Collaborative Town Centre Health Check Programme
A trans-disciplinary Collaborative Town Centre Health Check Programme in conjunction with participating towns across the country.
Our Featured Initiatives
Homeowner Maintenance Advice Series
A collection of leaflets on basic building maintenance for Homeowners, produced in partnership with SPAB Ireland.
Museum Standards Programme for Ireland
MSPI promotes professional standards in the care of collections in Irish museums and galleries. The programme recognises the achievement of those standards through accreditation.
Heritage in Schools Scheme
Encourage greater awareness in your school of Ireland’s rich built, natural and cultural heritage with an engaging and stimulating visit from one of our Heritage in Schools experts.
Adopt a Monument
A scheme to help communities become actively involved in the conservation and interpretation of their local archaeological and cultural heritage sites.
Heritage Maps
Find or identify heritage sites and explore heritage data sets anywhere in Ireland.
Heritage at Play
Competition for LEGO® brick enthusiasts aged 4-12 years themed on the built, natural and cultural heritage of Ireland.
Heritage Council Podcast Series
Our podcasts this year will explore a broad overview of the multi-layered experiences which encompass Ireland’s past. These podcasts will also put into context how this sense of heritage is all part of our collective experience, and why so much of what went before, still resonates in the present.
Know Your 5k
An initiative from the Heritage Council and National Museum of Ireland which invites you to share your discoveries and insights about the hidden heritage of your locality.
Farming for Nature - Technical Group
The Farming for Nature Technical Group was convened by the Heritage Council as part of its ongoing High Nature Value (HNV) Farming Ireland work.
Irish Walled Towns Network
Formed by the Heritage Council in 2005, the role of the IWTN is to help the Walled Towns of Ireland become better places in which to live, work and visit.
Traditional Building Skills Initiative
The continued existence of a built landscape is dependent on there being enough people with traditional building skills to maintain and sensitively modify this finite resource.
