The Heritage Council and the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Heather Humphreys have today announced funding for 196 heritage projects across Ireland under its 2017 Community Heritage Grants Scheme.
The Heritage Council and HeritageMaps.ie are pleased to announce the release of their latest dataset mapping Ireland’s mysterious Sheela-na-Gigs.
Seven new sites have been chosen to take part in the 2017 Adopt a Monument Scheme run by the Heritage Council. The sites from across Ireland range in size and date from an early medieval ringfort in Limerick, to the precarious ruins of a medieval castle on an Atlantic cliff in Donegal and a nineteenth century mining landscape in Slieveardagh, County Tipperary.
The Heritage Council’s Heritage Awards Ceremony recognises the fantastic work of the heritage community in Ireland and showcases the best of National Heritage Week.
The Heritage Council has today announced the details of its 2017 Heritage Grants Schemes under which €800k in funding will be available for projects nationwide.
Heritage Council launches 2017 Adopt a Monument Scheme.
The Heritage Council has today issued a call for communities to nominate the forgotten and lonely monuments in their community that are desperately in need of care and attention under the 2017 Adopt a Monument Scheme.