Our Team

The staff of the Heritage Council are a small, flexible and highly motivated group of people.

Their expertise, independence and their focus on heritage define the organisational culture.

Virginia

Virginia Teehan
Chief Executive Officer
vteehan@heritagecouncil.ie


Management Team

Beatrice Kelly

Beatrice Kelly
Head of Policy & Research
Museums & Archives Programmes Manager
bkelly@heritagecouncil.ie

Catherine

Catherine Casey

Head of Heritage & Climate Change
ccasey@heritagecouncil.ie 

Ian Doyle

Ian Doyle
Head of Conservation
idoyle@heritagecouncil.ie

Michael ob

Michael O'Brien
Head of Business Services
mobrien@heritagecouncil.ie

Pearse O Caoimh 1

Pearse O'Caoimh
Head of Communications & Public Affairs
pocaoimh@heritagecouncil.ie
For general pr and media queries please contact media@heritagecouncil.ie

Richard

Richard Brennan
Head of Finance
rbrennan@heritagecouncil.ie


Professional & Administrative Officers

Aalia

Aalia Kamal
Cultural and Inclusive Heritage Officer
akamal@heritagecouncil.ie

Alison Harvey

Alison Harvey
Planning & Development Officer
Programme Manager of the Collaborative Town Centre Health Check Programme
aharvey@heritagecouncil.ie

Vacant
Architecture Officer 
Recruitment underway

Amanda Ryan

Amanda Ryan
Grants Manager
aryan@heritagecouncil.ie

Anna

Anna Meenan
Traditional Farm Buildings Grant Scheme Programme Manager
ameenan@heritagecouncil.ie

Lorcan

Lorcan Scott
Wildlife Officer
lscott@heritagecouncil.ie

Maria W

Maria Walsh
Heritage in Schools -Programme Manager
Child Protection Officer
heritageinschools@heritagecouncil.ie
mwalsh@heritagecouncil.ie

Lesley Ann 1

Lesley-Ann Hayden
Museum Standards Programme for Ireland- Programme Manager
lahayden@heritagecouncil.ie

Valerie Kelly

Valerie Kelly
Community & Public Engagement Officer
vkelly@heritagecouncil.ie

Ronan Healy 2

Ronan Healy
National Heritage Week Project Manager
rhealy@heritagecouncil.ie
heritageweek@heritagecouncil.ie

Cathy Connelly 2

Cathy Connelly
Corporate Services Officer
cconnelly@heritagecouncil.ie

Maria Dempsey

Maria Dempsey
Finance Officer
mdempsey@heritagecouncil.ie

Anne

Anne Barcoe
PA to Chief Executive Officer & Chairperson
abarcoe@heritagecouncil.ie

Martina

Martina Malone
Communications Officer
mmalone@heritagecouncil.ie
For general pr and media queries please contact media@heritagecouncil.ie 


Ger

Gerard Croke
Administrator- Building Operations & IT
gcroke@heritagecouncil.ie

Christena Ryan 2

Christena Ryan
Administrator- Finance
cryan@heritagecouncil.ie

Susan Garrett 2

Susan Garrett
Clerical Officer
sgarrett@heritagecouncil.ie

Tara Fitzgerald

Tara Fitzgerald
Clerical Officer
tfitzgerald@heritagecouncil.ie


Project Managers

Adopt A Monument
Abarta Heritage
adoptamonument@heritagecouncil.ie

Irish Walled Towns Network Co-ordinator
Eimear O'Connell
iwtn@heritagecouncil.ie