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THE HERITAGE COUNCIL AN CHOMHAIRLE OIDHREACHTA 5 COMMUNITY INITIATIVES AND PROJECTS

ANNUAL REPORT 2012

TUARASCÁIL BHLIANTÚIL 2012

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The Heritage Council 2012 Annual Report CONTENTS

Chairman’s Message 4

Chief Executive’s Report 5

1. Introduction 7 1.1 What do we do? 7

2. Achievements 2012 8 2.1 Summary of Key Achievements 9

3. Education, Outreach and Awareness 12 3.1 Heritage Week 12 3.2 Heritage in Schools 13 3.3 Conservation Internships 14 3.4 Farm Building Training 14 3.5 Biological Recording Initiatives 15

4. Policy and Research 16 4.1 National Landcover and Habitat Mapping Programme 16 4.2 High Nature Value Farming 16 4.3 An Economic Evaluation of Ireland’s Historic Environment 16 4.4 Heritage Map Viewer 18 4.5 ‘Our Ocean Wealth. Towards an Integrated Marine Plan for Ireland’ 18 4.6 A Framework for Sustainable Development 18 4.7 Aran Islands LIFE Application 19

5. Community Initiatives and Projects 20 5.1 Heritage Grants Overview 2012 20 5.2 Community-Led Village Design Statement (VDS) Toolkit and Inaugural Workshop 23 5.3 Museum Standards Programme for Ireland 23 5.4 Irish Walled Towns Network 25 5.5 Historic Towns Initiative 26 5.6 Public Realm Plan Programme for Historic Towns and Cities 26 5.7 Heritage Officer Programme 26 5.8 Heritage as an Engine of Economic Growth Workshops 32

6. Heritage Council Support for Heritage Organisations and Infrastructure 33 6.1 The Discovery Programme 33 6.2 National Biodiversity Data Centre (NBDC) 34 6.3 Irish Landmark Trust 34 6.4 Wicklow Uplands Council 35 6.5 Woodlands of Ireland 35 6.6 Burrenbeo 36 6.7 Ireland Reaching Out 37

7. International Initiatives 38 7.1 Providing Support on the EU Presidency 38 7.2 EU Joint Programme Initiative for Cultural Heritage 38 7.3 European Funded and Co-operative Projects 39

8. Administration 40 8.1 Critical Review of the Heritage Council 2012 8.2 Heritage Council Meeting in Listowel, County Kerry, October 2012 40 8.3 Launch of Strategic Plan 2012-2016 40 8.4 Launch of Heritage Council Annual Report 2011 40

9. Corporate Governance 41

10. Financial Statements 42

The Heritage Council 2012 Annual Report CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE

ANNUAL REPORT 2012

2012 has been another challenging year for The policy advisory role of the Heritage Council is the Heritage Council, yet despite everything not always as visible as some of the other aspects it was also a very productive one. The list of of its work but it is nevertheless just as significant. achievements to follow provides a very brief The Heritage Council’s role in the formulation of overview of some of the work carried out by the policy in 2012 was marked by several submissions Heritage Council over the past year. It is satisfying to Government on key issues. In a submission on to see that, despite further cuts in 2012, we the consultation for Our Ocean Wealth, Council maintained our services across the board, ensuring welcomed the proposed Integrated Marine Plan some level of public grants were available, that for Ireland that integrated policies be developed the heritage infrastructure has been maintained for our seas. Council also made a submission to and that new research and long term policy work the Department of the Environment, Community continued to be undertaken. and Local Government on the draft Framework for Sustainable Development in Ireland and It is especially gratifying to see that despite the to the Department of Agriculture on the Rural cuts it was possible to provide funding to 250 Development Plan relating specifically to Less grants projects in 2012. Even a quick glance at Favoured Areas. the variety of projects and broad range of groups involved, illustrates the enormous contribution The announcement in November 2011 by the our modest grant programmes (research, Government that it was undertaking a critical education and conservation) make to communities review of the Heritage Council with a view to its working to protect, enhance and promote their merger into the Department of Arts, Heritage and heritage. That we were only able to meet 26% the Gaeltacht tested our resilience but we have of the public’s requests for funding highlights emerged stronger and more confident in our the demand for support for heritage projects mission. In successfully resisting such a merger nationally and the magnitude of public interest in the Council acquitted itself as a positive, effective and concern for heritage. and modern public body. As this report further demonstrates, Council successfully delivers a The constituency represented by grant applicants range of social and economic benefits at minimal notwithstanding, heritage is neither a minority cost, and it is communities that benefit. The interest nor a minor addendum to the national levers that allow this to happen include Council’s economy. An Economic Evaluation of the Historic independence of action and the well-founded Environment, undertaken by Ecorys UK for the public confidence in its capacity to deliver a broad Heritage Council in 2012, revealed that Ireland’s range of programmes and the proposal of expert built heritage alone supports more than 35,000 full multi-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary policy time equivalent (FTE) jobs in Ireland, representing advice. The recommendations from the critical 2% of total employment in the country. Add to review highlight the value and esteem in which this other dimensions of our heritage, such as our the service Council provides is held. landscapes, museums, heritage centres, national monuments and so on, and the full scale of the I want to thank everyone associated with the contribution heritage makes to the economy and Heritage Council that has helped ensure 2012 was employment comes in to view. another very successful year.

The wider public goods that arise from investment in the built heritage include a better quality environment for all of us, as well as ensuring our tourism ‘product’ is maintained. International research has demonstrated that investment in the built heritage not only preserves the character and ambience of towns, cities and villages, but is also more sustainable than new build: a greater portion of the investment goes to salaries rather than materials ensuring a greater spend locally, and the Conor Newman jobs tend also to be higher skilled and better paid Chairman than those required by new build. PAGE

4 The Heritage Council 2012 Annual Report CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S MESSAGE

CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S REPORT 2012

Despite the difficulties the Heritage Council faced It would be wrong not to acknowledge the stresses in 2012 it maintained its focus on delivering and strains that have been placed on many of the best possible service for the sector and its these heritage organisations, due to the severity of stakeholders and it renewed its sense of purpose the budget cuts. Some very difficult decisions were and mission in its Strategic Plan launched in taken in 2012. Those decisions were necessary February. The Heritage Council, its staff and its to ensure we maintained some public funding for partners remained positively focused on the a grants programme in 2012 and to retain the delivery of its core functions, the articulation of support of employment in the public and private the value of its work to the communities it serves sectors through our core funding for key partners, and ultimately, as referred to in the Chairman’s some of which have taken a decade of effort to see Message, secured a positive result from the critical established. These partners and the networks they review. have created across the country to deliver a wide range of services are to be congratulated for their In launching the Heritage Council’s Strategic Plan, achievements in 2012. The value of our combined Minister Deenihan stated that efforts for our economic and social wellbeing is “… the objectives set out in this Strategic Plan amply demonstrated throughout the sections of will help guide the delivery of key heritage this report, and backed up on a wider front by services over the next five years” independent research.

During 2012 and for the foreseeable future Along with many other small and medium sized Council will continue to play its part in meeting enterprises we survived 2012, just. That allows its core objectives; delivering its services in an us to be positive in our outlook for 2013. The efficient manner, providing the best service leadership needed within the sector as a whole possible to its stakeholders and highlighting requires the Heritage Council, in all its work, to its role in delivering economic recovery. Its strive to retain the quality of the service it provides capacity to do so would not have been possible in support of a complex range of heritage interests. without the continued support of the wide range Providing that service to individuals or to large of heritage interests with which it works. The institutions presents a range of challenges. The six contents of this Annual Report demonstrate what new Council members appointed in 2012 bring a can be achieved despite the relentless budget new and diverse range of skills which will assist the cuts. Those achievements rely on the flexibility, Executive meet those challenges head on. commitment and innovation within a sector that repeatedly bounces back from adversity. They also rely on a wide number of organisations that the Heritage Council supports to achieve its mission.

Michael Starrett Chief Executive PAGE

The Heritage Council 2012 Annual Report 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS STAFF MEMBERS

Conor Newman (Chairperson) Michael Starrett (Chief Executive) Dr Ciara Breathnach (missing from photograph) Anne Barcoe Prof. Gabriel Cooney Gerard Croke (missing from photograph) Ted Creedon Ian Doyle Dr Brendan Dunford (missing from photograph) Paula Drohan (missing from photograph) Caro-lynne Ferris Alison Harvey Catherine Heaney Beatrice Kelly Kealin Ireland Martina Malone (missing from photograph) Mary Keenan Colm Murray Helen O’Carroll Cliona O’Brien Dr Henry Lyons Amanda Ryan Ian Lumley Christena Ryan Dr Fidelma Mullane Isabell Smyth Dr Kieran O’Conor Liam Scott Michael Parsons (missing from photograph) Grainne Shaffrey Project Staff Lesley-Ann Hayden Liam Mannix (missing from photograph) Anna Meenan Rebecca Reynolds (missing from photograph) Geni Murphy (missing from photograph) Eimear O’Connell (missing from photograph)

Interns Mary Teehan (missing from photograph) Tarsy Koentges (missing from photograph) Kate Moloney (missing from photograph) PAGE

6 The Heritage Council 2012 Annual Report COUNCIL MEMBERS STAFF MEMBERS 1 INTRODUCTION

The Heritage Council’s mission is to engage, 1.1 What do we do? educate and advocate to develop a wider Under the Heritage Act (1995) the Heritage understanding of the vital contribution that our Council’s role is to ‘propose policies and priorities heritage makes to our social, environmental for the identification, protection, preservation, and and economic well-being. enhancement of the national heritage’. In particular, the Heritage Act (1995) charges the The Heritage Council is a public body working in Heritage Council with the responsibility to: the public interest. Our priorities are to support jobs, education, and heritage tourism in local - promote interest, education, knowledge communities. The impact of the Heritage Council’s and pride in, and facilitate the work is both immediate and long term. Our appreciation and enjoyment of the work in supporting jobs is an essential part of the national heritage; outlook that will deliver longer term, sustainable - cooperate with other bodies in the economic recovery. promotion of its functions; and - promote the coordination of all activities Ireland’s heritage has a value that is both relating to its functions. economic and inspirational. By intervening at an early stage to secure the long term care of finite heritage assets, the Heritage Council ensures that The Heritage Council’s Key Objectives are: the value of our heritage is preserved effectively ■ Supporting employment and in ways that reduce costs to our economy and society. The heritage infrastructure that the ■ Supporting education and awareness Heritage Council has established directly supports 70 jobs in public and private bodies throughout ■ Supporting heritage-based tourism Ireland. These jobs are held by energetic people who are delivering on a dynamic agenda. Their ■ Supporting modern frameworks and work supports and maintains the current and mechanisms future value of Ireland’s heritage.

The Heritage Council complements and, importantly, builds on the work of other state heritage bodies that have primary responsibility for the care of property in state ownership and the designation of protected areas. Through partnerships in the community, the Heritage Council ensures that economic opportunity is linked with the natural and built environment.

National heritage is defined in the Act as including: monuments, landscapes, archaeological objects, seascapes, heritage objects, wrecks, architectural heritage, geology, flora, heritage Launch of the Strategic Plan - Left to Right Cliona O’Brien, Wildlife Officer, Mr. Jimmy Deenihan, Minister for Arts, gardens and parks, fauna, inland Heritage & Gaeltacht, Labhaoise Mc Kenna, Heritage waterways and wildlife habitats. Officer South Tipp County Council & Conor Newman, Chairman Heritage Council . PAGE

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During 2012, and against a background of austerity and cutbacks, the Heritage Council continued to support, protect, and develop Ireland’s heritage on levels ranging from national and international policy-making to small local and community projects. PAGE

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2.1 Summary of Key Achievements ■ The Heritage Council’s educational activities continued apace in 2012 with its main ■ The Heritage Council Grants Scheme outreach event, Heritage Week, continuing has been one of the organisation’s most its steady upward trend for the sixth year important programmes, offering financial in a row. Heritage Week 2012 saw more support for selected heritage projects. In events, more people organising events, and 2012, €3.1 million in grant funding was an overall increase in publicity with national allocated to a total of 433 conservation, public awareness of the week at 58%. This education, and research projects, the was aided, in no small part, by the use of diversity of the applications reflecting social media and online promotional tools. the breadth and scope of public concern Topline data shows that 1588 events took for heritage around the country. Having place in 2012, an increase of 8.7% on received 847 applications, whose requests 2011, and that 884 event organisers took for assistance came to €12.7 million, the part, an increase of 16% on 2011. Despite Heritage Council was in a position to meet the weather, an estimated 479,530 people just 26% of the demand for support. attended Heritage Week events across the country.

■ Over €700,000 was invested in the REPS 4 Traditional Farm Buildings Grants ■ The Heritage in Schools scheme remains as Scheme, which aims to ensure that a popular as ever and maintained its outreach number of the historic farm buildings in 2012, despite budget cuts, with visits that grace our countryside will continue taking place in every county in Ireland. to do so. The scheme, which is managed Heritage specialists made 1,108 school by the Heritage Council in partnership visits between January and December 2012, with the Department of Agriculture, Food engaging 87,770 children, and 197 schools and the Marine, considers that traditional availed of more than one visit. Demand buildings, often humble constructions, have for visits continued to exceed the available immense value in the way that they add to funding. the character and interest of the rural Irish landscape. When rescued from neglect and decay, the conserved buildings become an Community involvement in developing our environmental asset and enhance the way ■ historic towns for both locals and tourists that both local communities and tourists spread across the country in 2012 as the appreciate the landscape and its embedded new Historic Towns Initiative entered history. its pilot phase in Listowel, Youghal and Westport. The project is being developed by the Heritage Council in partnership ■ The value of our traditional buildings with Fáilte Ireland, the Department of Arts, and the acquisition of skills required to Heritage and the Gaeltacht. This project conserve them is a topic of interest beyond builds on the knowledge acquired through the heritage sector, and a colloquium on the Irish Walled Towns Network (ITWN) Traditional Building Skills in July brought which continued in 2012 with 35,000 interested parties together in a round-table people attending the Walled Towns Days discussion. The results of the deliberation across the country and €351,000 allocated have since informed a series of actions to thirteen town wall conservation projects. taken by the Heritage Council. The Heritage During the year, the ITWN ran seven Council, in partnership with Teagasc, co- workshops and conferences on conservation, ordinated a REPS4 Training Course on tourism and planning, and created Ireland’s Heritage Buildings, held in Galway during first Area-based Interpretation Plan, Heritage week. piloting a new and broader approach to the interpretation of heritage. PAGE

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■ A step-by-step guide to undertaking a ■ Care of museum collections also received Village Design Statement in Ireland, the Heritage Council assistance in 2012 through new Village Design Statement (VDS) the Conservation Internship Scheme, Toolkit was launched in October with an which supports four internships in the accompanying workshop. Building on its conservation departments of the National award winning pilot projects in Julianstown, Gallery of Ireland, the National Library of County Meath, and Sandymount, Dublin, Ireland, Chester Beatty Library, and the the VDS Toolkit has the potential to Old Library, Trinity College. Following a empower communities to enhance their review of the 2006-2011 phase of the rural and urban villages. scheme in 2012, the Heritage Council and the conservation sector have found that it is successful in meeting its aims and offers value for money. ■ The Heritage Council’s ongoing work in engaging communities in the interpretation and enhancement of heritage was given an international dimension on World ■ The Heritage Council’s engagement with Monuments Day. On 18 April Council emerging technologies has continued in organised an international conference at the 2012 with its work on the Heritage Map Royal Irish Academy in Dublin, entitled ‘Your Viewer, a web-based spatial data viewer Place or Mine? New Initiatives Engaging which focuses on heritage (built, cultural Communities in Interpreting and Presenting and natural) around Ireland and off shore. Heritage in Ireland’. The conference was The viewer acts as a ‘one stop shop’ or opened by Jimmy Deenihan TD, Minister a discovery tool, as it provides access to for the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, heritage data along with contextual data and addressed by the president of ICOMOS from a very wide range of sources. The International, Gustavo Araoz. IWTN number of participating local authorities increased from 8 in 2011 to 24 in 2012, highlighting the need for access to heritage data for improved decision-making. ■ The well-established Museum Standards Programme of Ireland saw two new organisations, Glasnevin Museum and Rathfarnham Castle, join the programme ■ The Heritage Council also continued to in 2012, bringing the total number of support the Irish National Strategic participants to 52; nearly half of these are Archaeological Research (INSTAR) at some stage of accreditation. Fifteen Programme, which seeks to bring private museums have achieved full accreditation, sector and university based archaeologists of which three – Old Library, Trinity together to work more closely and to use College Dublin, Pearse Museum OPW new and innovative, technology. Due to and Castletown House OPW – were funding constraints a single three-year awarded their status in 2012. Ten are at funded project is currently investigating the the interim stage, including Foynes Flying role of agriculture and food production in Boat Museum, County Limerick. Since the Early Medieval Ireland (www.emap.ie). Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, and Monaghan County Museum achieved maintenance of full accreditation certificates in 2012, there are now four institutions that have held full accreditation status for two years or more. Seven training workshops were held for all participants in the programme with over 100 people taking part. PAGE

