Tidy Towns Heritage Award
The TidyTowns Heritage Award has been sponsored by the Heritage Council to encourage a greater awareness of the value of our heritage to our quality of life and to sustainable economic development.
Our Featured Initiatives
Collaborative Town Centre Health Check Programme
A trans-disciplinary Collaborative Town Centre Health Check Programme in conjunction with participating towns across the country.
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.
Heritage Maps
Find or identify heritage sites and explore heritage data sets anywhere in Ireland.
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.
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.
Homeowner Maintenance Advice Series
A collection of leaflets on basic building maintenance for Homeowners, produced in partnership with SPAB Ireland.
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.
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.
Adopt a Monument
A scheme to help communities become actively involved in the conservation and interpretation of their local archaeological and cultural heritage sites.
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.
