Featuring the works of An Túr Gloinne and Harry Clarke, the Heritage Council’s map-viewing portal HeritageMaps.ie, has just launched a new interactive map containing some of Ireland’s most spectacular stained glass windows.
The Heritage Council is delighted to announce that the winner of the 2018 Tidy Towns Heritage Award is Milltown Schools’ Heritage Food Project from Co. Galway.
The Heritage Council Conservation Internship Scheme with Irish cultural institutions celebrates 10 Years
The findings of a major new survey of the strengths and opportunities for Letterkenny have been launched today by the Heritage Council, Queen’s University Belfast and Donegal County Council.
Funding under the EYCH Community Grant Scheme 2018
The development of a Conservation Management Plan for butterflies on Lullymore West Bog, Kildare 2018-2025.
Restoration work carried out on wrought iron railing and gates for weigh bridge and cast iron weight scale.
A three day events which involved re-pointing and structural repairs at ‘An Cabhail Mhór’ or ‘The Great Ruin’ in Killinaboy, Co. Clare through community workshops. A collaboration between SPAB Ireland, the Conservation Officer of Clare County Council and the Killinaboy Heritage and History Group
The Tralee Town Centre Health Check is an initiative of the Heritage Council and was piloted across nine towns in Ireland, one of which was Tralee. The health check aims to raise awareness, understanding and appreciation of the critical role that our historic town centres play and the wide-ranging impacts they have on quality of life for citizens and visitors alike.
The Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan, T.D. today launched the Heritage Council’s new Strategic Plan, Heritage at the Heart 2018-2022. The aim of the strategic plan is to engage with issues relevant to Ireland in 2018-2022, and to bolster the heritage sector so that it better able to deal with contemporary challenges.
The Heritage Council has today launched a new round of the Historic Towns Initiative aimed at supporting heritage-led regeneration in our historic towns €1 million will be made available to a number of towns to assist in their regeneration.