October 2019 - ongoing
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.
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.
There are an estimated 175,000 buildings still standing in Ireland that were constructed before 1919. For both the State and the communities in which they are located, these buildings are of immense social, environmental and economic value. With proper care and maintenance almost all of this building stock will continue to endure. However, for these buildings to survive they need the skills that went into making them to remain living traditions. The role of the Traditional Building Skills Initiative is to:
1. improve both the quality and quantity of training in traditional building skills.
2. promote traditional building skills as a career.
3. improve awareness and appreciation of traditional building skills among the public.
One of objectives of the Traditional Building Skills Initiative is to promote high quality training on various aspects of traditional building skills that are taking place across Ireland. Towards those ends, we welcome news of high-quality courses that are being run by the private sector, professional bodies, community organisations and charities.
Eligible courses of high education quality will be promoted by the Heritage Council on www.heritagecouncil.ie and our social media channels.
Eligible course types include workshops, conferences, field trips, lectures and seminars covering the following traditional building skills: roofing, thatch, masonry and lime mortar, dry stone walling, joinery and ironwork. Other course topics concerning traditional buildings are also eligible. These include: building maintenance, planning a works project, modifying traditional buildings or sites for climate change, modifying to enhance access and addressing fire safety. The primary focus of any course must be educational. Courses must be focused on traditional buildings.
To be listed, please download and fill in the application form. Completed forms are to be sent via email to cmurray@heritagecouncil.ie
The Heritage Council reserves the right to refuse applications.
Any application must be sent in at least three weeks before the start of the event.
For further inquiries please contact cmurray@heritagecouncil.ie
Please click here for our dedicated resource page providing helpful information on how historic buildings can be repaired and maintained.
Colm Murray, Architecture Officer
email: cmurray@heritagecouncil.ie
phone: 056 7770777
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.
MSPI promotes professional standards in the care of collections in Irish museums and galleries. The programme recognises the achievement of those standards through accreditation.
This directory contains a wealth of information for anyone interested in researching, studying or finding out more about Irish coastal geology, flora, fauna, climate, archaeology, built heritage and people.