The European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 is a European initiative, designed to put a spotlight on Europe’s wealth of cultural heritage, and to involve all citizens in events that promote a sense of belonging to a shared European space.
The Historic Towns Initiative (HTI) 2018 is a joint undertaking by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and the Heritage Council which aims to support heritage-led regeneration in our historic towns.
We've just launched a great new website for our Heritage in Schools Scheme. As well as operating the online booking system for scheme. Schools can access a range of classroom resources which teach children how to build a giant nest, create a butterfly garden or make their own family tree, for example.
The Tralee Town Centre Health Check Report 2017 focuses on the survey results of a number of key indicators of the overall health of the town centre including: level of town centre activities, land use/commercial mix, pedestrian footfall patterns and business operators and shoppers’ perceptions of the quality of the environment of the historic county town.
Four museums have today been awarded full accreditation under the Heritage Council's Museum Standards Programme for Ireland.
The Heritage Council and HeritageMaps.ie are pleased to announce the addition of Transport Infrastructure Ireland’s Archaeological Excavation Reports dataset to our map-viewer HeritageMaps.ie.