Publications & Reports

Irish Lace

Irish Lace

Education & Training

Irish lace reflects the social and political changes that took place between 1700 and the present, and this is its story.

  • Published by: The Heritage Council with support from The Design & Crafts Council of Ireland
Irish Lace Leaflet 4Mb

PDF (3.906 MB)
Museum Standards Programme for Ireland Standards and Guidelines

Museum Standards Programme for Ireland Standards and Guidelines

Museums, Archives & Cultural Heritage

The Museum Standards Programme for Ireland (MSPI) benchmarks and promotes professional standards in collections care and recognises the achievements of those standards within the Irish museum sector.

  • Published by: The Heritage Council
Museums Standards Programme Standards Guidelines 1Mb

PDF (1.163 MB)
Irish Walled Towns Network Action Plan 2014 – 2016

Irish Walled Towns Network Action Plan 2014 – 2016

Built/Urban Heritage & Archaeology

The Irish Walled Towns Network seeks to care for the values of historic towns and to help manage their change.

The IWTN’s goal of making historic Irish towns great places to live, work and visit, complements the objectives of our own Strategic Plan.

  • Published by: The Heritage Council
  • Author(s): Irish Walled Towns Network
Irish Walled Towns Network Action Plan 2014 2016 14Mb

PDF (14.61 MB)
Assessment of Possible Fiscal Incentives in Relation to the Built Heritage in Ireland’ s Towns

Assessment of Possible Fiscal Incentives in Relation to the Built Heritage in Ireland’ s Towns

Market Research & Economic Evaluation Built/Urban Heritage & Archaeology

This report assesses if specified fiscal instruments and other measures could and should be used to incentivise investment in the built heritage in Irish towns.

Particular focus of the analysis is on assessing which fiscal incentives (i.e. tax allowances) might be most effective and beneficial. Various options are assessed using a multi-criteria analysis. The report concludes that a restructured
version of the Living Cities Initiative holds promise.

  • Published by: The Heritage Council
  • Author(s): Peter Bacon
Assessment Fiscal Incentives Final Report Peter Bacon Rpt 2Mb

PDF (2.015 MB)
Heritage Council Annual Report 2013

Heritage Council Annual Report 2013

Corporate Publications

Report on the activities of the Heritage Council including financial statements for 2013.

Report on the activities of the Heritage Council including financial statements for 2013.

  • Published by: The Heritage Council
Annual Report 2013 6Mb

PDF (6.009 MB)
Historic Landscape Characterisation in Ireland - Best Practice Guidance

Historic Landscape Characterisation in Ireland - Best Practice Guidance

Landscapes

This guidance is intended as a contribution to the Government’s emerging National Landscape Strategy. 

Drawing on a variety of disciplines such as archaeology, geography and architecture, Historic Landscape Characterisation attempts to describe and document the character of different landscapes in order that they may be valued for the social resource that they are, and managed as historical capital. Managing the landscape is not just about looking after the protected or iconic parts that we are all generally familiar with, but it must also be about understanding and caring for everyday and undesignated places as well.

  • Published by: The Heritage Council
  • Author(s): George Lambrick, Jill Hind and Ianto Wain
Historic Landscape Characterisation Guidance 2013 8Mb

PDF (8.944 MB)