EYCH Community Grants Scheme now OPEN
We are looking for creative, engaging projects that provide a way for the public to learn about and manage our natural and cultural heritage during European Year of Cultural Heritage.
We are looking for creative, engaging projects that provide a way for the public to learn about and manage our natural and cultural heritage during European Year of Cultural Heritage.
The Heritage Council has launched a new Historic Towns Initiative aimed at supporting heritage-led regeneration in our historic towns.
The European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 is a European initiative, designed to put a spotlight on Europe’s wealth of cultural heritage, and to involve all citizens in events that promote a sense of belonging to a shared European space.
Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan and the Chair of the Heritage Council, Michael Parsons announce €1m in funding for seven Historic Towns
Each week during the summer months there will be a free weekly tour of the Heritage Council.

This publication features 5 Irish town -Carlingford, Westport, Tramore, Fethard and Youghal- where communities have worked to ensure that their urban centre remains vibrant but also true to its origin and identity. For these towns heritage was not a constraint but a resource used to promote and create interesting places.
8 Museums have been awarded full accreditation under the Heritage Council's Museum Standards Programme for Ireland at a ceremony in Kilkenny Castle.
More than 2,000 events are planned across the country for National Heritage Week 2018. This year we're asking you to ‘Share a Story, Make a Connection’.
Helping to make your town or village a better place in which to live can be one of the most rewarding things you will ever do. Below are a set of helpful publications, presentations and links we think will make the process easier.
The Adopt a Monument Manual has been selected for a prestigious award by the Industrial Heritage Association of Ireland (IHAI)