Heritage Council

The Heritage Council seeks to protect and enhance the richness, quality and diversity of our national heritage for everyone. It works with its partners to increase awareness of our national heritage.

Publications

The Heritage Council is a publicly funded agency with responsibility to propose policies and priorities for the identification, protection and preservation and enhancement of Irish heritage. The Council's objective is to make commissioned reports and policy documents available to the public in a timely, efficient and cost-effective manner. The Council hopes that they will provide a resource for interested parties for future projects and research. The reports are the work of their respective authors, and while the Heritage Council seeks to ensure that all information contained in the reports is accurate, the Council is not responsible or liable for the report contents.

FEATURED PUBLICATION

Biodiversity Awareness Understanding and Impact of its Loss

Barometer Survey prepared by Martha Fanning for the Heritage Council. Presented by Michael Starrett, CEO of the Heritage Council on 19th May 2010.

Click here to download presentation in PDF format [PDF 810K]

  • 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

The Heritage Council Grants Programme

The Heritage Council Grants Programme for 2011 is now open. The closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 8th October at 5.00 p.m. Please visit the Grants section of this website for information on making an application.

Irish National Strategic Archaeological Research [INSTAR] Programme web archive launch

Five museums receive interim accreditation under Museums Standards Programme for Ireland

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

EVENTS

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

Saturday 4th September 2010. Loughrea, Co. Galway.