A leaflet explaining the importance of our buildings for bats and birds.
Read moreRead lessBuilding owners are the guardians of many bats and nesting birds.This publication is not intended to be exhaustive guidance if you are planning works on your building, but to deepen our understanding of how important buildings are for bats and birds.
An initiative to promote heritage-led regeneration and to improve the quality of our historic towns and villages for residents and tourists.
Guidelines for the surveying of bats within heritage structures.
Read moreRead lessThese guidelines have been developed for Ecological Consultants to standardise both the methodology for survey of structures within the Heritage Council’s Traditional Farm Buildings Scheme and the reporting of same. In developing these guidelines, we have drawn on a wide range of expertise and believe that the advice given is the best that is currently available. Bat surveys submitted to the building owner and the Heritage Council must adhere to these guidelines in order to satisfy grant requirements under the Traditional Farm Buildings Scheme.
The quarterly magazine of the Heritage Council with heritage news, events, opportunities and features.
Read moreRead lessIn this issue:
ARE WE WILLING TO PAY FOR OUR HERITAGE?
A new report looks at the public’s concerns for the state of our heritage
FARMING ON THE EDGE
The benefits of traditional farming methods and its value for wildlife
FROM RAGS TO RICHES
Remembering Catherine Hayes, Ireland’s first operatic diva
ARE WE CONSERVING OUR NATURAL ARTERIES?
Ignorance of the broad benefits of our hedgerows is leading to their destruction
HERITAGE WEEK 2007
WALLED TOWNS DAY
PRESERVING BUILDINGS AT RISK
This plan was commissioned by the Heritage Council, in partnership with the Bolton Library, to develop and propose policies for the long-term care and management of the Library and to increase understanding of its historic importance in the town of Cashel and the wider national and international context.
Read moreRead lessThe Bolton Library, Cashel, is one of Ireland’s great, but little known treasures. The bequest of Archbishop Bolton, it provides a rich insight into the cultured milieu in which such a patron lived and the wide breadth of his learning and aspirations.
It complements other such collections in Ireland, from the same period, such as the Worth Library and Marsh’s Library, both in Dublin. The donation of the Bolton Library to subsequent generations provided a legacy beyond price.
Scoping study for the creation of a naval or maritime museum at Haulbowline, Cork Harbour.
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On behalf of the owner of Newtown Jerpoint and Kilkenny County Council, in partnership with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and the Office of Public Works, the Heritage Council commissioned Oxford Archaeology to produce a Conservation Plan for the site of Newtown Jerpoint, County Kilkenny.
Read moreRead lessNewtown is a deserted medieval town, dating back to c. AD 1200, when it was founded near a crossing point on the River Nore not far from Thomastown and the Cistercian Abbey of Jerpoint. The site contains the standing remains of St Nicholas’ Church and a domestic tower, both of which are partly overgrown and tending towards dilapidation. The site also contains the well-preserved outlines of burgage plots, some of which contain the remains of house platforms which have survived despite clearing works on the site in the 19th century
This report was produced by the Heritage Council at the invitation of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage & Local Government. Following extensive consultation, this report identifies specific themes as the means by which to prioritise research and address current and
relevant research needs.
Read moreRead lessThis approach is under-pinned by the wider need to place archaeological research into the context of public access, life-long learning, social inclusion and cultural diversity. The recommendations in this report attempt to address the crisis in which Irish archaeology was experiencing at this time.
The Heritage Council hosted a seminar on the use of towpaths on 20th June 2007. The purpose of
this seminar was to stimulate debate and ideas about the potential of Ireland’s towpaths, including maintenance paths on river navigations, and to examine their economic, recreational, tourism, and heritage potential. The proceedings of the seminar are provided in this publication.
Read moreRead lessThe speakers examined the uses made of towpaths in the UK and in Ireland. Topics included the example of the regeneration of the Thames Navigation, the economic value of towpath activities, walking for health, access for all, anti-social behaviour, and current and future activities on towpaths in Ireland. It is hoped that, by presenting a range of experiences from these islands, new ideas may be stimulated for existing and future navigations in Ireland.
This study follows surveys carried out by Lansdowne Market Research in 1999, 2004 and 2005 for the Heritage Council on levels of awareness and public attitudes to our national heritage.
Read moreRead lessThe specific objectives of the study can be summarised as follows:
• To explore, through survey and analysis, the overall attitudes, opinions and
experiences of the Irish public regarding heritage and heritage protection;
• To determine the aspects of heritage upon which the public places most value, particularly in the context of current general public spending;
• To establish the extent to which the public is willing to pay (in the form of a proposed notional taxation) for extra heritage protection or provision.
• To establish the contributing factors towards the valuation of heritage, in terms of socio-economic background, attitudes, information and personal values