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■ In 2012 the Heritage Council continued ■ Internationally, the Heritage Council is to inform many different sectors of Irish representing Ireland at European Level in the political and economic life, publishing new Joint Programming Initiative for Cultural research that underscores the importance of Heritage (JPICH). This is a key development the built heritage to the national economy. in European heritage research by drafting An Economic Evaluation of the Historic a strategic research agenda and foresight Environment, undertaken by Ecorys UK study for cultural heritage. for the Heritage Council in 2012, revealed that Ireland’s historic environment / built heritage supports more than 35,000 full The Heritage Council also provided support time equivalent (FTE) jobs in Ireland, the ■ for policy development at the national and equivalent of 2% of total employment in EU level on international trade in elephants the country. and rhinos, as part of the preparations for Ireland’s role as the EU Presidency at the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties ■ The Heritage Council’s role in the to the Convention on International formulation of policy in 2012 was marked by Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna several submissions to Government on key and Flora. In 2012, the Heritage Council issues. In a submission on the consultation supported and facilitated the submission of for Our Ocean Wealth, Council welcomed an application for LIFE funding by the DAHG the proposed Integrated Marine Plan for to the European Commission. Ireland having in fact recommended, in 2006 under section 7 of the Heritage Act, that integrated policies be developed for The advisory role of the Heritage Council our seas. Council also made a submission ■ with regard to planning was taken into to the Department of the Environment, account when An Bord Pleanála decided Community and Local Government on to refuse permission for the National the draft Framework for Sustainable Paediatric Hospital at the Mater Hospital Development in Ireland and to the campus, Eccles Street, Dublin, reflecting Department of Dept of Agriculture, as part the concerns of the Heritage Council in its of its role on the Rural Development Plan submissions at the oral hearing on this key (RDP) Monitoring Committee on proposed project. The submission emphasised the changes to the RDP relating specifically to impact that the proposal would have on the Less Favoured Areas. historic urban landscape of the north inner city, and the implications for Dublin as a candidate World Heritage Site. ■ Input was also provided to the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government on the Prioritised Action In 2012, the Heritage Council launched Framework for Implementation of the ■ its Annual Report and Strategic Plan Birds and Habitats Directives, which will 2012-2016, and also published a key inform the developing RDP in the current facts document about its role and work, year. The Heritage Council played a key role highlighting the wide impact of its support in 2012 on driving forward a policy proposal for heritage across the country. Having on Landcover and Habitat Mapping, made a successful submission on the with a number of other agencies, building National Lottery Bill 2012, Heritage is now on previous proposals on Landscape and listed as a core area for the disbursement of Biodiversity. funding. PAGE

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Tara School Stain Glass Project for World Heritage Day

Ireland’s heritage is an essential element of our 3.1 Heritage Week identity and contributes to our sense of place, Heritage Week continued its upward trend in both nationally and locally. Heritage attractions 2012 and saw an overall increase in activities such as museums, historic buildings, monuments for the sixth year in a row. The 2012 Week had and parks, as well as our rural and urban more events, more people organising events, and landscapes, provide unique resources for learning, showed an increase in PR and brand awareness. recreation, or a break from the stress of everyday There has been substantial growth in the use of life. These places contribute massively to the social media and online information to access quality of life in Ireland and give a competitive information on Heritage Week. The use of the advantage in attracting a skilled and talented apps for information also grew substantially and workforce. Growing awareness and understanding it is expected that the trend for non-print media of the contribution of heritage to our lives is a information will continue, significantly reducing priority for the Heritage Council and underpins print costs in years to come. National coverage some of our key programmes and policies. was higher in 2012, with greater exposure on TV3, The Heritage Council supports a very wide range Nationwide, and Morning Ireland. of educational and training initiatives reaching 1588 events took place in 2012 – an increase of across diverse sectors and ages in society. These 8.7% on 2011 884 event organisers took part – include: Heritage Week, the Heritage in Schools an increase of 16% on 2011 Scheme, conservation internships, REPs4 training, and training in biological recording. PAGE

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Topline data shows that the number of Heritage Week events increased from 1,460 (2011) to 1,588 (2012), showing an increase of 8.7%. The number of event organisers increased by 16%, growing from 758 (2011) to 884 (2012). The importance of the Heritage Council website in promoting Heritage Week has grown considerably. In August 2011 there were 45,501 visitors to the site, which increased to 69,883 in August 2012. This represents an increase of 54%. Similarly, the number of unique visitors to the site grew by 52% from 33,294 (2011) to 50,640 (2012). Social networking showed similar statistics. The use of Facebook increased by 49%, from 2,500 (2011) The winners of the Best Overall Event and Best Interactive to 3,726 (2012), while Twitter showed an even Event during Heritage Week were the Tyrellspass Festival. steeper rise of 63% from 1,393 (2011) to 2,268 Representing the Tyrellspass Festival Committee receiving (2012). The use of apps showed the greatest the awards from Conor Newman, Chairman, Heritage Council and Rebecca Reynolds, National Cooridinator of increase with downloads to iPhone rising by 175% Heritage Week were, Cllr Colm Arthur, Deirdre O’Brien from 956 (2011) to 2,630 (2012). There were McGibney, Debbie Garry and Martin Buckley 1,021 downloads to Android phones in 2012. Coverage in the print media increased slightly in 2012, with press-clippings from the period 3 3.2 Heritage in Schools Jan – 6 Sept rising by 5% from 2,196 (2011) to The Heritage in School Scheme is funded by the 2,298 (2012), while media interviews fell from Heritage Council and was administered by the 32 in 2011 to 26 in 2012. However, although Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) the number of interviews conducted by the in 2012. The scheme provides an additional Heritage Council was down this year, the national educational resource for teachers and supports the coverage overall was higher and a wide number stated aims and objectives of the implemented of discussions and debates arose spontaneously primary curriculum (1999) with regard to pupils’ during Heritage Week at national level without own interaction with their learning. Heritage Council representation.

The criteria for the National Built Heritage An important aspect of the programme Photography Competition changed in 2012. is that teachers and pupils are The competition, which had previously been open- encouraged to leave the classroom and ended, now requested only images that related to built heritage. The number submitted fell from enjoy their local heritage in a practical 2,500 (2011) to 1,350 (2012), a 46% decrease. experiential manner. The Blue Book Built Heritage Competition, which was new in 2012, attracted 1,515 entrants. The Heritage in Schools Scheme has gone from National statistics show that awareness of Heritage strength to strength since it was initiated as a Week is at 58% and topline data for 2012 shows a pilot project in 1999. Following the successful 43% awareness of advertising, compared to 31% piloting of the project the Heritage Council brand awareness in 2011. agreed to expand the project nationwide in 2000 and provided a budget for this. The budget has Attendance at Heritage Week dropped from increased over the years, in recognition of the 13% attending an event and 19% attending a popularity and effectiveness of the scheme, and in site in 2011, to 9% attending an event and 5% response to demands from teachers and schools attending a site in 2012. This year the figures from nationwide. event organisers are probably the most reliable with a response rate at over 50%. Attendance General overview 2012 figures fell by 8% from 522,000 (2011) to 479,530 (2012). It is likely the poor weather may The Heritage in Schools Scheme exceeded all have impacted on attendance levels for many expectations in 2012. This year, 1,108 visits by outdoor events. specialists took place, engaging with 87,770 PAGE

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children, and 197 schools availed of more than one colleges to invite a variety of specialists to work visit. The scheme was in fact so successful that the with students on heritage inside and outside the funding ran out after six months and bookings had classroom. to be suspended from June to December 2012. For the seventh year in succession the INTO and In 2012 The Heritage Council provided €250,000 Coláiste Mhuire, Marino, co-hosted an awards for the running of the Heritage in Schools scheme, ceremony for B.Ed students who, as part of their which was developed in several ways. Following an studies, completed projects entitled ‘When My application and interview process, 32 applicants Grandparents were Young’. The project involves were offered the opportunity to become Heritage the students in researching the lives of their Specialists under the scheme in 2012. grandparents, or a significant older person, in the context of history, geography, lifestyle, traditions Heritage in Schools website and their relationships and reflections. During 2009, the Heritage in Schools Scheme initiated the development of a new content 3.3 Conservation Internships management system and website, The Conservation Internship Scheme for National www.heritageinschools.ie. Cultural Institutions offers recent conservation The website includes details of all aspects of the graduates the opportunity of professional scheme presented in an easily searchable and workplace experience in a prestigious institution illustrative manner with additional information that can offer expert supervision. The host including Heritage Investigations, publications and institution benefits in turn from working with a latest news. In 2012 the website was expanded recently-trained intern, which helps to keep them and developed to include new resources, including informed of new developments in conservation an additional section on sites and places to take practice. Also, the addition of a skilled member of children on site visits. staff facilitates specific projects that would not be otherwise achievable, thus facilitating the overall Geographical spread and number of visits per safeguarding of Ireland’s heritage. county 2012 In 2012, the programme supported internships in All counties had at least one visit in 2012. The the conservation departments of the Old Library, Carlow 5 Longford 16 wide discrepancy between counties can reflect Trinity College; the National Library of Ireland; the involvementCavan in other4 areas ofLouth heritage also. 3 National Gallery of Ireland; and the Chester Beatty Clare 109 Mayo 97 Library. The interns were Fiona MacClees (CBL), Cork 62 Meath 30 Margarita Soto Egea (NGI), Elodie Leveque (NLI), and Amy Baldwin and Kystyna Olczyk (TCD). The Donegal 121 Monaghan 10 internships ran for nine months, apart from those Dublin 186 Offaly 14 in Trinity College, which ran for four and half Galway 295 Roscommon 68 months each. Kerry 86 Sligo 59 Kildare 38 Tipperary 21 3.4 Farm Building Training Kilkenny 15 Waterford 13 The Heritage Council, in partnership with Teagasc, Laois 16 Westmeath 24 co-ordinated a REPS4 training course on Heritage Buildings in 2012. The course took place in Leitrim 15 Wexford 142 County Galway, on a farm belonging to a REPS Limerick 62 Wicklow 39 4 grant recipient, and ran as part of Heritage Week. Presentations on bats, birds, and buildings Number of visits per county 2012 were followed by demonstrations of traditional skills in action. The course was attended by more Elective Studies in Heritage than 100 participants including REPS 4 farmers, REPS planners, grant recipients and heritage Given the important role young teachers will professionals. Future training courses will take play in the future, the Heritage Council provides place in 2013, along with the publication of support to teacher training colleges in relation to conservation guidelines on the repair of traditional the use of the Heritage in Schools Scheme. Elective farm buildings. Studies in Heritage allow the teacher training PAGE

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Other presentations throughout the year were The policy submissions included consultation on given to Teagasc, ICOMOS, the Irish Georgian a new Integrated Marine Plan for Ireland, which Society’s annual traditional skills exhibition, and the Heritage Council has advocated since 2006. In Laois Heritage Forum. The Heritage Council addition, the Heritage Council made a submission also took part in the National Ploughing to the Department of the Environment, Community Championships in Wexford in September 2012, and Local Government regarding ‘A Framework for dispensing advice and information. Sustainable Development for Ireland’. 3.5 Biological Recording Initiatives Nationally significant policy initiatives and The Heritage Council supports training and developments in 2012 include: National Landcover development opportunities for amateur and and Habitat Mapping Programme; High Nature professional recorders through the National Value Farming; An Economic Evaluation of Ireland’s Biodiversity Data Centre’s training programme. Historic Environment; Heritage Map Viewer; Our UCD has also commenced the development of a Ocean Wealth. Towards an Integrated Marine Diploma in Biological Recording. Plan for Ireland; A Framework for Sustainable Development in Ireland; and The Aran Islands LIFE Inputting on national policy is an important Application. priority for the Heritage Council and a wide range of policy and research initiatives were As well as supporting a wide range of research undertaken in 2012. These initiatives draw on the and survey work under our public grants and expertise and knowledge of Council Members, county heritage plan programmes, the Heritage our professional staff and input from the extensive Council has supported the progression of work to networks available to Council. They will have fill gaps in our biodiversity knowledge through the significant and long term impacts on Ireland’s National Biodiversity Data Centre. natural and cultural heritage assets. PAGE

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4.1 National Landcover and Habitat 4.3 An Economic Evaluation of Ireland’s Mapping Programme Historic Environment The Heritage Council, the Environmental A report on the Economic Value of Ireland’s Protection Agency (EPA), and the National Parks Historic Environment, the outcome of recent and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of the Department research by the Heritage Council, was published of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (DAHG) have in May 2012. The purpose of the research led an inter-agency initiative to progress the was to assess the economic and employment implementation of a National Landcover and contribution of Ireland’s built heritage sector, Habitat Mapping Programme. This programme is which includes: built heritage assets such as World critical for the development of detailed landcover Heritage Sites; recorded monuments; protected data for use by government agencies, NGOs structures; Architectural Conservation Areas; designed landscaped surveyed by the Inventory and research stakeholders. While there is no of Architectural Heritage, and other structures current specific requirement for landcover data, erected pre-1919. it is essential to the implementation of existing legislation and will facilitate compliance with The research found that Ireland’s historic European Directives, including the Birds and environment and built heritage supports more Habitats Directives. A National Habitat Map will than 35,000 full time equivalent (FTE) jobs in also contribute to the National Biodiversity Plan. Ireland, which is equivalent to 2% of Ireland’s total employment. Its economic impact on the tourism 4.2 High Nature Value Farming sector, through visitor expenditure, is €700 million Gross Value Added (GVA) and the impact on the In 2012, the Heritage Council continued its construction sector is 17,000 jobs. In summary, ground-breaking work on the development the sector’s contribution to the national economy of High Nature Value Farming policy and is equivalent to more than 1% of total Irish GVA programmes in North Connemara, the Aran and some 2% of overall employment. Islands, County Leitrim, and elsewhere. The partnership approach has been instrumental in Tourism benefits immensely from Ireland’s bringing together the views of a wide range of heritage, the range and quality of which is a stakeholders, especially the farming community. powerful motivating factor for wider tourism. This work has been achieved through grant-aid Some 20% of all state visitor expenditure is closely to the European Forum for Nature Conservation attributable to our historic environment. Heritage and Pastoralism, and in collaboration with Sligo IT, tourism in particular is one of the fastest growing NPWS, and Teagasc. sectors in international tourism and visitors who are interested in heritage and culture tend to stay This work was used as the basis for Council’s longer, visit more places, and spend more per day than tourists in general. submission to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) on the developing Rural The report includes a number of case studies Development Programme (January 2013). It will which demonstrate the social and environmental also inform the new Common Agricultural Policy benefits that the built historic environment can 2014-2020 and its associated Rural Development bring to Irish society through tourism, craft-based and Agri-Environment Programmes. skills, education, and volunteering. In Westport, for example, Westport House alone supports 80 jobs in the local economy, around 3% of the town’s total employment during the tourism peak season. In Waterford, the Waterford Viking Triangle shows how the development of new tourist attractions within historic buildings can stimulate the visitor economy in Irish cities and generate civic pride amongst the local population.

Ireland’s historic environment is also a rich resource for education with flagship heritage sites such as Brú na Bóinne and Kilmainham Gaol hosting numerous school tours as well as domestic Cliona O’Brien, Heritage Council Wildlife Officer talking high nature value farming with group of farmers from and international tourists. Leitirm and representatives from NUI Galway and EFNCP PAGE

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Composite visualisation of Landscape Character Areas, December 2012

Composite visualisation of Landscape Character Areas, December 2012 PAGE

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4.4 Heritage Map Viewer ■ Reflect Ireland’s obligations to environmental protection Development of the Heritage Map Viewer continued throughout 2012. The project, ■ Encompass a longer time frame – launched in 2010, is co-ordinated by the Heritage up to 2050 Council and builds on the work carried out for ■ Acknowledge the wider benefits we the National Biodiversity Data Centre. Twenty- derive from our maritime heritage – two local authorities are now involved as project well-being, spirituality, and health partners. ■ Sound management of the land/sea The Heritage Map Viewer is a web-based spatial interface is critical to the success or data viewer which focuses on heritage (built, otherwise of Our Ocean Wealth cultural and natural) around Ireland and offshore. ■ The viewer acts as a ‘one stop shop’ or a discovery National policy for our coasts is needed tool, as it provides access to heritage data along and tools such as Integrated Coastal with contextual data from a very wide range of Management must be considered sources. The user can create cross-disciplinary ■ The impacts of climate change on species views from over 200 data sets – crossing over and habitat distributions and its potential administrative boundaries, subject boundaries, impacts on climate change must be taken and the land/sea boundary. into account

The Heritage Map Viewer offers a unique ■ Seascape assessment is required to perspective as it is building up national coverage support Our Ocean Wealth – this must of heritage datasets from local authority sources, be carried out on a regional basis and as well as existing national datasets. It uses web must consider the cumulative effects of services to access live data where possible, thereby incremental development offshore increasing data reliability. In 2012, composite ■ Maritime heritage is a core element of visualisations were produced for Architectural the maritime tourism industry – Conservation Areas, Record of Protected it requires conservation and management Structures, Landscape Character Areas, burial in order to maintain its authenticity and grounds, and scenic views and routes. vibrancy

The project has a technical advisory group including the Marine Institute, NPWS, National 4.6 Framework for Sustainable Monuments Service, National Museum, EPA, Development in Ireland Geological Survey of Ireland, Dept of Arts, The Heritage Council made a submission to the Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Linkages have being Department of the Environment, Community and made to other projects within the Irish Spatial Local Government on the draft ‘Framework for Data infrastructure, e.g. DEVplan. Sustainable Development in Ireland’. The Heritage Council’s submission and recommendations, At present, due to data sharing restrictions, the available on its website, make a comprehensive use of the Heritage Map Viewer is restricted to the statement about the role of heritage management project partners and data providers. This will be and thinking in the achievement of sustainable addressed in the first half of 2013. development.

4.5 ‘Our Ocean Wealth. Towards an The Heritage Council’s four main recommendations Integrated Marine Plan for Ireland’ are as follows: The Council welcomed the proposed Integrated (i) The Framework for Sustainable Marine Plan for Ireland. The main points made in Development for Ireland should contain the submission were that the scope of Our Ocean a mission statement that describes the Wealth should be broadened to: challenges that the Irish environment faces and outlines the social change that ■ Reflect a more balanced view of will be required to fulfil that mission. It sustainability should also consider new and innovative ■ Acknowledge that our marine resources mechanisms to secure its implementation, are finite such as the enabling and empowering PAGE

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legislation focused on local communities Pastoralism, Department of Agriculture, Food and proposed by the Heritage Council – A the Marine, Galway County Council and Fáilte Landscape Ireland Act. Ireland.

