7794126 Dearbhala.ledwidge@kilkennycoco.ie
Kilmallock	Sarah McCutheon	Archaeologist Limerick County Council County Hall Dooradoyle Limerick 061 496573 smccutch@limerickcoco.ie
Limerick	Brain Hodkinson	Archaeologist & Curator Limerick City Council City Hall Limerick 061 407100/061 407995 bhodkinson@limerickcity.ie
New Ross	Ger Mackey	Town Clerk New Ross Town Council The Tholso New Ross Co. Wexford Tel: 051 421284 Gerard.Mackey@newrosstc.ie
Trim	Jill Chadwick	Conservation Officer Planning Department Meath County Council County Hall Railway Street, Navan, Co. Meath 046 9097040 jchadwick@meathcoco.ie
Waterford	Cecily Johnston	Conservation Officer Planning Department Waterford City Council Waterford Tel: 051 309900 cjohnston@waterfordcity.ie
Wexford	Pat Collins	Wexford Borough Council Municipal Buildings Wexford Tel; 053 9142611
Youghal	Catherine Desmond	Archaeologist St. Mary’s College Emmet Place Youghal, Co. Cork 024 91661 catherine_desmond@environ.ie

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IRISH WALLED TOWNS NEWS

Carlingford and Derry - A Tale of Two Historic Irish Walled Towns

Emerging Cross-Border Historic Landscape and Seascape Characterisation Study

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IRISH WALLED TOWNS EVENTS

Irish Walled Towns Network Annual Conference

Thursday 5th November 2009. Four Seasons Hotel, Carlingford, Co. Louth

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IRISH WALLED TOWNS PUBLICATIONS

Irish Walled Towns

Readers will gain a new appreciation and understanding of history through the stories of Irish Walled Towns that together make up an important aspect of Ireland’s cultural heritage.

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