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West Clare 'School of Lost Skills' launched for Heritage Week

A WEST Clare based non-profit social enterprise have launched 'The School of Lost Skills' as part of Heritage Week 2023. The four-day course will feature discussion and practice of traditional skills like basket weaving, stone wall building, ...

19 Jul 2023 at 08:51

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Deadline approaches for submissions on Clare County Heritage Plan

THE DEADLINE is approaching for receipt of submissions and observations regarding the Draft Clare County Heritage Plan. The local authority is advising members of the public that a copy of the 40-page draft plan is available for public ...

27 Nov 2023 at 19:30

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Step into the past at Craggaunowen during Heritage Week

The cultural, built and natural heritage of Craggaunowen and county Clare will be celebrated during Heritage Week 2023 from August 12 to 20. ‘Living Heritage’ is the theme of this year's programme of events during which members of the ...

06 Aug 2023 at 13:48

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‘Mindless’ and ‘ugly’ vandalism of 5,000-year-old Stone of Destiny condemned

The vandalism of a 5,000-year-old Irish monument has been condemned by a heritage group as “mindless” and “ugly”. The Lia Fail standing stone, located on the Hill of Tara in Co Meath, served as the coronation stone where all the high ...

08 Feb 2023 at 14:44

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Heritage week to get underway in Clare

A WEEK of local heritage, education on geology, and the history of Clare sites in on the cards for the coming week. The 21st annual celebration of County Clare’s built, natural and cultural heritage is being coordinated locally by ...

08 Aug 2023 at 17:00

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Thatched roofs and shopfronts to benefit from €9m in built heritage funding

The government has announced an investment of €9million for the preservation of Ireland's built heritage. Owners and custodians of protected structures including shopfronts will benefit from the Historic Structures Fund (JSF) and ...

16 Nov 2022 at 14:03

National News

Planning body being ‘overwhelmed’ with surge in judicial review cases

Ireland’s planning appeals body is being “to a certain extent overwhelmed” by a surge of judicial reviews against its decisions, a Dail committee has been told. Oonagh Buckley, interim chair of An Bord Pleanala, was giving ...

09 Feb 2023 at 12:26

Local News

Unique initiative launched to allow Clare communities 'adopt a monument'

Community groups in Clare are being encouraged to take part in a unique initiative which empowers local communities to become involved in the care and conservation of a much-loved local monument. The Heitage Council's ...

15 Feb 2025 at 09:00

Arts & Entertainment

Nominations now open for National Heritage Week Awards from organisers across Ireland

The Heritage Council has announced details of this year’s National Heritage Week Awards, inviting nominations from event organisers across Ireland. This approach marks a change from the last two years, when all ...

14 Jul 2022 at 16:36

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Ireland asked Tower of London to return ‘illegally smuggled’ rare cannons

Irish officials made extensive efforts to convince UK authorities to return extremely rare bronze cannons after claiming they were “illegally smuggled” from a Waterford shipwreck and sold to the Tower of ...

28 Dec 2024 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Irish president pays tribute to Kneecap member’s late father

Irish president Michael D Higgins has paid tribute to the father of a member of the band Kneecap as a “major figure in the Irish language movement”. Kneecap, whose eponymous feature film was recently ...

22 Dec 2024 at 17:30

National News

Thousands celebrate return of summer at Bealtaine Fire Festival

Thousands of people gathered in the centre of Ireland to give the coming of summer a traditional welcome. The Bealtaine Fire Festival brought an estimated 5,000 people to the Hill of Uisneach in ...

12 May 2024 at 10:30

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