(ii) The Framework should not be formally Our great storehouse of natural and historical adopted until the Department landscapes and artefacts has a proven track- convenes a conference on sustainable record of supporting jobs. How this capacity is development to give civil society a grown over the next few years is of the highest voice in the formulation of the policy. importance. Bound up with our heritage is the This should specifically explore the precious core of who we are as individuals, role of voluntary organisations, local as communities and as a nation. This is why community organisations, and heritage sustainability of employment in the heritage arena and environmental NGOs in delivering is contingent on safeguarding the integrity of the the new Framework. heritage. The Heritage Council — championing active citizenship, creative communities and (iii) The Framework should commit to meaningful public participation — plays a unique setting up ‘sustainability fora’ within role as the advocate of best practice and quality in local authorities, with the support of the conservation and presentation of the heritage, the national sustainability council. and of knowledge-based decision-making. These should have the resources and the capacity to carry out research and Community initiatives and projects such as the practical works projects, to re-invigorate Heritage Council Grants for 2012; Community- Local Agenda 21, and play to a role in led Village Design; the Museum Standards communication and education in relation Programme for Ireland (MSPI); the Irish Walled to sustainable development. Towns Network; the Historic Towns Initiative; the Heritage Officer Network; and Heritage Economic (iv) The Framework should have as an Workshops are examples of this work and they objective the provision of the full provide a showcase for how the presentation and resources necessary to protect species conservation with the involvement of communities and habitats. across Ireland.

4.7 Aran Islands LIFE Application In 2012, the Heritage Council supported and facilitated the submission of an application for LIFE funding by the DAHG to the European Commission. LIFE is the EU’s financial instrument supporting environmental and nature conservation projects throughout the EU. If successful, the funding will develop, test, and demonstrate best practice in the management of the designated terrestrial habitats on the Aran Islands.

Despite their high level of designation and their cultural and natural heritage significance, this is the first effort to develop a nature conservation initiative of this scale on the islands. The project will also integrate management of cultural heritage features on the project farms.

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5.1 Heritage Council Grants Overview 2012 The technical methodology was developed in collaboration with archaeologists, boat-builders, The Heritage Council received a total of 847 naval architects, and conservation experts. The applications totalling €12.7 million in funding for technology allows the user to rotate the object at 2012. €3.1 million was allocated to 433 projects, will and to illuminate it from any angle, picking meeting just 26% of the demand for support. out features previously hidden. These are some examples of important work being undertaken by grant recipients in 2012; for a full The drawings will help boat-builders and listing of all of the Heritage Council’s grants see individuals in building replica boats and http://www.heritagecouncil.ie/grants/grants/ the published information may be used by communities, event organisers, students, and researchers. Importantly, the methodology is Bryophyte Survey of County Kildare applicable to any significant three dimensional € This project involved the collection of valuable object. This project received 5,000 in grant-aid baseline data on the location and distribution under the Heritage Management Scheme in 2012. of bryophytes in County Kildare. Bryophytes are small, non-vascular plants, such as mosses, liverworts and hornworts. They play a vital role in regulating ecosystems because they provide an important buffer system for other plants, which live alongside and benefi t from the water and nutrients that bryophytes collect. County Kildare contains many sites with the potential to support rare and scarce bryophytes, but the county had previously been under- recorded. The project was led by Dr Joanne Denyer and grant-aided by the Heritage Council, with assistance from the British Bryological Society. It included volunteer participation and organised field meetings helped keen bryologists to develop their identification and recording skills.

A new species of liverwort, Lophozia perssonii (Chalk Notchwort) was identified by the bryophyte expert Nick Hodgetts (co-author of Rare and Threatened Bryophytes of Ireland) who had travelled from Scotland to lead a field meeting for This Inishturk Currach is a modern variation on the the project. This small liverwort was found on a traditional currach in that the skin covering has been boulder in a farm hedgerow, south of Kill; it is the replaces with fi breglass. first time that the species has been recorded on € the island. This project received 3,000 in 2012 Waterford Museum of Treasures: under the Heritage Management Scheme Harp Conservation In 2012, Waterford Museum of Treasures received Traditional Boats of Ireland: Digitisation Project €8,000 in grant-aid towards the conservation of a historic harp, made in Dublin in the 1820s. The This project uses 3D laser-scanning technology harp belonged to the operatic composer William to record full-size and scale-models of surviving Vincent Wallace whose song Tis the Harp in the Air traditional Irish boats from around the country. was written for this particular instrument. Standardised lines plan drawings, photographs and technical details of each boat recorded are The harp has been conserved by Letterfrack then made available on the virtual Maritime Conservation to playing standard and will go on Museum, www.tradboats.ie. display in Waterford Museum of Treasures in a 19th century room dedicated to music, along with PAGE

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The technical methodology was developed in a display of objects on Wallace, whose house is Annagh Marsh Fox Fence, County Mayo collaboration with archaeologists, boat-builders, still standing opposite the museum. The museum The new fox fence at Annagh Marsh, County naval architects, and conservation experts. The intends that the harp will be regularly used and Mayo, is intended to protect the breeding bird technology allows the user to rotate the object at has trained its guides to sing some of Wallace’s population from foxes and other predators. will and to illuminate it from any angle, picking more popular arias. This project received €8,000 Annagh Marsh is an open pool system within wet out features previously hidden. in grant-aid under the Heritage Management grasslands, situated 7km west of Belmullet on the Scheme 2012. Mullet Peninsula in north-west Mayo. This project The drawings will help boat-builders and was supported by both the Heritage Council and individuals in building replica boats and Thatch Cottage, Kilmuckridge, County Wexford Fiontar Chomhraic Teo in 2011 and 2012. the published information may be used by This project involved the restoration of a communities, event organisers, students, and thatched cottage at Ballygarran in the village of The fence has been reported as successful. researchers. Importantly, the methodology is Kilmuckridge, County Wexford. The building, Following two blank summers for breeding applicable to any significant three dimensional which is listed as a protected structure, underwent waders, Annagh Marsh now has three pairs of object. This project received €5,000 in grant-aid consolidation of the roof structure and windows, lapwings and a pair of redshank breeding within under the Heritage Management Scheme in 2012. re-pointing of the chimney flues and breast, the fenced-off area, the only known breeding and repair of the mud walls as part of a wider waders on the Mullet peninsula. BirdWatch renovation project in 2012. Ireland is hopeful for increasing populations in the years to come. The house has been part of the local landscape The Children’s Nature Club: OWLS since before 1839 and has been in has been in OWLS (Outdoor, Wildlife, Learning and Survival) is the same family for the past 150 years. Though a children’s nature charity based in Dublin. OWLS simple in construction, the building has morphed runs a series of outdoor events and workshops in and developed with each generation to meet parks and natural areas around Dublin throughout its changing needs. During the 19th century a the year. The events are aimed at families with phase of renovations changed the outlook of the young children who want to discover more about building from facing south (towards the farmyard) their natural heritage whilst having fun outdoors. to north (towards the national school and the Events take place every second weekend at various church), reflecting the elevated status of its parks and natural areas around Dublin, including occupants as school teachers. Turvey Park, Donabate; Ashtown Wetland Meadows Nature Reserve; and Marlay Park, The grant-recipient maintains an informative Rathfarnham. OWLS also runs week-long nature blog on the project at camps and sleep-outs during the school holidays. http://wexfordthatchedcottage.wordpress.com This project received €5,000 in grant-aid from the The OWLS nature awareness programme is also Heritage Council under the Heritage Management available to primary schools throughout Dublin. Scheme in 2012. The programme provides practical assistance This Inishturk Currach is a modern variation on the to teachers who want to teach their classes traditional currach in that the skin covering has been about nature, while offering a fun and hands-on replaces with fi breglass. approach to learning. It entails a series of visits throughout the school year, starting within the Waterford Museum of Treasures: school and eventually moving to the outdoors. Harp Conservation Activities and projects include nature slide shows, environmental education sessions, wildlife In 2012, Waterford Museum of Treasures received watching, practical workshops, fun days out and €8,000 in grant-aid towards the conservation of Ballygarran Cottage, County Wexford conservation-led task such as tree planting and a historic harp, made in Dublin in the 1820s. The wildlife gardening. This project received €4,000 harp belonged to the operatic composer William in grant-aid under the Heritage Education, Vincent Wallace whose song Tis the Harp in the Air Community & Outreach Scheme, 2012. was written for this particular instrument.

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EPOCH2 – The Urban Landscape and of people, including children who rarely have the Communities of the 1913 Dublin Lockout opportunity to see such work. Hazel scallops were cut from hedges by the applicant. This project investigates Dublin’s urban landscape of 100 years ago from an archaeological The process of the project was recorded in images perspective focusing especially on the 1913 Dublin and video-clips, which were provided to the Laois Lockout and the living conditions in the city’s Heritage Officer, Catherine Casey, for inclusion in infamous tenements. In contrast to mainstream the Facebook page of the Laois Heritage Forum. archaeological approaches, involving a small The house will be open for tours during Heritage number of experts, the project is conducted Week 2013, and this will serve to emphasise the in close collaboration with members of the role of the Heritage Council in supporting the communities in which the investigations take conservation of thatch in Ireland. place. The first phase of the project concentrated This project was awarded €7,000 in grant-aid on an investigation of daily life in Dublin’s under the Heritage Management Scheme. northeast inner city with a particular emphasis to the capitals infamous tenements and the area formerly known as the Monto. Irish National Strategic Archaeological Research (INSTAR) Programme Archival research collated material from different Established in 2008, the INSTAR Programme sources and collections, many of which are not was developed to ensure that the huge amounts readily accessible to the public, and brought them of archaeological work undertaken during the to a wider public audience and especially the local economic boom (roads and other infrastructure, community of Dublin’s northeast inner city via a housing, industrial developments, etc) were number of outreach initiatives. translated into knowledge about Ireland’s past. During the Celtic Tiger period, Ireland experienced An exhibition relating to the project ran in the LAB one of the largest campaigns of archaeological Arts Centre, Foley Street, in October/November excavation ever undertaken in any European 2012, and the project was promoted through country. The INSTAR Programme seeks to bring historical guided tours of the Monto area during private sector and university based archaeologists Heritage Week, in collaboration with members of together to work more closely and to use new and the local community, accompanied by a series of innovative, technology. public talks and panel discussions. This project was awarded €5,000 in grant-aid Due to funding constraints, the INSTAR under the Heritage Education, Community & programme is currently supporting a single Outreach Scheme, 2012. three-year funded project, the Early Medieval Archaeology Project (www.emap.ie), which is Conservation of a thatched house at Jamestown investigating the role of agriculture and food Cross, Ballybrittas, County Laois production in Early Medieval Ireland. The 2012 phase of the project examined the social and The project involved the renewal of a thatch economic forces that shaped the period in terms roof on a well-preserved vernacular house at of craft and industrial activity on key production Jamestown Cross, County Laois. The building is of sites, looking at how this may have changed vernacular design and construction. As an example between the 5th and 11th centuries. This project of an iconic Irish building-type in a prominent was awarded €55,000 in grant-aid under the location, the thatching work makes a significant Irish National Strategic Archaeological Research contribution to the heritage interest of the area (INSTAR) Programme. and reinforces the appreciation of such buildings amongst the local community. It is one of three well-preserved thatched buildings in the locality, Traditional Farm Building Grants 2012 one of them a popular pub, and is of interest to The primary objective of the Traditional Farm tourists. Building Grant Scheme is to ensure that a number The work was carried out by a local thatcher using of the historic farm buildings that contribute oaten straw in the scallop technique. Organic to the visual landscape will be conserved. The straw was especially grown for the project and conserved buildings represent an environmental harvested using a vintage reaper-binder and asset and add to the distinctiveness of the threshing machine. The group effort involved in countryside and the sense of place enjoyed by harvesting and threshing involved a wide number rural communities and visitors alike. PAGE

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Farm building in Cork that was restored under the REPS 4 Traditional Farm Buildings Grants Scheme

In 2012, 43 projects were awarded grants, to a Julianstown, County Meath, and Sandymount, sum total of €641,682, and 70 traditional farm Dublin City. The Julianstown project, pilot for buildings were conserved. In the process, twelve the community-led approach to village design bat roosts were discovered and protected and a statements in Ireland, won a Participatory Planning nesting barn owl site was discovered. award from the Irish Planning Institute (IPI) in February 2012. Sandymount Village, pilot for community-led VDS in Dublin City, won the IPI Best Urban Village Award as part of the National Tidy Towns Awards 2012.

Community-Led The Community-led VDS Toolkit is available to Village Design download from the heritage council website and Statements in Ireland published copies are available to purchase for €10 from the Heritage Council.

5.3 Museum Standards Programme for Ireland Undertaking a community-led Village Design Statement (VDS) in Ireland using a collaborative and participative process The Museum Standards Programme for Ireland COMMUNITY TOOLKIT is an ongoing initiative to improve all aspects

DRAFT of Ireland’s museum practice and to raise the March 2012 standard of care for collections across Irish VDS Booklet museums and galleries. The MSPI recognises the continuing high standards and level of 5.2 Community-led Village Design Statement professionalism within the museum sector, despite (VDS) Toolkit and Inaugural Workshop a background of budget cuts, and acknowledges The Community-Led Village Design Statement (VDS) the key role that museums play in attracting Toolkit was launched, with an accompanying multi- tourists and generating economic growth. MSPI disciplinary VDS Toolkit Workshop, in October 2012. accreditation assures museum visitors of a high standard of management, care of collections, and visitor services. The museums achieving the various The Toolkit was prepared by the Heritage Council stages of accreditation are to be commended for in partnership with Meath County Council, Dublin their commitment, hard work and vision. City Council, and the village communities of PAGE

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The MSPI is a voluntary programme and has Further information about the Programme and attracted involvement from across the cultural Participants is available at: www.museumsireland.ie. spectrum, ranging from national institutions to small, volunteer-led organisations. To date, of the 52 participants in the programme, fifteen museums have achieved Full Accreditation and ten have been awarded Interim Accreditation.

Members of the Monaghan County Museum photoed receiving their award for full Accreditation from Minister Deenihan as part of the Museums Standards Programme in July 2012

The MSPI Commemorations Working Group held its inaugural meeting in November 2012. The group includes Heritage Council members, MSPI participants, conservation professionals, and representatives of cultural institutions such as the Inaugural Multi-disciplinary VDS Toolkit Workshop, 18 National Museum of Ireland and the National October 2012, Newpark Hotel, Kilkenny Library of Ireland.

In July 2012, Full Accreditation certificates were The purpose of this initiative is; presented to the Old Library, Trinity College Dublin; Pearse Museum, OPW; and Castletown ■ To encourage broad-based House, OPW. Foynes Flying Boat Museum, County understanding, and awareness of 1916 Limerick, was presented its Interim Accreditation and subsequent events certificate. The Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, and ■ To encourage a broad exploration of Monaghan County Museum were presented everyday life in Ireland at the time Maintenance of Full Accreditation certificates. ■ To encourage co-ordination of events, Glasnevin Museum and Rathfarnham Castle have exhibitions, website among MSPI joined the Programme and are working to apply members and others for Interim Accreditation in 2015. Knock Museum ■ To ensure a legacy of conserved objects and the National Print Museum have applied for as part of the commemoration Maintenance of Full Accreditation, while nine further participants applied for either Interim or ■ To liaise with other official bodies such as Full Accreditation in September. Assessments of the Commemorations committee chaired these applications will be completed in early 2013. by Minister Jimmy Deenihan ■ The Group initiated a strategic work To assist MSPI participants and others in the programme that involves the co- sector, the programme organises workshops on ordinating exhibitions, openings and an annual basis. The following workshops were loans between the MSPI participants. held in 2012: Museum Documentation: compiling a museum documentation manual; Exhibition Policy: tips for mounting exhibitions; Caring for Collections: paper and textiles (with ICHAWI); Disaster Planning (with ICHAWI and Harwell Document Restoration Service); Marketing (Fáilte Ireland’s Built Heritage Tool Kit); Recruiting and Managing Volunteers (with Volunteer Ireland); and Writing Museum Text for Exhibitions. PAGE

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Events during Irish Walled Towns Day Festivals 2012 Events during Irish Walled Towns Day Festivals 2012

5.4 Irish Walled Towns Network tourist season and to relieve the financial strain on communities organising small scale festivals, The Heritage Council established the Irish Walled concerts, and races. Events that were enabled Towns Network (IWTN) in April 2005 to unite and through this scheme in 2012 included an outdoor co-ordinate the strategic efforts of local authorities medieval music day in Clonmel and a season-long involved in the management and conservation of exhibition on medieval Athy in the town’s heritage historic walled towns in Ireland, both North and centre. In 2012, €81,900 was allocated to 23 South. The IWTN is formally linked to European projects (both Walled Towns Days and small Walled Towns, the international association for the scale events). sustainable development of walled towns, walled cities and fortified historic towns. Since 2007, the Heritage Council, via the IWTN, Festival Fundraising Advisory Document has provided c. €5.9 million for the conservation A concise document detailing the various options of Ireland’s medieval town walls. While the main that local communities can use to fund their objective is to ensure that these fascinating festival is now available on the IWTN section of the monuments do not collapse, almost all the Heritage Council website. projects have a tangible tourism benefit. All projects are required to carry out at least three Training community interaction actions. In 2012 a total of €351,000 was allocated to thirteen conservation The IWTN education programme is a projects, and Athy and Castledermot became new members of the IWTN which currently has 23 proactive response to the funding crisis members. in the Irish heritage sector.

