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.

Heritage Act

An act to promote public interest in and knowledge, appreciation and protection of the national heritage, to establish a body to be known as an Chomhairle Oidhreachta, to define its functions, to provide for the exercise by the Minister for Arts, Culture and The Gaeltacht of functions in relation to the national heritage and to provide for other matters connected with the matters aforesaid. [10th April, 1995]

Heritage Act 1995

Download The Heritage Act 1995 [PDF 96KB]

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.