Heritage Outlook: Summer/ Autumn 2007

Heritage Outlook: Summer/ Autumn 2007

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The quarterly magazine of the Heritage Council with news, events, opportunities and features.

CELEBRATING BIODIVERSITY WEEK 2007
The Butterflies and Moths of Northern Ireland

THE LANDSCAPES WE DESERVE
conserving Ireland’s landscapes before it is too late

BOUNDLESS HORIZONS
Historic Landscape Characterisation

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC • LOCAL BIODIVERSITY AREAS • THE INDIAN MUGHAL MINIATURES

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Heritage Outlook: Summer/ Autumn 2006

Heritage Outlook: Summer/ Autumn 2006

General

Quarterly magazine of the Heritage Council with news, events, opportunities and features.

In this issue:

PREHISTORIC MUSIC IN IRELAND
exploring prehistoric musical instruments in Ireland
THATCHING IN IRELAND
the role of thatch in vernacular architecture
BIODIVERSITY DAY
full list of events inside
HERITAGE WEEK REGISTRATION • FURNITURE CONSERVATION • WATERFORD IMAGE ARCHIVE PROJECT

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Heritage Outlook: Summer/ Autumn 2005

Heritage Outlook: Summer/ Autumn 2005

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The quarterly magazine of the Heritage Council, with news, events, opportunities and features.

In this issue:

PROTECTING THE BURREN
the case for a new kind of National Park

EXPO 2005
The Ireland Pavillion in Japan

THE LANDMARK TRUST
combining architectural conservation and tourism

HERITAGE EVENTS • ENVIRONMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS • GRANTS PROGRAMME 2005

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Heritage Outlook: Winter 2004/ Spring 2005

Heritage Outlook: Winter 2004/ Spring 2005

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In this issue:

WATER HERITAGE DAY 2004
Creating awareness during Heritage Week

REELING IN THE YEARS
The heritage value of archives

BUILDING ON THE PAST
The sustainable reuse of buildings

HERITAGE EVENTS • THE DISCOVERY PROGRAMME • HERITAGE COUNCIL GRANTS PROGRAMME 2004

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Heritage Outlook: Summer/ Autumn 2004

Heritage Outlook: Summer/ Autumn 2004

General

Quarterly magazine of the Heritage Council, with news, events, opportunities and features.

In this issue:

MANAGING OUR OCEANS
How do we prevent over-exploitation?
THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
thinking globally, acting locally
ARCHAEOLOGY IN CONTEMPORARY IRELAND
Challenges and opportunities
COUNTRYSIDE ACCESS • OUR HISTORIC HOMES • PILGRIM PATHS • HERITAGE EVENTS

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Heritage Act 1995

General

The piece of Irish legislation, under which the Heritage Council was established.

The Heritage Council was established as a
statutory body under the Heritage Act, 1995. The Heritage Act provides a
definition of ‘heritage’ which is truly comprehensive and includes:
monuments; archaeological objects; heritage objects such as art and
industrial works; documents and genealogical records; architectural
heritage; flora and fauna; wildlife habitats; landscapes and seascapes;
wrecks; geology; heritage gardens; parks and inland waterways.


The introduction to the Act reads as follows:

"An act to promote public interest in and knowledge, appreciation and protection of the national heritage, to establish a body to be known as an Chomhairle Oidhreachta, to define its functions, to provide for the exercise by the Minister for Arts, Culture and The Gaeltacht of functions in relation to the national heritage and to provide for other matters connected with the matters aforesaid." [10th April, 1995]