Festivals The programme aims to equip local professionals Walled Town Days are a core element of the and community groups to drive the sustainable IWTN. The festivals are organised by the local use of the medieval resource. communities but depend on the IWTN for the vast majority of their funding. In 2012, a total of 35,000 The education programme has three strands: people attended the various Walled Towns Days across Ireland. ■ Conservation ■ Planning / town centre economy In 2012 a new scheme was devised to support small scale events, to a maximum of €1,500 ■ Heritage tourism / community group per event. The purpose of the scheme is to help development towns to maintain a continuous buzz during the PAGE

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IWTN training workshops in 2012 included: County Cork. It is anticipated that the Historic Festival fundraising; Setting up and promoting a Towns Initiative will be expanded to other towns festival Facebook page; How to do a heritage audit throughout Ireland by 2014. (with Kilkenny Leader Partnership); Photography and exhibition workshop; Town wall maintenance Ireland’s rich legacy of legacy of historic towns for practitioners; Town wall maintenance for ranges from medieval towns to estate villages specifiers; and Heritage as an engine of economic and from canal and port towns to centres of growth in mid-sized towns conference. administration. The Historic Towns Initiative is Conference based on the understanding that these towns have the potential to be vibrant places to live, In January 2012, a conference on ‘Heritage as an work, and visit, and that we need to protect their Engine of Growth in Mid-Sized Towns’ focused heritage to safeguard their distinctive character. on how heritage could be used as an asset in the pursuit of long term sustainable prosperity.. The national partners (DAHG, the Heritage Council and Fáilte Ireland) will provide support, guidance Maintenance Training and resources to participating towns. In order to ensure the continuing maintenance of town walls after they have undergone 5.6 Public Realm Plan Programme for conservation the IWTN, in conjunction with the Historic Towns and Cities Building Lime Forums of Ireland (BLFI), organised The Heritage Council continues to support two single-day training courses for local authority programmes and projects which facilitate the professional officers and operatives on lime mortar strategic planning, conservation and management and vegetation treatment. of historic towns and villages in Ireland. One initiative includes the Heritage Council’s Public Area-based Interpretation Plans Realm Plan Programme for Historic Towns and Cities. Good interpretation significantly increases the In 2012, the historic town of Roscrea was the attractiveness of a heritage place and its perceived focus of a Public Realm Plan process, undertaken economic value to the wider community. It also by all the stakeholders to formulate a phased, creates interested stakeholders out of locals. action-focused enhancement plan for the historic IWTN has initiated a pilot programme which will town centre, in partnership with the local undertake area-based interpretation plans. This is community. The plan will be formally launched in first time in Ireland that interpretation plans for the spring of 2013. larger areas or districts will be undertaken. 5.7 Heritage Officer Programme Conservation, Management and Interpretation The Heritage Officer Programme has been a Plans tremendous success enabling the Heritage Council Due to grant reductions for physical conservation to provide a heritage service at county level by works and the need for medieval monuments to working in partnership with 28 local authorities. be seen to demonstrate their economic value, Heritage officers are employed in local authorities a new plan format has been devised. In 2012 throughout the country, giving the Heritage plans were completed for Bandon, Buttevant, Council an outlet to local communities and Castledermot and Galway, and the Conservation providing a structured and co-ordinated county Management Plan for Rindoon was launched by heritage service. the Minister during the year. The Heritage Council acknowledges the 5.5 Historic Towns Initiative tremendous work being carried out under the stewardship of county heritage officers with the Preliminary work to define a new Historic Towns support of local authorities and local communities. Initiative took place in 2012 and, following Much of the work of heritage officers is carried out discussions between the Heritage Council, the under the auspices of the County Heritage Plan Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and provides for local initiatives which support (DAHG), and Fáilte Ireland, a pilot scheme was the aims and objectives of the Heritage Council. developed to progress the plan. The pilot scheme Plans are implemented in accordance with County involves three historic towns: Westport, County Heritage Forums, which are established to ensure Mayo; Listowel, County Kerry; and Youghal, a direct input from local stakeholders. PAGE

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It is highly regrettable that funding available for Cavan Walking Festival Heritage Plans has reduced substantially in recent Walking is a popular leisure activity and organised years. This has resulted in a smaller number walks are used by heritage officers to enhance the of projects being undertaken in 2012 and is a way in which heritage is appreciated and enjoyed great loss to heritage both locally and nationally. by walkers. However the Heritage Council is committed to their continued success. Culture Night

Culture Night continues to grow in popularity Public activities supported by the Heritage throughout the country and presents an excellent Officer Network in 2012 include: opportunity to engage with the public during Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann a nationally publicised event. As part of Culture The All-Ireland Fleadh is organised by Comhaltas Night in September 2012 the conservator Ruth Ceoltóirí Eireann and is the largest music event in Bothwell gave a short illustrated presentation Ireland. It attracted over 300,000 visitors to Cavan entitled ‘Uncovering Angels in the Architecture’ in August 2013. on the restoration of the ceiling and wall paintings of the Lady Chapel in Saint Eunan’s Cathedral, Letterkenny, organised by the County Donegal Heritage Office. The paintings (c. 1930) were created by renowned artist Harry Clarke and discovered during restoration in 2011.

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The Lady Chapel, Saint Eunan’s Cathedral, Letterkenny Image by Shem Caulfied highlighting the diversity of Photo: Joseph Gallagher wrought iron gates in County Offaly

Heritage conferences Heritage conferences can be an effective way of connecting the wider community with heritage activities in their area. In October 2012, despite severe budget cuts, the County Offaly heritage officer honoured the commitment to host an annual seminar where a wide and varied programme was enjoyed by a large attendance.

Janet Gallagher interviews Sally Moss about the history of her family’s thatched cottage in Ballindrait, County Donegal, for ‘Winning Streak’ on RTÉ 1 Photo: Joseph Gallagher PAGE

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Image by Shem Caulfied highlighting the diversity of wrought iron gates in County Offaly

Hector Ó hEochagáin gives his time to promote Heritage in 2012

Heritage Week Heritage officers play an important role in Heritage Week by encouraging and facilitating the participation of community groups. Many heritage officers produce a county wide programme of events leaflet to promote Heritage Week in their area.

Hector Ó hEochagáin set the bells of Christ Church ringing as he launched National Heritage Week 2012! The oldest bell still in use here dates from 1738 PAGE

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Education Heritage offi cers provide heritage education in many different ways, ranging from Wildlife Detectives and insect hunts to academic lectures and site visits. In October 2012, about 40 BA fi nal-year students and staff from Limerick University’s Tourism and Heritage Management course attended a three-day fi eldtrip to County Donegal. The County Donegal Heritage Offi ce assists the Department of Geography in arranging and delivering this annual event, which includes research, presentations and site visits while in the county.

University of Limerick students and staff enjoy a heritage tour of Raphoe, County Donegal, October 2012 conservation and arts can be highly benefi cial Photo: Joseph Gallagher in raising the profi le of heritage both within and outside a local authority.

Heritage voluntary body events: Examples of such collaborative events in 2012 include an exhibition of photography, ‘The Big Community and voluntary bodies make a House in Ireland 1858-1922’, courtesy of the tremendous contribution to heritage especially at National Library of Ireland, which was hosted by local level. Heritage offi cers facilitate and support the Waterford County Council Cultural Heritage the work of local heritage groups where at all Services as part of Heritage Week and with the possible. For example, in 2012 the heritage offi cer co-operation of several Waterford County Council in Cork County Council supported the Irish Wildlife staff members. Trust in running a workshop at Fota Wildlife Park promoting a survey of ladybirds (Coccinellidae Spp). The exhibition featured images of Waterford houses, such as Curraghmore, Mount Congreve Work with local authority personnel: Heritage and Tourin, and gave an insight into the activities offi cers generally work across several different of the families living in these houses as well as sections in the local authority. Strategic work on the level of manpower required to support large the County Development Plan, for example, is estates. Photographs of the ceiling of the Blue undertaken in conjunction with engineers and Drawing room in Curraghmore conveyed the work planners. Promotional events undertaken by of the architect James Wyatt in the late 18th century. heritage offi cers in collaboration with offi cers in PAGE

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Waterford has a large number of big houses and Heritage research associated demesnes of heritage value, particularly Heritage research adds greatly to the along the Blackwater Valley and the Suir Valley. understanding of heritage at a national and local Many of these open their grounds as part of the level and often benefits from the involvement of Waterford Garden Trail. heritage officers.

Recent heritage research projects include a non- invasive archaeological investigation into Anglo- Norman castle sites in County Longford which, during the later 12th and 13th centuries, occupied the turbulent frontier area that bordered on the native Irish kingdoms of Connacht, Breifne and Ulster. In 2012 Dr Kieran O’Conor and Dr Paul Naessens of NUI Galway undertook a project to investigate whether or not this turbulence is evident in the physical remains of the Anglo- Norman Longford motte-and-bailey castles of the period.

Non-invasive topographical recording and geophysical surveys were carried out at a number Gerard McGrath; Paul Mooney, Cllr; Billy Kyne, Mayor of sites in the county. The conclusions of the of Waterford County Council, Cllr; Micheál Cosgrove, survey found that the majority of Anglo-Norman Mayor of Dungarvan Town Council; Kevin Reville; castle sites in Longford had: attached baileys; Margaret Organ, Arts Officer; Rose Ryall, Conservation a number had double-baileys; sites with good Officer; and Bernadette Guest, Heritage Officer at the elevation were favoured; and that larger motte exhibition ‘The Big House.’ complexes were situated on earlier rath sites reusing existing defensive advantages. The project was supported by the Heritage Council Grant Scheme for 2012.

Data collection and heritage promotion In 2012, Longford Heritage Office, with co- funding from the Heritage Council and in partnership with the National Biodiversity Data Centre and Invasive Species Ireland, developed an invasive species iOS smartphone application.

The Invasive Species Awareness and Recording App allows users to inform themselves of the Phil Hogan TD, Minister for the Environment, Community primary threats to Ireland’s biodiversity, agriculture and Local Government; Anna Meenan, Heritage Council and infrastructure from the most damaging of Farms Building Grant Scheme; Minister Brian Hayes TD, invasive species. The application also allows the Minister of State for Public Sector Reform and the Office of user to record instances of potential invasive Public Works; and Dearbhala Ledwidge, Kilkenny County species in real time, which is relayed to the Heritage Officer, pictured at the Heritage Council stand National Biodiversity Data Centre and helps track during the Irish Georgian Society Traditional Skills Seminar the spread and impact of invasive species. at Kilkenny Castle. Although developed in Longford, the application is an all-island service and it is the first of its kind in Ireland and the UK to record both aquatic and land-based species. An Android version will be available to the public later in 2013. PAGE

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5.8 Heritage as an Engine of Economic Growth Workshops

The Heritage Council recognises the need to contribute to the national recovery and to demonstrate how heritage can be a resource for social and economic development. Businesses and practitioners within the heritage sector face challenges as a result of the current economic downturn. In 2012 the project manager, Siobhán McDermott, organised a series of seven workshops behalf of The Heritage Council. The workshops took place in Cavan, Fingal, Galway, Kerry, Mayo, Offaly, and Waterford, with the support of the relevant local authorities. The planning brief for the workshops was created at the inaugural event for Galway City and County. The workshops were promoted through the local authority Heritage Officers, local media, the Heritage Council, partner organisations and social media. In total 422 people participated in the programme. The role of the county Heritage Officer was crucial for the successful implementation of the workshops, as was partnership between The Heritage Council, the local authority and the regional LEADER companies. PAGE

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6.1 The Discovery Programme at the European Science Open Forum (ESOF), a gathering of scientists and other experts working The Discovery Programme was established in in related disciplines that met in Dublin in July and 1991 and is dedicated to advanced research into August 2012 as part of the Dublin City of Science Irish archaeology. It works by identifying gaps in Festival. The session was covered by the German the knowledge of the Irish past and appointing online media resource Der Spiegel (www.spiegel.de). an expert project team to pursue the topic in question. The Discovery Programme is required The Discovery Programme continued to develop to communicate the results of its projects to the collaborations with institutions in Ireland. During scientific community and to the general public. the second half of 2012 it provided surveying This is achieved through scholarly publications, and technical support to the Dublin Institute for outreach communications, and community events. Advanced Studies (DIAS) for Ogham in 3D, a It is governed by a nine-person directorate and project to laser-scan Ogham stones and present primarily funded by a core grant from the them as 3D models. The Discovery Programme Heritage Council. also provided technical services to the National Monuments Service in the recording and In 2011, the Discovery Programme was assessment of damage due to vandalism of the Lia commissioned by the Minister for Arts, Heritage Fáil at Tara and Hags Chair at Loughcrew. and the Gaeltacht and the Heritage Council to work with Howley Hayes Architects on the The Late Iron Age and Roman Ireland project preparation of a Conservation Plan for the Hill of (LIARI) team, directed by Dr Jacqueline Cahill- Tara. As part of the public consultation process, an Wilson, progressed their project considerably open presentation was made at the Interpretative during 2012. An extensive database of all known Centre (Saint Patrick’s Church), Tara, in April 2012. sites in Ireland containing recorded Iron Age This event involved lectures by Dr Brian Lacey, and Roman elements was constructed and CEO of the Discovery Programme entitled ‘Twenty comprehensive data collection on Roman finds years of work by the Discovery Programme at from Ireland undertaken. Extensive geo-surveying Tara’, and by James Howley of Howley Hayes around Drumanagh in north County Dublin, in Architects entitled ‘A Conservation Plan for Tara’. collaboration with Fingal County Council, aimed This event was organised in collaboration with the to establish the archaeological potential of the National Monuments Service. area, which is known to have been significant during the early centuries AD. In collaboration 2012 saw a significant increase in the Discovery with Professor Gabriel Cooney of University Programme’s involvement in EU-funded projects. College Dublin, the team also undertook a week 3D-ICONS is a collaborative project between of dedicated survey on Lambay Island, County fourteen European institutions to provide 3D Dublin. An international conference in Trinity content of major European archaeological and College Dublin in October 2012 attracted a large architectural sites including UNESCO World attendance and was addressed by speakers from Heritage sites to Europeana, the EU’s cultural Ireland, Britain, Germany and the United States. portal. Ireland’s contribution, which will be coordinated and managed by the Discovery Dr Niall Brady and Dr Brian Shanahan continued Programme, will provide content on some of their work on the various modules of the Medieval Ireland’s major sites and landscapes, among them, Rural Settlement Project and in particular on the Brú na Bóinne, Skellig Michael, Glendalough and Tulsk and Carns modules. Derry City walls. The digital products developed during this project will be used as educational The Discovery Programme worked with the and promotional tools but will also form a Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland on their scientific record that will enable the monitoring involvement in June and August 2012 in events and conservation of the sites. In addition, the held in Merrion Square, including an open house Discovery Programme was successful in securing event during Heritage Week. The Western Stone funding for two EU projects: ARIADNE and Forts project, volumes 1 and 2: excavations at Dún LoCloud which will start in early 2013. Aonghasa and Dún Eoghanachta by Claire Cotter Within the EU-funded ArchaeoLandscapes Project, was sent to press in 2012 with a view to be the Discovery Programme co-ordinated a session PAGE

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launched in early 2013. The Discovery Programme’s addition to expanding the number of volunteers draft Strategic Plan 2013-2016 was made available involved in both schemes, the process has begun online in December 2012. to move from a paper-based to a more efficient online data management system. 6.2 National Biodiversity Data Centre Targeted recording initiatives have progressed The National Biodiversity Data Centre is a well during the year, with the Atlas of Mammals national organisation for the collection, collation, in Ireland http://mammals.biodiversityireland. management, analysis and dissemination of ie/ being particularly successful. The project data on Ireland’s biological diversity. It was brings together existing terrestrial and marine established by the Heritage Council in 2007 and is mammal databases and encourages submission of operated under a service agreement by Compass observations from the general public. The project Informatics, who were recently awarded the presents, for the first time ever, a comprehensive running of the Centre until 2017. picture of mammal distribution in Ireland and its marine waters. The Data Centre has continued to deliver a high quality service, and this was formally recognised in October when the national geographic information association for Ireland’s (IRLOGI) presented the Data Centre with its ‘Business Case and Return on Investment’ Award in October. In 2012, the Heritage Council invested a considerable amount of capacity in running the tendering process for Phase II (2012-2017) of the National Biodiversity Data Centre. The Centre’s objective is ‘To source, store, disseminate and communicate Ireland’s biodiversity The National Biodiversity Database now contains data, and to mobilise its use to meet a range 2,305,361 records of 13,469 species from 92 different of needs, including inter alia, those of the datasets recording community, the research community, environmental management and conservation, planning, policy and regulation.’ The Centre 6.3 Irish Landmark Trust acts as a shared e-government service through its presentation of, and improved accessibility Despite a difficult year financially Irish Landmark to, biodiversity data for the government and the Trust has managed to rescue further historic public. The Centre’s system now holds over 2 properties and give them a viable new use million records of over 13,000 species and over 90 which will safeguard their future. Irish Landmark data sets (see www.biodiversityireland.ie). successfully launched two new apartments in the West Wing at Russborough House in a partnership The National Biodiversity Database, which the with the Alfred Beit Foundation. Officially opened Data Centre maintains, now contains 2,305,361 by Minister Jimmy Deenihan, the elegant Beit records of 13,469 species from 92 different Residence and the smaller Garden Apartment are datasets. All of these data are now mapped on proving to be very popular. Another property the state-of-the-art data portal, Biodiversity Maps was also launched in Northern Ireland, a small http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie. county house situated in its own grounds. The conservation work to save Goggin Cottage in In addition to mobilising data, the Data Centre County Limerick is ongoing and Irish Landmark has developed an online data submission form to is still working hard to raise enough funds to enable citizen scientists to submit records of any complete this project. species observed in Ireland. Over the six-months of its operation, 26,000 observations of wildlife A Seminar entitled ‘Challenging Times – were submitted, and these were added to the Innovations and Opportunities’ was held in mapping system following a validation process. Limerick in Februrary. It was well attended and a great success and proved a good arena to interact The Bumblebee and Butterfly Monitoring Schemes with our key partners and supporters. are also generating important information on the As well as our successes, 2012 was one of the population changes in these insect groups. In hardest for Irish Landmark in recent years. PAGE

