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

Five museums receive interim accreditation under Museums Standards Programme for Ireland

On June 8, 2010, at an event in the Coach House, Dublin Castle, five museums were awarded Interim Accreditation in the Heritage Council's Museum Standards Programme for Ireland. The GAA Museum, Cavan County Museum, County Museum...

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

Three Internships in Conservation

Over 1100 events announced at launch of National Heritage Week Event Guide

EVENTS

Heritage Week: 21-29 August

The Heritage Council has launched a brand new National Heritage Week website! The site features our fresh new branding, lots of interactive features such as a graphic suite download, an event organiser toolkit as well as tips on...