Irish Walled Towns
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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.
Events Archive
Irish Walled Towns Network (IWTN) Meeting Carlingford September 2009
Organiser: IWTN
Details of this event will be confirmed over the coming weeks.
Should you have any queries please contact Conor Brennan, Irish Walled Towns Day Coordinator, on 056 7770777 or cbrennan@heritagecouncil.ie
Organiser: Heritage Council
As part of Heritage Week 2009 Irish Walled Towns Day will be celebrated in historic Walled Towns throughout the country on Sunday the 23rd of August.
Irish Walled Towns Network Annual Conference
Thursday 5th November 2009. Four Seasons Hotel, Carlingford, Co. Louth
2010 Irish Walled Towns Network Annual Conference and AGM
Thursday, September 30th. The Heritage Council, Áras na hOidhreachta, Church Lane, Kilkenny. Presentations now available to download.
2011 Irish Walled Towns Network Forum and AGM event
Wednesday, January 19th. Wood Quay Venue, Dublin.
Medieval Buttevant Conference: European Urbanism in Ireland
4th-6th March 2011. Buttevant and Springfort Hall Hotel, Mallow, Co. Cork
IWTN Seminar Series. March 22nd at 1.00pm. Heritage Council, Church Lane, Kilkenny
Maps and Texts: exploring the Irish Historic Towns Atlas
Seminar. 20th May 2011. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin.
Conference - Heritage as an Engine of Economic Growth in Mid-Sized Towns
A conference examining how the heritage resources of a town can help them recover from the recession will be held on Thursday January 26th in the Wood Quay Venue, Dublin.
Archaeological Archives as a Resource: Creation, Curation & Access - Conference
Thursday, 23 February 2012. Focusing on the paper archive, the conference proposes that archaeological archives are a crucial national heritage resource, worthy of continued curation, which should be accessible to all researchers...
Heritage as an Engine of Economic Growth - Galway Agenda Announced
The agenda for the inaugural workshop of this series is now available. The workshop will take place on Saturday, 3rd March 2012 at NUI, Galway.
Introduction to Conservation Plans - 1 Day Course
29th March 2012. This course is being run by the Heritage Council as part of the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland (IAI) Continuous Professional Development Programme 2012.
Heritage as an Engine of Economic Growth - Kerry Workshop
21st April, Kerry. Following on from the outstanding success of the Galway event the Heritage Council is pleased to announce the details of the next workshop in the series which will take place in Listowel, Co. Kerry.
Maintenance of Town Walls - One-day Courses
1st & 2nd May, Dublin. One-day courses on the maintenance of town walls for specifiers and practitioners.
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