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In order to survive and break even it was necessary dumping in rural South County Dublin. Wicklow to make two staff members redundant. While Uplands Council employs the PURE Project one person was made redundant in March Manager, in addition to providing administrative 2012 this proved insufficient to ensure survival, and operational support to the project and so unfortunately a second person was made representing private landowners on the Project redundant in July 2012. In addition it was Management Committee. also necessary to close the store/warehouse in Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny. This second step 6.5 Woodlands of Ireland meant that Irish Landmark just managed to break even on the year. Woodlands of Ireland has undergone considerable changes during the past year, stimulated by As always, Irish Landmark Trust is grateful for the current economic crisis and in response to the support and encouragement of the Heritage stakeholders wishing to chart a future direction Council. This has helped sustain us in the most based on current native woodland requirements. difficult of times and has been vital to ensure that When Woodlands of Ireland was formed, with we can look to the future with hope. support from the Heritage Council, in 1998 the impending new Millennium was the focal point upon which its objectives and goals were developed using a partnership format. Fourteen years later, following on the development and implementation of the People’s Millennium Forests Project and the Native Woodland Scheme, along with numerous measures to underpin these projects, it was deemed appropriate to reassess current structures and goals. Until 2012 the initiative was managed by a core group of stakeholders elected annually at the AGM and ably supported by a Technical Working Group. It was decided to initiate a stakeholder consultation process late in 2011 and to formally establish Left to right Camilla Mc Alleese Chairman of Irish Woodlands of Ireland as a company limited by Landmark Trust, Minister Jimmy Deenihan, Dept of Arts, guarantee with charitable status. The outcome Heritage & Gaeltacht Marcus Beresford Chairman of of consultation was to clearly define future native Alfred Beit Foundation, Judith Woodworth, Trustee of Alfred Beit foundation and Mary O’ Brien, Director The woodland projects and goals around the following Irish Landmark Trust pictured in Ann’s Garden, outside the themes: (i) promotion; (ii) policy advocacy; (iii) Garden Appartment of Russborough House training/education; (iv) community networking/ partnerships; and (v) support implementation. The new company structure also allows for the 6.4 Wicklow Uplands Council development of formal partnerships with others In 2012, the Wicklow Uplands Council (WUC) in the development and implementation of native entered the second year of its three year Strategic woodland projects. Plan 2011-2013 and continued to engage with its members, project partners and the general The current economic climate continues to restrict public to address some of the challenges faced in the management of native woodlands, particularly the Wicklow Uplands. Given the limited resources existing scrub, ‘old’ and ‘ancient’ woodlands available, the WUC has actively engaged in the under the Forest Service Native Woodland Scheme development of projects and policies through (NWS). NWS Element 1 – Conservation, is a voluntary involvement. crucial core measure that involves the protection of existing woodland biodiversity and lobbying Wicklow Uplands Council continues to work to reinstate funding for this measure continued with Wicklow County Council, Dun Laoghaire- in 2012. Though the visit to a number of Native Rathdown County Council, the National Parks and Woodland Scheme sites in County Wicklow by Wildlife Service and Coillte to provide a single, the Minister with responsibility for Forestry, Shane well-resourced response to littering and dumping McAntee TD in late 2011 did not result in funding in the Wicklow/Dublin Uplands. South Dublin for NWS Element 1 in 2012, consideration is being County Council joined the partnership during given to opening this measure for sensitive sites in summer 2012, opening up the collection of illegal designated freshwater pearl mussel catchments. PAGE

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Lugnaquilla Mountain by Pavel Pentlinoski, one of the winning photos exhibited in Wicklow’s Living Landscape. Photo Exhibition

In the meantime, the afforestation element of the concerning two catchments in County Kerry. Scheme (NWS Element 2), which concerns the A number of projects that received funding establishment of new native woodlands, remained from Woodlands of Ireland and the Heritage open for business; in 2012 approximately 175 Council were initiated in 2012, including: (a) hectares of new native woodland was created an assessment of the Natural Capital Values of under this measure. In addition, Woodlands of Native Woodlands; (b) development of a National Ireland continued to provide technical assistance, Hedgerow Database and a Hedgerow Appraisal particularly to landowners making Native System; and (c) development of a website, Woodland Scheme applications in sensitive Ecolandscapes: Landscaping with Native Irish catchments. Species (see www.ecolandscapes.ie).

Woodlands of Ireland also assisted the Forest 6.6 Burrenbeo Service in lobbying the EPA regarding the application of the Native Woodland Scheme in The Heritage Council provided valuable support Acid Sensitive Areas, where currently, no forestry for Burrenbeo in 2012. The Burrenbeo Trust is a schemes are permitted. Assistance was given to registered charity dedicated to the Burren and its Inland Fisheries Ireland during a river sampling people. The organisation relies on membership survey that was undertaken to assess the impact fees, donations and grants, and on the work of of old native woodland on diversity in stream volunteers who carry out an extensive programme invertebrates. A final report was submitted to the of education, information provision, research, EPA by the Forest Service in November which was conservation, and advocacy. Throughout 2012, subsequently approved. This opens up a further Burrenbeo achieved a great deal for the Burren, 10% of the Irish landscape exclusively to the making a real difference to the local heritage, Native Woodland Scheme. economy and community.

In 2012, Woodlands of Ireland devoted much of 6.6.1 Education its energy to help co-ordinate an EU LIFE Nature As well as providing orientation sessions and application on the freshwater pearl mussel workshops for numerous visiting groups, both PAGE

36 The Heritage Council 2012 Annual Report 6 HERITAGE COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR HERITAGE ORGANISATIONS AND INFRASTRUCTURE in the organisation’s Kinvara Centre and in the organised for the local community to help them Burren itself, the Burrenbeo Trust runs educational deal with issues such as funding, planning and initiatives specifically for young learners. heritage issues. In 2012 Burrenbeo commenced a ten-week course In 2012, Burrenbeo received significant media with Transition Year students called Áitbeo (living coverage on radio, television and in print, place) and a new batch of Ecobeo Young Burren especially with regard to: the shell midden dig in Experts graduated, bringing the total number of Fanore; the Learning Landscape Symposium; and graduates to over 800. the Burren Winterage Weekend. 2012 also saw a highly successful two-day 6.6.5 Local economy Learning Landscape Symposium in place- based education, the first of its kind in Ireland. The Burrenbeo Trust has a policy of using local The Burrenbeo Trust also initiated a Learning suppliers and expertise, with local expenditure of € Landscape Feasibility Study to identify the full 90,000, and promote local businesses whenever potential of the Burren as a learning landscape. opportunities avail. It currently employs one full time, two part time staff, and leases a building in 6.6.2 Information Kinvara. The estimated value of the professional input made by volunteers to the work of the Trust Events in 2012 included a heritage walk, which in 2012 was approximately €120,000. took place in the Burren each month, as well as Burren in Bloom, a month-long series of walks and talks in May, and the first ‘Walk with a Difference’ 6.7 Ireland Reaching Out for wheel-chair users. Monthly talks were attended The Ireland Reaching Out (Ireland XO) by 350 people during the winter of 2012. programme was founded in South-East Galway in Publications included the 4th issue of the annual 2009 and has been funded by the Department of magazine Burren Insight, and a series of field guides Foreign Affairs, the Heritage Council, the Atlantic covering geology, archaeology, flora, fauna and Philanthropies, the Ireland Funds, Galway County habitats of the Burren. A monthly e-newsletter Council, Galway Rural Development (GRD), and was distributed to over 4,000 people and the Irish-American sources. organisation continued to develop the Burrenbeo website and podcasts demonstrating heritage work. 6.7.1 The Genealogy Development Officer The Genealogy Development Officer (GDO) at 6.6.3 Conservation Ireland Reaching Out is funded by the Heritage The Burrenbeo Conservation Volunteers ran 21 Council. The GDO is the first point of contact for tasks attended by 81 volunteers. These ranged volunteers and the diaspora who are researching from archaeological excavations and mapping, their roots, providing professional genealogy clearing scrub on behalf of the marsh fritillary and advice, support and guidance to: 184 parish pearl-bordered fritillary butterflies, and collecting administrators; community volunteers; Ireland seaborne plastic litter, to repairing a large gap in a Reaching Out staff; the Irish Diaspora and the wall to render it stock-proof. general public. The officer is also engaged in general outreach, including Heritage Week 6.6.4 Advocacy lectures, talks, training courses, and public meetings. The GDO actively engages with heritage A highly successful Burren Winterage Weekend professionals – such as local authority heritage celebrated the unique tradition of farming in officers, local historians, and genealogists – the Burren, bringing the community together promoting Ireland Reaching Out and supporting with 35 events across the Burren and an heritage work in local communities. An example estimated attendance of 2,500. In April, a Gala of this is the work being done with the County was organised in Limerick to profile Burrenbeo’s Galway Heritage Officer Marie Mannion to develop work in the Burren and Kinvara Culture Night template guides to assist local communities with in September highlighted local talent and projects designed to document their local heritage. strengthened community links. The Heritage Council’s International Initiatives Burrenbeo continue to work as lead partners with include providing support on the EU Presidency other Burren agencies and the local authorities in (CITES) the Joint Programme Initiative for Cultural developing a Burren Community Charter. As Heritage (JPICH); as well as a number of European part of this, a series of resource clinics was Funded and Co-operative Projects PAGE

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7.1 Providing Support on the EU the following countries are involved with observer Presidency status: Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Latvia, Moldova, Portugal. Ireland’s In 2011, the Department of Arts, Heritage and the contribution to the JPI is managed by the Heritage Gaeltacht requested advisory support from the Council, which has responsibility for Work Package Heritage Council with regard to the fulfilment of 6 (Communications), including the production of its duties under the EU Presidency. Throughout a communications strategy, the identification of the course of 2012, the Heritage Council allocated key stakeholders, the dissemination of information time to advising DAHG on matters pertaining about the JPICH, and the management of www. to the Convention on International Trade in heritageportal.eu. Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), representing Ireland at CITES Animals, In 2012 a project manager, was hired to progress Plants and Standing Committee meetings in the Heritage Council’s involvement in this Dublin, Brussels and Geneva, and managing initiative. Initial tasks accomplished included discussions with EU Member States on the the taking in-house of the www.heritageportal. development of EU positions. eu website. A redesign of this was subsequently completed in 2012. As a key part of the JPI 7.2 EU Joint Programme Initiative on for Cultural Heritage involves the drafting of a Cultural Heritage Strategic Research Agenda for Cultural Heritage in Europe, a National Consultation Panel (NCP) In 2012 Council deepened its involvement in was assembled to facilitate Ireland’s input into the EU-funded project to assess priority areas for this process. After selection via a public call cultural heritage research across Europe. This for membership, the NCP began to assess key project is formally entitled the Joint Programming research priorities for Ireland’s tangible, intangible Initiative on Cultural Heritage and Global Change: and digital cultural heritage. The results of a new challenge for Europe (JPICH). these Irish meetings were fed into a European wide process which will see the publication The JPI working group is composed of EU of a Strategic Research Agenda and Foresight Member States (and Associated Countries): Italy Study for Cultural Heritage in 2013. As an (coordinator) Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, element of the Heritage Council’s work package, Denmark, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Lithuania, a Communications Plan for the JPI was also Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, completed. Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom. Additionally,

Stories collected as part of the Waterways Forward project adorn the new glass flood relief walls on the Dry Bridge, Clonmel PAGE

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7.3 European Funded and Co-operative community development, fishing, boating, Projects Waterways Forward Interreg safety, canoeing, invasive species, biodiversity, IVC River Suir project archaeology, river names, interpretation, arts, water quality, planning and tourism development. The Waterways Forward European project has Both seminars have been recorded on DVD. come to an end after 3 years (2010-2012). On See www.southtippheritage.ie/riversuir a local level South Tipperary County Council has produced the River Suir Community Action International Dimension Plan with the participation of more than 1,200 The work of Heritage Officers is at a local level stakeholders. Two River Suir Showcase Seminars but can have an interesting international impact. were also held to communicate the project A drawing entered by a schoolboy to South outputs at a local level. Tipperary B4 Biodiversity competition in 2009 was selected for use on billboards in India in 2012 On a European level the Waterways Forward to promote the United Nations Convention of partners have shared good practices and created Biodiversity. regional strategies and action plans which support the on-going development of Europe’s waterways, in terms of economic, environmental and social benefits. They have also prepared Joint Policy Recommendations to extend the potential of Europe’s waterways in support of EU2020 across the regions of Europe.

Two River Suir Showcase Seminars were held in Carrick-on-Suir in January and November 2012 with over 100 attendees at each. The seminars gave agencies and community groups alike opportunities to share their projects and river appreciation with a wider audience. Many Lorcan Wallace, Poulacapple N.S B 4 Biodiversity on aspects of river interest were featured including billboards in Hyderabad, India PAGE

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8.1 Critical Review of the Heritage Council, 2012 8.3 Launch of Strategic Plan 2012- 2016 The Critical Review Report, which was prepared by the Heritage Council and submitted to the The Minister for Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Jimmy Deenihan TD, launched the Heritage in the Spring of 2012, clearly demonstrated the Council’s Strategic Plan 2012 – 2016 on 1 March Heritage Council’s critical role and impact since 2012. The plan focuses on developing the value of its inception under the Heritage Act 1995. The the heritage sector to employment, education and review paper included a detailed investigation of the quality of heritage tourism. the following: an overview of Heritage Council Policy Papers 1999-2012; an overview of the The five year Strategic Plan identifies 16 objectives Heritage Council’s good practice initiatives and focused on supporting employment, education programmes 1995-2012; Heritage Council Grant and awareness, and heritage-based tourism. Schemes; and a summary of Heritage Council’s Supporting employment through investment critical role in legislative and policy improvements in heritage infrastructure will focus in particular since 1995. on innovative and new approaches to the understanding, maintenance, enjoyment and 8.2 Heritage Council Meeting in Listowel, quality of our natural and cultural heritage County Kerry, October 2012 (examples include Ireland Reaching Out and the Burren Charter). As a national organisation, the Heritage Council endeavours to hold at least one meeting outside 8.4 Joint ICOMOS / Heritage Council Kilkenny every year. Such visits raise the national Conference, Royal Irish Academy, profile of the Heritage Council and develop partnership arrangements between the Heritage April 2012 Council and regional bodies. The Heritage Council An international conference, jointly organised was invited by Listowel Town Council to visit by the International Council on Monuments and Listowel in October 2012 and gratefully accepted Sites (ICOMOS) and Heritage Council, entitled this invitation. The meeting took place in the ‘Your Place or Mine? New Initiatives Engaging Listowel Arms Hotel. Communities in Interpreting and Presenting Heritage in Ireland’ took place in the Royal Irish The meeting was followed by a number of site Academy in April 2012. visits which focused on the interaction between heritage and urban and social regeneration.

ICOMOS Conference – Chairperson Conor Newman Chief Executive Michael Starrett and Minister Jimmy Deenihan T.D.

Heritage Council Board members pictured with Minister Deenihan, Dept of Arts, Heritage & Gaeltacht at their Board meeting in Kerry October 2012 PAGE

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE The Heritage Council’s policy is to maintain the highest standards of corporate governance, in line with generally accepted policies and practices. The Council is committed to complying with the relevant provisions of the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies published by the Department of Finance in 2010. The Heritage Council has established a Finance and Audit committee, which regularly reviews the system of internal control and engages external expertise in the carrying out of its functions, including the internal audit function as appropriate. The Heritage Council complies with Government guidelines for the appraisal and management of Capital Expenditure in the public sector. The Heritage Council complies with all aspects of Government requirement for public procurement and competitive tender, including EU guidelines. Government policy on pay and directors’ fees is also complied with. The Heritage Council is fully tax compliant and does not engage in ‘offensive’ tax avoidance transactions.

PROMPT PAYMENT The Heritage Council is required to Comply with the requirements of the European Communities (Late Payment in Commercial Transactions) Regulations, 2002 and its predecessor, the Prompt Payment of Accounts Act, 1997 (collectively the ‘regulations’). The Council’s standard terms of credit taken, unless otherwise specified in contractual arrangements, are 30 days from the receipt of the invoice. Procedures have been implemented which provide reasonable assurance against material non-compliance with the Regulations. While the procedures are designed to ensure compliance with the Regulations, they can only provide reasonable and not absolute assurance against material non-compliance with the ACT. A review of all payments made during the year ended 31 December 2012 shows 4 payments totalling €4,886.92 giving rise to an interest penalty of €125.98 under the above regulations. With effect from 1 July 2011 The Heritage Council was required to comply with Government Decisions S29296 of 19 May 2009 and 2 and 8 March 2011 in relation to the 15 day prompt payment rule. The disclosures required in the memorandum for government supporting the above decisions are now detailed below. Period Covered: 01.01.2012 to 31.12.2012

Percentage (%) of total number Details Number Value (€) of payments made Number of payments made within 15 days 927 2,038,185 88.88 Number of payments made within 16 days to 30 days 76 143,363 07.29 Number of payments made in excess of 30 days 40 172,461 03.84 Total payments made in Period 1043 2,354,009 100.00 1 Disputed Invoices 3 18,805 N/A 1 Invoices received during the quarter and still under dispute at the end of the quarter. PAGE

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Report of Comptroller & Auditor General 44

Statement of Responsibilities of the Council 46

Statement of the System of Internal Financial Controls 47

General and Accounting Policies 48

Income and Expenditure Account 49

Statement of Recognised Gains & Losses 50

Balance Sheet 51

Notes to Financial Statements 52

Schedule 1 to the Financial Statements 61 PAGE

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The Heritage Council

I have audited the fi nancial statements of the Heritage Council for the year ended 31 December 2012 under the Heritage Act 1995. The fi nancial statements, which have been prepared under the accounting policies set out therein, comprise the accounting policies, the income and expenditure account, the statement of total recognised gains and losses, the balance sheet and the related notes. The fi nancial statements have been prepared in the form prescribed under Section 21 of the Act, and in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice in Ireland.

