Three Year Action Plan 2011-2013 for Irish Walled Towns Network plus a review of activities 2006-2010.
Read moreRead lessA review of the activities of the Heritage Council's Irish Walled Towns Network and a three year action plan 2011-2013.
Proposed Conservation Works: the Robing Room on the grounds of the Heritage Council HQ in Kilkenny.
Read moreRead lessThe report sets out the architectural and historic significance of the structure and describes the present condition of the building. It documents proposed restoration, conservation and maintenance works which have the objective of restoring the pre-existing character of the building. These consist principally of works to repair the garden façade ashlar stonework and the roof.
Preliminary findings from an archaeological building recording and excavation project that was undertaken in April-May 2011 at the Robing Room, Church Lane, Kilkenny
Read moreRead lessPreliminary findings from an archaeological building recording and excavation project that was undertaken in April-May 2011 at the Robing Room, located within the grounds of the former episcopal Palace of the Diocese of Ossory, now the headquarters of the Heritage Council.
Technical appendix to the report which examines existing grant-giving towards building conservation in Ireland.
Read moreRead lessThe appendix provides details of respondents answers to survey.
In this document, Colm Murray, Heritage Council Architecture Officer, outlines the findings of a study on curtilage.
Protection of a protected structures extends to the land and structures lying within its curtilage. ‘Curtilage’ is the area of ground directly connected with the functioning or inhabitation of a structure, such as a yard, a basement or a passageway to the structure.
Analysis of questionnaires sent to key stakeholders involved in the management, enhancement and development of small settlements and villages.
Read moreRead lessAnalysis of questionnaires sent to key stakeholders involved in the management, enhancement and development of small settlements and villages.
Prepared by Professor Barry Cunliffe, Emeritus Professor of European Archaeology, University of Oxford.
The INSTAR Programme was set up in 2008 to help realise the potential of Ireland’s archaeological record and to transform understanding of how Irish society has evolved. After two years of operation, this review finds the programme to be a spectacular success and a model form other countries to follow.
The programme is transforming the very nature of Irish archaeological endeavour by bringing together the academic, regulatory and private sectors to address highly relevant research topics including climate change and landscape and is creating new knowledge and understanding for the academic world and for the
general public alike.
Summary document of Research Framework for Bru na Boinne, World Heritage Site.
Read moreRead lessSummary document of Research Framework for Bru na Boinne, World Heritage Site.
Research Framework for the Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site.
Read moreRead lessResearch Framework for the Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site.
The Heritage Council has prepared guidance that surveyors must follow when undertaking bird surveys under the REPS 4 Traditional Farm Buildings Grant scheme. This is to ensure that the survey is undertaken in line with current best practice, and that the works are designed in such a way as not to impact upon the protected wildlife.
Read moreRead lessMany traditional farm buildings may be home to nesting birds. As these are protected by law, buildings in receipt of a REPS 4
Traditional Farm Buildings Grant may require a bat and/ or bird survey before any works commence.