Recreation
Recreation Content
Recreational activities engage public interest, helping people to enjoy and appreciate the countryside and the many aspects of Ireland’s natural and built heritage. Find out more about how you can enjoy Heritage.
Heritage Council Initiatives
The Heritage Council is involved in many initiatives to protect, preserve and enhance our heritage. In this section you will find information about our initiatives related to Recreation.
RECREATION FEATURED INITIATIVE
Leave No Trace
Leave No Trace (LNT) is a code of outdoor ethics which promotes responsible behaviour for visitors to sites of natural, built and cultural interest. An overall approach which is beneficial to the general environment, LNT can be adapted for any countryside activity.
RECREATION INITIATIVE
The Beara Breifne Way Project
The Beara Breifne Way Project is an ambitious undertaking which will see the development of a walking and cycling route along the spine of the country, from Beara in Co. Cork to Breifne in Co. Leitrim. It follows the line of the historic march of O’Sullivan Beara in 1602.
Latest Initiatives
The Pilgrim Paths
The Pilgrim Paths project was set up by the Heritage Council in 1997. In association with local communities, its objective is the development of a network of walking routes along medieval pilgrimage paths.
HERITAGE IN YOUR AREA
Select your county from the drop-down list below for more information about heritage projects in your area.
RECREATION EVENTS
ECO-UNESCO - Environmental Education Training - 7th & 8th February 2012
This is a great opportunity for environmental educators (staff and volunteers) to be up-skilled in teaching methods and methodologies central to environmental education.
RECREATION PUBLICATIONS
Leave No Trace (LNT)
Leave No Trace Ireland promotes and inspires responsible outdoor recreation through education, research and partnerships.