Responsibilities of the Members of the Council

The Council is responsible for the preparation of the fi nancial statements, for ensuring that they give a true and fair view of the state of the Council’s affairs and of its income and expenditure, and for ensuring the regularity of transactions.

Responsibilities of the Comptroller and Auditor General

My responsibility is to audit the fi nancial statements and report on them in accordance with applicable law.

My audit is conducted by reference to the special considerations which attach to State bodies in relation to their management and operation.

My audit is carried out in accordance with the International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland) and in compliance with the Auditing Practices Board’s Ethical Standards for Auditors.

Scope of Audit of the Financial Statements

An audit involves obtaining evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the fi nancial statements, suffi cient to give reasonable assurance that the fi nancial statements are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or error. This includes an assessment of

• whether the accounting policies are appropriate to the Council’s circumstances, and have been consistently applied and adequately disclosed

• the reasonableness of signifi cant accounting estimates made in the preparation of the fi nancial statements, and

• the overall presentation of the fi nancial statements.

I also seek to obtain evidence about the regularity of fi nancial transactions in the course of audit.

In addition, I read the Heritage Council’s annual report to identify material inconsistencies with the audited fi nancial statements. If I become aware of any apparent material misstatements or inconsistencies I consider the implications for my report. PAGE

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Opinion on the Financial Statements

In my opinion, the financial statements, which have been properly prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice in Ireland, give a true and fair view of the state of the Council’s affairs at 31 December 2012 and of its income and expenditure for the year then ended.

In my opinion, proper books of account have been kept by the Council. The financial statements are in agreement with the books of account.

Matters on which I Report by Exception

I report by exception if

• I have not received all the information and explanations I required for my audit, or

• my audit noted any material instance where money has not been applied for the purposes intended or where the transactions did not conform to the authorities governing them, or

• the information given in the Heritage Council’s Annual Report for the year for which the financial statements are prepared is not consistent with the financial statements, or

• the Statement on Internal Financial Control does not reflect the Council’s compliance with the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies, or

• I find there are other material matters relating to the manner in which public business has been conducted.

The Code of Practice for the Governance of State bodies requires the Council to conduct an annual review of the effectiveness of the system of internal financial control. The Council has not conducted a review, in the manner prescribed since 2009.

I have nothing to report in regard to the other matters upon which reporting is by exception. PAGE

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Statement of Responsibilities of the Council Statement on Internal Financial Control

Section 21(1) of the Heritage Act, 1995 requires the Council to prepare financial statements in such form as may be approved by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht after consultation with the Minister of Finance.

In preparing the financial statements, the council is required to:

- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently

- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent

- prepare financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Heritage Council will continue in operation

- state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements

The Council is responsible for keeping proper books of account which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Council and which enable it to ensure that the financial statements comply with section 21(1) of the Act. The Council is also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Heritage Council and for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Gabriel Cooney Council Member 9th July 2013

Grainne Shaffery Council Member 9th July 2013 PAGE

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Statement of Responsibilities of the Council Statement on Internal Financial Control

On behalf of the members of Council I wish to acknowledge our responsibility for ensuring that an effective system of internal financial control is maintained and operated. The system can only provide reasonable and not absolute assurance that assets are safeguarded, transactions authorised and properly recorded, and that material errors or irregularities are either prevented or would be detected within a timely period.

Key Control Procedures i) The council has taken steps to ensure an appropriate control environment is in place by: - Agreeing a detailed work programme for each year, monitoring and evaluating progress against the work programme - Implementing financial procedures to control the significant financial elements of The Heritage Council’s business - Maintaining a comprehensive schedule of insurances to protect The Heritage Council’s interest - Reviewing and approving all Council policies and procedures - Establishing an Audit and Finance Committee to review the effectiveness of the system of internal financial control. The Committee met on 4 occasions in 2012. They reviewed reports from management on Procurement, Prompt Payments, 2011 Financial Statements, Budgets and matters raised by C&AG arising from his audit. All suppliers with turnover in excess of €5,000 per annum with Council were also reviewed in detail - Production of regular management information, segregation of duties and a system of delegation and accountability - Compliance with all aspects of Government requirements for public procurement and competitive tender - Compliance with Department procedures as regards reporting and draw down of funds - Immediate and positive response to all items drawn to Council’s attention in management letters from the Comptroller and Auditor General. ii) The system of internal financial controls is based on a framework of regular management information, a system of delegation and accountability, a set of financial procedures, administrative procedures including segregation of duties, and rigorous checks of the finance function. In particular it includes: - Restricting authority for authorising disbursement of Council monies to designated officers. - Modern computerised Financial Accounting, Payroll and Fixed Asset Register software systems to underpin the internal financial controls of The Heritage Council. - Detailed procedures for engaging consultants. iii) The Council intends to develop a strategy for internal audit in 2013 iv) The Heritage Council is in the process of adopting the 2009 Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies and the adoption of same is tabled at Council meetings from time to time. The Heritage Council is in the process of adopting a Code of Business Conduct for directors and employees in accordance with the requirements of the Code of Practice.

Annual Review of Controls The Council did not conduct a review of the effectiveness of the system of internal financial control in 2012. A full review was carried out in 2009. The Council commits to conduct a review in 2013.

Gabriel Cooney Council Member

9th July 2013 PAGE

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General Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31 December 2012

The Heritage Council was established under the Heritage Act, 1995. The general function of the Heritage Council is to propose policies and priorities for the identification, protection, preservation and enhancement of the national heritage and to promote its appreciation. in 2011, heritage functions transferred from the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government to the Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht. All heritage income from 1 january, 2012 is received from the Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht.

ACCOUNTING POLICIES

1. Accounting basis The financial statements are prepared under the accruals method of accounting, except as indicated below, and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles under the historical cost convention. Financial Reporting Standards recommended by the recognised accountancy bodies are adopted, as they become operative. 2. Oireachtas Grants Oireachtas Grants are accounted for on a cash receipts basis. 3. Other Income Other income is recognised when the right to receive the income has accrued to The Heritage Council. 4. Grant Payments The Heritage Council offers grants to various bodies and individuals to carry out works under its heritage grant schemes. When a grantee accepts the terms and conditions of a grant offer from Council, Council enters into a commitment with that grantee. That commitment is recognised as an accrual only when the grantee is seen to have fulfilled the full terms and conditions of the grant offer. Details of grant commitments at 31 December 2012 are given in note 16. 5. Tangible Fixed Assets Fixed assets of the Heritage Council are shown at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is calculated in order to write off the cost of tangible assets over their estimated useful lives by equal annual instalments. The depreciation rates used are: Buildings 2.50% Office Furniture 10%/20% Leasehold 10.00% Computers 25% Office Equipment 20% (Hardware & Software) Works of Art 0% Reference Material and 20% Motor Vehicles 20% OSI Licences Plant & Equipment 20%/10% 6. Capital Account The capital account comprises income allocated for the purchase of fixed assets. It is amortised in line with the depreciation of the related assets. 7. Stock Stock comprising stationery and publications is written off in the year of purchase. 8. Leasing Assets acquired under finance leases are capitalised and included in tangible fixed assets and depreciated in accordance with the Council policy. 9. Pensions The Council operates a defined benefit pension scheme which is funded annually on a pay as you go basis from monies provided by the Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht and from contributions deducted from staff salaries. Pension costs reflect pension benefits earned by employees in the period and are shown net of staff contributions which are retained by the Council. An amount corresponding to the pension charge is recognised as income to the extent that it is recoverable, and offset by grants received in the year to discharge pension payments. Actuarial gains or losses arising on scheme liabilities are reflected in the Statement of Recognised Gains and Losses and a corresponding adjustment is recognised in the amount recoverable from the Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht. Pension liabilities represent the present value of future pension payments earned by staff to date. Deferred

PAGE pension funding represents the corresponding asset to be recovered in future periods from the Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht.

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General Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31 December 2012

Notes 2012 2011 € € Income Oireachtas Grant 1 6,766,000 7,947,000 Other Income 2 352,118 214,399 Net deferred funding for pensions 8 (c) 361,000 250,000 Transfer from Capital Account 3 289,964 401,167 Total Income 7,769,082 8,812,566

Expenditure Grants 4 3,786,987 5,023,437 Policy Development 5(a) 975,264 1,074,044 Support for Heritage Infrastructure 5(b) 1,482,355 1,374,872 Administration Council members' honoraria & expenses 6 99,509 69,010 Committee members' expenses 1,955 1,619 Staff costs 7 1,279,714 1,222,948 Establishment expenses 9 209,188 202,660 Office supplies and administration 10 206,631 221,273 Depreciation 11 290,764 409,249 Total Administration 2,087,761 2,126,759

Total Expenditure 8,332,367 9,599,112

Surplus/(Deficit) for the year (563,285) (786,546) Balance at 1st January, 2012 976,661 1,763,207

Balance at 31 December 2012 413,376 976,661

The results for the year relate to continuing operations. The statement of Accounting Policies, Notes 1 to 20 and Schedule 1 form part of these financial statements.

Gabriel Cooney Council Member 9th July 2013

Grainne Shaffery Council Member 9th July 2013

Michael Starrett Chief Executive 9th July 2013 PAGE

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Statement of Total Recognised Gains & Losses for the Year ended 31 December 2012 Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2012

2012 2011 € € Surplus/(deficit) for year (563,284) (786,546) Experience gains/ (losses) on pension scheme liabilities 1,000 51,000 Changes in assumptions underlying the present value of pension scheme liabilities (372,000) (506,000) (934,284) (1,241,546) Adjustments to Deferred Pension Funding 371,000 455,000 Total Recognised (Loss)/Gain for the year (563,284) (786,546)

Gabriel Cooney Council Member 9th July 2013

Grainne Shaffery Council Member 9th July 2013

Michael Starrett Chief Executive 9th July 2013 PAGE

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Statement of Total Recognised Gains & Losses for the Year ended 31 December 2012 Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2012

Notes 2012 2011 € €

Tangible fixed assets 11 7,296,049 7,586,013

Current Assets Debtors and Prepayments 12 203,545 127,714 Cash at bank and in hand 781,259 1,662,932 Total Current Assets 984,804 1,790,646

Current Liabilities General Creditors and Accruals 571,428 502,492 Grants Outstanding 0 311,493 Total Current Liabilities 13 571,428 813,985

Net Current Assets 413,376 976,661 Total Assets less Current Liabilities Before Pensions 7,709,425 8,562,674

Deferred Pension Funding 8(d) 3,723,000 2,996,000 Pension Liabilities 3,723,000 2,996,000 0 0 Total Assets less Current Liabilities 7,709,425 8,562,674 Represented by: Capital Account 3 7,296,049 7,586,013 Income and Expenditure Account 413,376 976,661 7,709,425 8,562,674

The statement of Accounting Policies, Notes 1 to 20 and Schedule 1 form part of these financial statements.

Gabriel Cooney Council Member 9th July 2013

Grainne Shaffery Council Member 9th July 2013

Michael Starrett Chief Executive 9th July 2013 PAGE

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Note 1: Oireachtas Grants The amount of €6,766,000 comprises Grants from the Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht as follows:

2012 2011 € € Administration Grants (Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht) 1,500,000 1,550,000 Capital Grants (Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht) 55,000 55,000 Non Capital Grants (Environment Fund) 400,000 400,000 Capital Grants (Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht) (National Lottery funded) 1,969,000 3,000,000 Non-Capital Grants (Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht) (National Lottery funded) 1,342,000 1,442,000 Capital Grant (Environment Fund) 1,500,000 1,500,000 TOTAL 6,766,000 7,947,000

Note 2: Other Income 2012 2011 € € Deposit Interest 14,796 33,878 Seminars 4,300 19,619 Heritage Week 6,230 10,850 Dept. of Agriculture Contribution towards Traditional Farm Buildings Scheme 67,353 62,565 Environment Protection Agency contribution to National Biodiversity Data Centre projects 24,500 4,714 Failte Ireland - Grant to Support Heritage Week 29,000 29,000 Irish Walled Towns Membership Fee & Seminar Income 42,740 37,000 Contribution of Local Authorities to Heritage Viewer Project 30,000 2,237 Joint Programme for Cultural Heritage - Communications Element 113,611 13,705 European Union Support for Promotion of Cultural Diversity in Kosovo - Delegation Visit to Ireland 8,410 0 Heritage in Schools 4,604 0 National Parks and Wildlife Service - Refund of Costs incurred in relation to attendance at Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species meetings 5,093 0 Publications 580 0 Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland support in relation to Conservation Plan Seminar 330 0 Miscellaneous 571 831 Total 352,118 214,399

Note 3: Capital Account 2012 2011 € € Balance at 1 January 7,586,013 7,987,177

Transfer (to)/from Income and Expenditure Account Amount allocated to fund fixed asset purchases 800 8,085 Less: Amortisation in line with depreciation (290,764) (409,249) (289,964) (401,164)

Balance at 31 December 7,296,049 7,586,013 PAGE

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Note 4: Grants

2012 2011 Total Total € € Properties Not in State Care 0 248,000 Buildings at Risk 10,000 0 Places of Worship 12,098 497,902 Irish National Strategic Archaeological Research 55,000 71,745 Irish Walled Towns Network 450,119 611,028 Research Grants 190,154 3,000 Education Grants 207,184 252,638 Management & Conservation Grants 830,652 815,945 Conservation Led Plan Grants 0 150,000 Biodiversity Grants 0 119,481 Landscape Policy Grants 53,000 94,218 Valuing Heritage Policy Grants 85,704 83,650 Material Culture Policy Grants 2,000 7,500 Infrastructure Grants 198,236 301,512 County Heritage Plan Grants 722,840 666,818 Irish Landmark Trust Ltd. Note 14 220,000 250,000 Discovery Programme Ltd. Note 15 750,000 850,000 Total 3,786,987 5,023,437

Schedule 1 contains details of grants payable during the year

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Note 5 (a): Expenditure by Key Policy Area 2012 2011 Total Total € € Landscape Policy Development of High Nature Value Farming Policy 0 501 Seminars 12,010 0 Articulation of Heritage in National Landscape Policies 25,925 52,076 Burren Charter 25,000 50,000 62,935 102,577

Valuing Heritage Policy Heritage in Schools 247,562 266,056 Heritage Week 246,702 286,812 Guidelines for Habitat Mapping 0 230 Communciation of Council activities 87,867 157,909 Research & Studies 37,038 0 Publications 29,718 56,909 Joint Programme for Cultural Heritage - Communications Element 113,611 13,705 762,498 781,621

Climate Change Policy Impact of climate change on Heritage 246 0 Impact of Renewable Energy Strategy on Biodiversity 0 0 246 0

Material Culture Policy Conservation Internships 40,000 40,000 Traditional Skills Development 0 440 Promotion of Preventative Maintenance and Research on Thatch Styles 108,508 109,318 Conservation Plans and Centrality of Place 892 1,008 Conservation Works to Robing Room 0 39,080 Intern Travel & Subsistence 185 0 149,585 189,846

Total 975,264 1,074,044

Staff costs in the amount of €57,290 in respect of Traditional Farm Buildings Reps 4 project administration is included in "Promotion of Preventative Maintenance and Research on Thatch Styles" of €108,508 which is part of expenditure incurred under Material Culture Policy

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Note 5(b): Heritage Infrastructure 2012 2011 Total Total € € National Biodiversity Data Centre 655,315 589,701 Field Monument Advisors database development 2,140 2,105 Museum Standards Programme 116,602 126,438 Heritage Officer Programme 532,201 523,779 Heritage Viewer 97,093 65,794 Promotion of Cultural Diversity in Kosovo - Delegation Costs 7,983 0 Irish Walled Towns Network Administration 71,021 67,055 Total 1,482,355 1,374,872

Note 6: Council Members Fees & Expenses Expenses Accomodation & Fee Claimed Meals Provided Total € € € € Conor Newman 0 4,721 668 5,389 Caro lynne Ferris 5,985 2,905 436 9,326 Gabriel Cooney 0 1,273 0 1,273 Mary Keenan 5,985 626 60 6,671 Brendan Dunford 5,985 1,120 219 7,324 Kealin Ireland 5,985 4,296 180 10,461 Henry Lyons 5,985 1,982 360 8,327 Grainne Shaffrey 5,985 3,746 675 10,406 Ian Lumley 5,985 0 99 6,084 Helen O'Carroll 0 1,218 624 1,842 Michael Parsons 5,601 1,356 294 7,251 Catherine Heaney 5,601 170 129 5,900 Fidelma Mullane 5,601 2,131 331 8,063 Ted Creedon 5,601 2,327 693 8,621 Ciara Breathnach 0 0 0 0 Kieran O'Conor 0 2,002 569 2,571 Total 64,299 29,873 5,337 99,509

Certain civil and public servents are not entitled to fees as Council members of The Heritage Council

Note 7: Staff Costs The average number of staff employed by the Heritage Council for the year was 15. This is comprised of The Heritage Council complement of 14 staff together with contract staff employed for specific projects. (2011 -15). .

2012 2011 € € Staff salaries and wages 923,557 917,295 Pension Costs 293,000 232,000 Staff Well Being & Settlements 470 850 Travel and Expenses 55,468 54,846 Training 7,219 17,957 1,279,714 1,222,948

€69,143 was deducted from staff by way of pension levy and was paid over to the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government (€5,265) and Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht (€63,878) CEO Remuneration Package The CEO received salary payments of €116,795 in 2012. No bonus payments were made to the CEO. The CEO received recoupment of travel and subsistence expenses of €6,059 The CEO is a member of an unfunded defined benefit public sector scheme and his pension entitlements do not extend beyond the standard entitlements in the public sector defined benefit superannuation scheme.

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Note 8: Superannuation Scheme There was a defined contribution scheme with Scottish Provident in operation until 1 February 2003. In accordance with Section 20 of the Heritage Act 1995, the Council sought to establish a superannuation scheme for all permanent staff in line with the public sector model. Accordingly, two defined benefit schemes were approved by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht with effect from 1 February 2003 on an operational basis and apply to staff employed at that date in respect of qualifying past service. The Schemes are the Heritage Council Employee Superannuation Scheme, 2003 and the Heritage Council Spouse’s and Children’s Contributory Pension Scheme, 2003. These schemes are unfunded.

(a) Analysis Of Total Pension Costs Charged To Expenditure 2012 2011 € €

Current Service Cost 217,000 173,000 Interest on Pension Scheme Liabilities 144,000 126,000 Employee Contributions (68,000) (67,000) Total 293,000 232,000

(b) Movement in Net Pension Liability during the financial year 2,012 2,011 € € Net Pension Liability at 1 January (2,996,000) (2,291,000) Movement in year: Current Service Cost (217,000) (173,000) Interest Cost (144,000) (126,000) Actuarial gain/(loss) (371,000) (455,000) Pension Payable 5,000 49,000 Net Pension Liability at 31 December (3,723,000) (2,996,000)

(c) Deferred Funding Asset For Pensions The Heritage Council recognises these amounts as an asset corresponding to the unfunded deferred liability for pensions on the basis of the set of assumptions described below and a number of past events. These events include the statutory basis for the establishment of the superannuation scheme, and the policy and practice currently in place in relation to funding of public service pensions including the contributions by employees and the annual estimates process. The Heritage Council has no evidence that this funding policy will not continue to meet such sums in accordance with current practice. The Net Deferred Funding for Pensions recognised in the Income and Expenditure Account was as follows: 2012 2011 € €

Funding Recoverable in respect of current year 361,000 299,000 Pension Payable (5,000) (49,000) Total 356,000 250,000

The deferred funding asset for pensions at 31 December 2012 amounted to €3.723m (2011: €2.996m)

(d) History Of Defined Benefit Obligations 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 €000 €000 €000 €000 €000 €000 €000

Defined Benefit Obligations 3723 2996 2291 1924 1715 1754 1677 Experience Gains/ (Losses) on Scheme Liabilities 1 51 69 253 10 (106) 21 Percentage of Scheme Liabilities 0.03% 1.67% 3.01% 13.15% 0.58% -6.04% 1.25%

The cumulative actuarial loss from 1 January 2003 to date recognised in the Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses amounts to €492,000

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(e) General Description Of The Scheme The pension scheme is a defined benefit final salary pension arrangement with benefits and contributions defined by reference to current “model” public sector scheme regulations. The scheme provides a pension (one eightieth per year of service), a gratuity or lump sum (three eightieths per year of service) and spouse’s and children’s pensions. Normal Retirement Age is a member’s 65th birthday, and pre 2004 members have an entitlement to retire without actuarial reduction from age 60. Pensions in payment (and deferment) normally increase in line with general public sector salary inflation. The valuation used for FRS 17 disclosures has been based on an actuarial valuation at 31 December 2012 by a qualified independent actuary to take account of the requirements of FRS17 in order to assess the scheme liabilities at 31 December, 2012

The principal actuarial assumptions were as follows: Assumptions 31/12/2012 31/12/2011 Discount Rate 4.00% 4.50% 1% for three 1% for two Salary escalation years, 3.5% years, 3.5% thereafter thereafter

0% for three 0% for three Increases to state pensions years and 2% years and 2% thereafter thereafter 0% for three 0% for two years and 2.5% years and 2.5% Increase to Salary Grade thereafter thereafter

Inflation 2.00% 2.00% Mortality Rates Year of attaining age 65 2012 2011 Life Expectancy - Male 87 86 Life Expectancy - Female 90 89

Note 9: Establishment expenses 2012 2011 € € Rent and service charge 30,066 31,701 Power, heat and light 16,813 15,525 Canteen, catering and cleaning 30,406 29,856 Meetings 14,309 18,662 Repairs, maintenance & security 84,470 73,515 Insurance 33,124 33,401 209,188 202,660

Note 10: Office supplies and administration 2012 2011 € € Telephone and postage 27,019 30,552 Stationery, printing & office equipment repairs 13,039 14,755 Library and newspapers 1,853 1,811 Computer supplies and maintenance 120,366 107,317 Professional fees 5,400 6,291 Sundry -116 8,490 Legal Fees 14,700 16,432 INSTAR Grant Scheme Administration 0 4,910 Subscriptions 7,643 14,743 Audit fee 9,870 9,870 Bank Interest & Charges 1,665 2,149 Gifts 5,192 3,953 206,631 221,273 PAGE

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Note 11: Tangible Fixed Assets

Reference Office Office Plant & Material Motor Works Buildings Leasehold Computers Total Furniture Equipment Equipment & OSI Vehicles of Art Licences COST € € € € € € € € € € As at 1 January 2012 8,064,752 429,417 222,496 180,814 14,790 752,112 457,204 20,703 203,217 10,345,505 Additions 800 800 Disposal 0 As 31 December 2012 8,064,752 429,417 222,496 181,614 14,790 752,112 457,204 20,703 203,217 10,346,305

ACCuMuLATED DEPRECIATION As at 1 January 2012 948,895 243,337 190,054 166,652 6,714 726,196 456,941 20,703 0 2,759,492 Charge for year 201,619 42,942 19,576 8,794 2,298 15,354 181 290,764 On disposals 0 As 31 December 2012 1,150,514 286,279 209,630 175,446 9,012 741,550 457,122 20,703 0 3,050,256

NET BOOK AMOuNTS As at 1 January 2012 7,115,857 186,080 32,442 14,162 8,076 25,916 263 0 203,217 7,586,013

As at 31 December 2012 6,914,238 143,138 12,866 6,168 5,778 10,562 82 0 203,217 7,296,049

Note 12: Debtors and Prepayments 2012 2011 € € Debtors 7,797 5,237 Prepayments 195,748 122,477

203,545 127,714

Note 13: Creditors and Accruals 2012 2011 € €

Creditors 275,813 253,895 Accruals 295,615 560,090 571,428 813,985

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Note 14: The Irish Landmark Trust Ltd. The Irish Landmark Trust Ltd was established in 1992 as a non profit company with the objective of saving historic buildings that were abandoned or at risk. This is achieved by giving them a useful and viable function as short term Reference holiday accommodation, which would secure their long-term future. The level of Council funding each year is Office Office Plant & Material Motor Works Buildings Leasehold Computers Total determined by reference to Council’s Five Year Plan, the Irish Landmark Trust’s Corporate Plan, and Council’s overall Furniture Equipment Equipment & OSI Vehicles of Art Licences budgetary position. COST € € € € € € € € € € Note 15: Discovery Programme Ltd. As at 1 January 2012 8,064,752 429,417 222,496 180,814 14,790 752,112 457,204 20,703 203,217 10,345,505 Additions 800 800 The Council funds the Discovery Programme that was established in 1991 and was registered as a company, limited Disposal 0 by guarantee on 15 January 1996. The Council is responsible for appointing the chair of the Discovery Programme As 31 December 2012 8,064,752 429,417 222,496 181,614 14,790 752,112 457,204 20,703 203,217 10,346,305 and three of its directors. The Chief Executive or its nominee is one of Council’s representatives on the Board of the Discovery Programme. The level of Council funding each year is determined by reference to Council’s Five Year Plan, The Discovery Programme’s Corporate Plan, and Council’s overall budgetary position.The purpose of the ACCuMuLATED DEPRECIATION programme is to enhance our understanding of Ireland’s past through research and archaeological excavations.

As at 1 January 2012 948,895 243,337 190,054 166,652 6,714 726,196 456,941 20,703 0 2,759,492 Note 16: Grant Commitments Charge for year 201,619 42,942 19,576 8,794 2,298 15,354 181 290,764 On disposals 0 At 31 December 2012 the Council had entered into commitments in connection with activities due to take place € As 31 December 2012 1,150,514 286,279 209,630 175,446 9,012 741,550 457,122 20,703 0 3,050,256 after that date. The amount involved of 163,072 is not reflected in these Financial Statements.

2012 2011 NET BOOK AMOuNTS € € As at 1 January 2012 7,115,857 186,080 32,442 14,162 8,076 25,916 263 0 203,217 7,586,013 Grants committed at 1 January 433,394 568,638 Approvals in year 4,070,100 5,541,258 As at 31 December 2012 6,914,238 143,138 12,866 6,168 5,778 10,562 82 0 203,217 7,296,049 Grants decommitted & write offs (553,435) (653,065) Grant expenditure in the year (3,786,987) (5,023,437) Grant Commitments at 31 December 163,072 433,394

Note 17: Council Members Disclosure of Interest In the normal course of business the Council may approve financial assistance to undertakings in which the Council members are employed or otherwise have an interest.

The Council adopted procedures in accordance with guidelines issued by the Department of Finance in relation to the disclosure of interests by Council members and these procedures have been adhered to during the year.

The following members disclosed an interest in organisations to which financial assistance was approved in the year:

Professor Gabriel Cooney €4,963 for Heritage Management Grant M02501 Dr. Brendan Dunford €1,000 for Education, Community & Outreach Grant E02662 Dr. Ciara Breathnach €4,000 for Education, Community & Outreach Grant E02845 Dr. Kieran O’Conor €9,375 for County Heritage Plan Grant C03134 €5,427.67 for County Heritage Plan Grant C02658 €6,000 for County Heritage Plan Grant C02544 €4,000 for County Heritage Plan Grant C02594

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Note 18: Going Concern

The Council draws funds from the Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht as and when required. It recognises this income on a cash receipts basis but recognises expenditure on an accruals basis. The Council believes that the department will continue to fund its approved activities and on this basis it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.

Note 19: Premises

The Heritage Council operates from a premises at Áras na hOidhreachta, Church Lane, Kilkenny which it occupies and owns.

Note 20: Approval of Financial Statements

The Financial Statements were approved by Council on 18th April, 2013.

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Buildings Grants

Ref. Amount County Recipient Name Project Title Number Paid € Roof repairs to Thatch, Drumford BR/6086 Sligo Enda & Ria Cawley 10,000.00 Cross, Sligo Total 10,000.00

Special Places of Public Worship

Ref. Amount County Recipient Name Project Title Number Paid €

Repair works to roof and rainwater Adare Vestry Group, Church S02319 Limerick goods at St Nicholas's Church of 12,097.68 of Ireland Ireland Church Adare Co Limerick

Total 12,097.68

INSTAR

Ref. Amount County Recipient Name Project Title Number Paid €

EMAP 2: The Economy of early AR03534 All of Ireland Queens University Belfast 55,000.00 medieval Ireland Programme

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Irish Walled Towns Network

Ref. Amount County Recipient Name Project Title Number Paid € Conservation of St. St. Saviour's section W02208 Limerick Limerick City Council 38,381.28 and emergency works by St John's Hospital Local Authority Galway City W03474 Galway Plan for Interpretation and Management 14,637.00 Council St John's Parish Heritage Conservation of Rinn Duin Town Wall and W03478 Roscommon 60,000.00 Group Gate House - Phase 4 Phase IV of Works to Secure Structural W03492 Cork Youghal Town Council 30,000.00 Integrity of Youghal Town Walls Castledermot Local History Creation of Conservation, Management & W03493 Kildare 11,992.50 Group Interpretation Plan for Castledermot New Ross Town Wall, Phase 1 Restoration at W03495 Wexford New Ross Town Council Lower William Street and Maiden Gate, New 55,640.70 Ross Restoration and stabilisation works to W03502 Tipperary Cashel Town Council 4,954.77 Sections E & F St Patricks Rock and St Johns Survey and Conservation Repairs to North W03509 Galway Galway County Council 35,000.00 Gate and East Town Wall Buttevant Conservation and Management W03512 Cork Cork County Council 12,000.00 Plan Conservation and consolidation works to W03516 Kilkenny Kilkenny Borough Council 30,000.00 Talbots Tower W03523 Louth Drogheda Borough Council Repairs to Drogheda's Town Wall 35,000.00

W03526 Limerick Limerick County Council Reairs to Kilmallock West Wall 39,917.94 WD03480 Meath Trim Town Council Trim Walled Town Heritage Festival Day 3,000.00 Fethard Festival Committee WD03484 Tipperary on behalf of South Tipperary Fethard Walled Town Medieval Festival 2012 7,500.00 County Council WD03486 Tipperary Cashel Town Council Cashel Walled Towns Day 2012 6,963.00 WD03490 Cork Youghal Town Council Youghal Medieval Festival 2012 8,500.00 The Walled Town Committee WD03499 Cork Bandon Walled Town Day 4,000.00 Bandon WD03500 Tipperary Clonmel Borough Council Clonmel Walled Towns Day 2012 7,000.00

WD03501 Cork Buttevant Heritage Group Buttevant Walled Town Day 3,000.00 A plan for the conservation and WD03503 Cork Cork County Council 11,532.48 interpretation of Bandons Medieval Walls WD03504 Wexford Wexford Borough Council Guided walking tours of Wexford's Town Walls 100.00

WD03505 Wexford Wexford Borough Council Archaeology Roadshow 2,900.00

WD03506 Limerick Limerick County Council Kilmallock Walled Town's Day 2012 2,000.00

WD03508 Galway Galway County Council Athenry Walled Town Day 2012 7,000.00

WD03513 Wexford Wexford Borough Council A Day in the Life of the Normans 3,000.00 Athy Heritage Centre- WD03514 Kildare Athy the Walled Town 1,000.00 Museum WD03517 Tipperary Cashel Town Council Can You Dig It (Festival Fund) 1,000.00

WD03521 Tipperary Clonmel Borough Council Festival Chluain Meala/Butler Trail Launch 1,000.00

WD03522 Tipperary Clonmel Borough Council Clonmel Medieval Busking Event 2012 800.00 PAGE

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Irish Walled Towns Network

Ref. Amount County Recipient Name Project Title Number Paid €

New Ross Walled Towns Day -Weekend WD03525 Wexford New Ross Town Council 4,000.00 Celtic Festival August 25th and 26th WD03527 Galway Galway County Council Athenry: Uncovering our Medieval Past 1,000.00

Waterford Museum of The Siege of Waterford by the Normans and WD03528 Waterford 2,500.00 Treasures the Marriage of Strongbow & Aoife

WD03529 Cork Cork City Council Cork City Medieval Day 4,800.00

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Research Grants

Ref. Amount County Recipient Name Project Title Number Paid € Herpetological Society R02371 All of Ireland The Irish Amphibian Chytrid Survey 7,393.83 of Ireland R02380 All of Ireland University College Cork Sir James Ware: Annals of Ireland 2,998.00

The Hill of Ward Archaeological Project R02384 Meath University College Dublin 3,539.37 (Phase I) Medieval Land-Claim in the Estuarine R02426 Cork Dr Anthony Beese 4,000.00 Environment of Cork - Phase Three Allen & Mellon The Invertebrates of the Belmullet R02446 Mayo 3,000.00 Environmental Ltd Peninsula, Co Mayo Historic Graveyards in County R02458 Monaghan University of Liverpool 3,500.00 Monaghan Understanding the 17th Century R02495 Dublin Tom McGrath Timber Framing at Number 9 Aungier 3,000.00 Street, Dublin 2 Submerged archaeological landscape R02498 Donegal University of Ulster 2,406.34 investigation, Greencastle Co. Donegal Clare, Cork, Galway, The potential for adaptation and Kilkenny, Laois, R02511 Allan McDevitt spread of the recently invading greater 4,000.00 Limerick, Offaly, white-toothed shrew Tipperary, Waterford R02574 Wexford Enniscorthy Castle ESI: Who Are You? 1,500.00 Longford, Ecology and biodiversity of Lough Ree R02587 Roscommon, George Smith 5,000.00 lake islands Westmeath Architectural Analysis and Survey of R02594 Roscommon Kieran O'Conor 4,000.00 Rindown Castle, Co. Roscommon Survey of Gabled-Fronted Houses and R02598 Dublin Dublin Civic Trust 4,000.00 Other Early Buildings of Dublin City Finding suitable accomodation for bats R02633 Wicklow Enda Mullen 1,369.33 excluded from houses in Ireland Galway, Kildare, Offaly, Roscommon, R02667 Bird Watch Ireland Irish Whinchat Project 5,000.00 Tipperary, Westmeath, Wicklow R02670 All of Ireland Paul Hillis Irish Rare Breeding Birds 2012 1,500.00 R02676 All of Ireland Bat Conservation Ireland A Guide to Irish Bats: Phase 1 4,000.00 The Public Lettering Heritage of the R02690 Galway Brigitte Schuster 3,500.00 City of Galway UCD Mícheál Ó Cléirigh Mapping Death: isotopic analysis R02691 All of Ireland 3,952.00 Institute project R02696 Clare Janice Fuller Ancient Woodland in County Clare 3,995.70 Meath Field Names Meath Field Names Project - Phase II of R02708 Meath 5,000.00 Project Project Co-ordination & Development R02748 Cork William Casey West Cork Graveyard Survey 1,120.96 Thomastown Community Archaeological Investigation, River River Trust (TCRT) in R02764 Kilkenny Nore Crossing Point, Medieval 5,000.00 association with personnel Settlement of Newtown Jerpoint from ADCO Ltd. Investigation of two enclosures on off- R02776 Sligo Christopher Read 5,000.00 shore islands in Sligo Bay A Study of Inishowen Tarred Roof R02840 Donegal Duncan McLaren 4,000.00 Buildings (Update 2011) PAGE

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Research Grants

Ref. Amount County Recipient Name Project Title Number Paid € Assessing the impacts of Japanese Galway County R02881 Galway Knotweed on biodiversity in 5,000.00 Biodiversity Project Co Galway (Phase 1) Fergus estuary and islands: Maritime R02890 Clare Rob Sands 6,806.70 landscapes in Co. Clare final survey phase

R02963 All of Ireland BirdWatch Ireland Developing indicators for Ireland's birds 3,992.88 Research on the ecology and habitat R02969 Clare, Galway Oisin Meagher requirements of the Pearl-bordered 3,951.35 Fritillary in Ireland R02974 Kildare Joanne Denyer Bryophyte survey of County Kildare 3,000.00 The Maritime Archaeology of Ireland: R03032 All of Ireland Jason Bolton 2,000.00 Sources of Information The Old Ross Research R03050 Wexford The Old Ross Research Project 6,000.00 Project A survey of an undiscovered multi-period R03052 Mayo, Sligo Tatjana Kytmannow landscape in the Moy Estuary, Cos. Mayo 5,000.00 and Sligo Grassland Fungi Survey of North Kerry R03059 Kerry David Mitchel 2,000.00 (2012) Safe Haven; the effectiveness of the Headland Archaeology R03086 Cork defensive network of Bere Island in the 5,000.00 (Ireland) Ltd early 19th century Investigating the movements of shore- R03159 Dublin BirdWatch Ireland birds within and between Dublin estuaries 4,000.00 using colour-marks. A provenance and distribution study of R03164 Kilkenny Niamh Curtin medieval ceramics produced at Highhays, 1,500.00 Kilkenny R03169 Dublin Marsh’s Library The Letters of Élie Bouhéreau in Context 1,500.00 Geophysical survey at Rath Maebh, Tara, R03183 Meath CRDS Ltd. 2,500.00 Co. Meath Factors determining the distribution and Carlow, Kilkenny, R03206 Simon Harrison ecology of the Asian Clam in the Barrow 4,627.53 Waterford, Wexford Catchment SAC Does the introduced greater white- R03221 Tipperary David Tosh toothed shrew threaten Ireland’s native 4,000.00 pygmy shrew? Medieval timber frame building in R03241 Clare ACP Research 5,000.00 Ennis - recording and research Geophysical research at Windmill Hill, R03243 Tipperary Joanne Hughes 4,000.00 Cashel, County Tipperary R03252 All of Ireland Darina Tully Currach Laser Scanning Project 3,500.00 Biodiversity survey of selected abandoned R03253 Donegal John Wann 4,000.00 railway lines in Co. Donegal R03297 All of Ireland Irish Wildlife Trust IWT Smooth Newt Survey 4,000.00 Publication of archaeological R03301 Kilkenny Kilkenny Archaeology investigations at saint Canice's cathedral, 12,000.00 Kilkenny (Phase 1 of 2) Dispersal and habitat use in a R03340 All of Ireland Golden Eagle Trust reintroduced population of the White- 5,000.00 tailed Sea Eagle Total 190,153.99 PAGE

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Education, Community & Outreach Grants

Ref. Amount County Recipient Name Project Title Number Paid €

Mulranny Environmental Interpretation of Mulranny's Heritage E02389 Mayo 3,000.00 Group by Multimedia Laois, Offaly, E02393 Michele Castiaux The Geology Surrounding Us: Workshops 1,000.00 Tipperary Publication of a high-quality book- E02401 Meath Claidhbh O Gibne The Boyne Currach- and the History of 4,000.00 Skin Boats Kildare, Meath, Irish Peatland Conservation E02427 Offaly, Raised Bog Restoration Workshops 4,000.00 Council Roscommon Irish Wildlife Rehabilitation Irish Wildlife Rehabilitation Conference E02450 Louth 2,000.00 Trust 2012 Best practice in hands-on heritage E02454 Clare, Galway Burrenbeo Trust 5,000.00 education project The ILEN School of Wooden E02474 Limerick The Gandelow Gang Education Project 4,936.20 Boat Building Castledermot Local History Permanent heritage exhibition for E02496 Kildare 1,856.64 Group Castledermot Community Centre E02499 Mayo Dr. Janet Marquardt Francoise Henry: The Inishkea Journals 3,000.00 Cork, Longford, E02524 Orla Murphy Publication of book "Town" 4,000.00 Mayo, Wexford Oral History Network of Development of a multifunctional website E02556 All of Ireland 3,000.00 Ireland for the Oral History Network of Ireland Traveller Tales video project on E02560 Meath Meath Travellers Workshops 3,074.17 travellerheritage.ie Watchable Wildlife in the Dublin Dublin Mountains E02562 Dublin Mountains- Data collection, signage & 4,000.00 Partnership (DMP) website Researching, documenting and E02564 Cavan Cavan County Museum publication on website of Phylis Faris 3,000.00 Collection Sandra Irwin International Conference on Biodiversity E02577 Cork 3,000.00 University College Cork in Forest Ecosystems and Landscapes Longford, Group for the Study of Irish Lough Ree: historic settlement and E02579 Roscommon, 1,272.15 Historic Settlement landscape in a lakeland region Westmeath The Documenting of the Hidden Bridges E02593 Carlow Francis Coady 3,000.00 of the Mountain River and its Tributaries Centre for Environmental CELT Traditional and Ecological Skills E02600 Clare 2,500.00 Living and Training Programme 2012 E02603 Sligo Bat Conservation Ireland 7th Irish Bat Conference 1,500.00 E02610 Mayo Iris Galloway Guide to the Great Western Greenway 3,000.00 Publication: Life and Death in Iron Age E02629 All of Ireland Michael Potterton 4,000.00 Ireland Ballyvaughan Development E02662 Clare Burren in Bloom 2012 1,000.00 Committee. MBA postgrad conference Marine Biological Association (MBA) E02669 Cork 2,000.00 committee Postgrad conference Donegal, Leitrim, E02692 Mayo, Sligo, Michael Bell Minibeast Booklet 800.00 Roscommon E02759 Roscommon John Waddell The Connacht Project (Archaeology) 4,999.56 PAGE

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Education, Community & Outreach Grants

Ref. Amount County Recipient Name Project Title Number Paid € Galway & Restoring Traditional Boat Building in E02760 Comhar Caomhan Teo 3,500.00 Limerick Inisheer Provision of illustrations for Buildings Cavan, Buildings of Ireland E02773 of Ireland Vol. IV, Armagh, Cavan, 3,500.00 Monaghan Charitable Trust Monaghan by Dr Kevin Mul Newgrange Currach; Sails and oars E02815 Meath Boyne Currach Group for34ft wicker currach, the re-enactment 3,500.00 of ancient voyage Historic Aungier Street: Raising Public E02817 Dublin Dublin City Council 2,500.00 Awareness and Appreciation Archive Catalogue of An Seabhac E02845 Kerry Kerry Archives, Kerry Library 4,000.00 Manuscript Collection Donegal, E02851 Ocean FM Great Houses of the North West 7,000.00 Leitrim, Sligo E02852 Mayo Breandán Mac Conamhna The Greamhchoill Curragh 2,000.00 Conference: Continuity in stone sculpture E02853 Kilkenny Callan Heritage Society 500.00 in Callan, the O'Tunneys & the O'Sheas E02862 Galway Roisin Coyle Exhibition: People of the Sea 3,500.00 Ireland - National Hedgerow Database, Survey E02871 Woodlands of Ireland Project 5,928.00 Republic of Methodology and Appraisal System E02883 Galway Brigit’s Garden Teens Eco-leadership Project 2,000.00 'Mortas Cine' a community project Mayo County Council The E02885 Mayo on pride of race - The Jackie Clarke 4,000.00 Jackie Clarke Collection Collection - Ireland's Memory Cork Northside Folklore The Cork Memory Map: an online E02886 Crk 8,000.00 Project interactive urban oral history map Voluntary Committee for 2nd All Ireland Mammal Symposium E02898 Dublin 3,000.00 AIMS 2012 (AIMS2012) Museums of Mayo Network Follow-up workshop on Audio Interview E02903 Mayo (See List of Members at- Transcription, Textual Analysis and Editing 500.00 tached) for Publication E02904 Louth Upstate Theatre Project Ship Street Revisited 3,000.00 Publication of the Surviving records of E02912 Wexford New Ross Town Council New Ross Corporation covering the 5,195.39 period 1658 to 1841 Clare, Cork, E02931 Galway, Kerry, The Vincent Wildlife Trust Irish farms and the lesser horseshoe bat 2,000.00 Limerick, Mayo

E02979 Galway Margarita Donohue The History of the D'Arcys of East Galway 1,500.00 Donegal Walkers Welcome E02991 Donegal The Bluestack Way Heritage Guide 4,000.00 Hub E02992 Dublin National Print Museum Letterpress Training Programme 2,750.76 Digital Media content at St Patrick's E03019 Dublin St Patrick’s Cathedral 3,500.00 Cathedral Calmast, Waterford Institute Bealtaine Festival Celebrating our E03051 Waterford 2,000.00 of Technology Living Earth E03062 Cork Conor O'Toole Church Art & Architecture in Cork 4,000.00 PAGE E03065 Clare Irish Historic Towns Atlas Irish Historic Towns Atlas, Ennis 3,000.00

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Education, Community & Outreach Grants

Ref. Amount County Recipient Name Project Title Number Paid € Thomas Kador EPOCH2 – The Urban Landscape and E03077 Dublin The Cultural Learning 5,000.00 Communities of the 1913 Dublin Lockout Initiative

Youghal Heritage Trail Walking Guide E03093 Cork Youghal Town Council, 2,000.00 App.

E03104 All of Ireland Susan Byron Irelands Hidden Gems 2,000.00

E03113 Waterford Christ Church Cathedral Cathedral Heritage Talks and Exhibition 900.00

E03157 Cork UCC98.3FM A Walk Through Time 1,500.00

E03163 Dublin Irish Architectural Archive A.W.N. Pugin Bicentenary Exhibition 3,000.00

Glendoher & District The Owendoher & River Glynn E03166 Dublin 2,214.00 Residents Association Community Biodiversity Project

E03186 Tipperary Aileen O'Meara Monaincha Heritage Tour 1,500.00

E03198 Sligo Sligo Field Club Celebrating Sligo: Sligo Charter 400 1,000.00

E03208 Dublin Aileen O'Meara The Martello Heritage Trail 2,500.00

Digital recording of traditional boats in E03218 All of Ireland Meitheal Mara 5,000.00 Ireland An Atlas of the Street Furniture of Limer- E03219 Limerick Morgan Flynn 3,000.00 ick City Waterford Health Park, the story of a E03230 Waterford DHB Architects 1,500.00 project Reconstructing King John’s Castle, E03271 Limerick Daniel Tietzsch-Tyler 4,000.00 Limerick Music and the Stars: mathematics in me- Royal Society of Antiquaries E03272 Dublin dieval Ireland – a model for the present? 2,456.65 of Ireland RSAI First internati C. R. Browne, The Irish Headhunter E03273 All of Ireland Ciarán Walsh 4,000.00 (Corrected) A National Animated Timeline Map of E03302 All of Ireland Ronan Hennessy 2,000.00 Irish Railways

A boy called Tom. Exploring the life of E03314 Kerry Kerry County Museum 2,500.00 Tom Crean through arts, craft and drama.

County Tipperary Historical County Tipperary Historical Society Lec- E03322 Tipperary 800.00 Society ture Series 2012

E03324 Dublin ECO-UNESCO ECO-UNESCO's Teen Camp 3,000.00

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Heritage Management & Conservation Grants

Ref. Amount County Recipient Name Project Title Number Paid € North Cathedral M01527 Cork North Cathedral Archive Project 8,000.00 Historical Committee Conservation Management Plan M01999 Kildare Wesley Carter 10,000.00 Newberry Hall Sphere 17 Regional Reclaiming, restoring and restocking local M02363 Dublin 3,000.00 Youth Service pond at Darndale, Dublin M02369 Roscommon St Johns Parish Group The Conservation of St John's Hospital 11,000.00

M02391 Roscommon Moore Gun Club Ballydangan Bog Red Grouse Project 6,000.00

Cataloguing of Maritime Archives Foynes Flying Boat and M02395 Limerick and Implementation of Collection 8,000.00 Maritime Museum Management Software

Repair works at St. Aidan's Cathedral, M02403 Wexford Parish of St. Aidan's 15,000.00 Enniscorthy, Co Wexford

Restoration of the Venetian Canaletto South Tipperary M02447 Tipperary style frame for the painting Dan Breen by 900.00 County Museum Sean Keating Conservation of harp of Waterford Waterford Museum of M02448 Waterford composer William Vincent Wallace 8,000.00 Treasures (200th anniversary in 2012) Conservation and maintenance works M02469 Leitrim Anthony Daly 7,000.00 at Manorhamilton Castle M02472 Louth Louth Nature Trust Little Tern Conservation Project, Baltray 8,000.00 The Cathedral Church M02477 Cork Burges Archive - Conservation of Cartoons 7,000.00 of St Fin Barre, Cork UCD School of M02501 All of Ireland Database of the Irish Stone Axe Project 4,963.00 Archaeology The processing, preservation, care and M02505 Dublin Mountaineering Ireland development of the Joss Lynam Archive 4,000.00 collection Kiltullagh House, Galway c1700. Phased M02517 Galway Willie Kelly 3,500.00 consolidation of ruinous walls. M02518 Wexford Louis O'Dwyer Re- thatching traditional cottage 7,000.00 Digitising:(1) 31 16mm films from 1930s M02526 Dublin Deaf Heritage Centre onwards (2) 55 priceless teaching charts 3,500.00 by Thomas Mahon. Restoration of stone walls which are a M02527 Wexford Tom Nunan 8,000.00 heritage feature on the Hook peninsula Oranmore Castle c. 1450. Phase 1 - M02534 Galway Leonie Phinn 5,797.06 works to prevent water ingress. Wexford Borough Repairs & stabilisation works to boundary M02535 Wexford 8,000.00 Council walls at St. Mary's Cemetery, Wexford Butler Gallery Collection: 2012 Condition M02538 Kilkenny Butler Gallery 9,000.00 Survey St. Mary's Collegiate Church - M02541 Cork Youghal Town Council 7,000.00 Conservation & Management Plan Monaghan County Reboxing of collection items in Museum M02543 Monaghan 2,500.00 Museum storage PAGE

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Heritage Management & Conservation Grants

Ref. Amount County Recipient Name Project Title Number Paid € Kells Union Select St. Peters Ennisnag: Renovation of External M02550 Kilkenny 3,000.00 Vestry Furnishings. M02576 Mayo Thomas O Connor Prison House Roof Repairs 10,000.00 Restoration of Sedan Chair at Capoquin M02583 Waterford Sir Charles Keane 3,000.00 House, Co Waterford Rethatch of protected building in Cappin- M02614 Offaly Daisy Gowing 5,000.00 cur, Tullamore, Co Offaly Roscommon County M02621 Roscommon Kiltrustan Church Conservation Project 2,500.00 Council Animal Magic Wildlife M02623 Limerick Avaries for sick and injured animals 2,000.00 Rescue Courceys Tower Conservation Plan for the Restoration of M02635 Cork Development the Signal Tower, Old Head of Kinsale, 7,000.00 Committee Co. Cork. Ballyvaughan Returning Ballyvaughan Seedling Apples to M02640 Clare Development 500.00 Ballyvaughan Committee M02652 Waterford Margaret Flanagan Re-thatch of Nook Cottage, Dungarvan 6,000.00 Abbey Presbyterian Essential stone repairs to Abbey M02663 Dublin 15,000.00 Church Presbyterian Church, Parnell Square St. Michael's Parish Conservation Works to St. Michael's Church M02665 Dublin 10,000.00 Committee Inchicore The Model, home of Conservation of works on paper from The M02694 Sligo 3,000.00 The Niland Collection Niland Collection, Sligo Restoration of Thatched Cottage, M02695 Wexford Claire Breen 5,000.00 Kilmuckridge Bantry Estates Structural Renewal of West Stables at Bantry M02697 Cork 15,000.00 Company House & Garden Emmet Sexton and Repairs to roof of 'studio' courtyard building M02713 Tipperary 8,000.00 Eavaun Carmody of Killenure Castle Irish Traditional Music Conservation of Long-Playing Discs of M02716 Dublin 2,000.00 Archive Irish Music Re-thatching of the existing roof of Heavey M02724 Offaly Al Seaquist 7,000.00 Cottage, Co.Offaly. Knockainey Historical & Mausoleum restoration at St. John's Church M02726 Limerick 9,000.00 Conservation Society of Ireland, Knockainey, Hospital , Co.L Conservation works at Redhill, Mullaghroe, M02737 Sligo Tara Byng 10,000.00 Co. Sligo Heathland Management on Howth Head, M02756 Dublin Fingal County Council 2,000.00 Co. Dublin St. Colman's Roman Consolidation of internal stonework at St. M02762 Cork 15,000.00 Catholic Trust Colman's Cathedral, Cobh M02765 Roscommon Andrew Holmes Re-thatch Dream Cottage, Ballintubber 6,000.00 Ballysaggart Friary Res- Restoration works at 15th Century Fransican M02771 Donegal 2,998.15 toration Committee Friary, Ballysaggart Repair works Clough-east Cottage, Carne, M02772 Wexford Richard Denieffe 4,000.00 County Wexford. The Irish Landmark Conservation works to Goggin Cottage, M02775 Limerick 3,375.00 Trust Ltd Coolbeg, Co. Limerick

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M02779 Kerry Kerry County Council River Lee Biodiversity Enhancment Works 6,000.00 Select Vestry of Saint Roof repairs at Saint George's Church, M02780 Longford George's Church, 10,000.00 Kenagh, County Longford phase 2. Kenagh Management plan for An Taisce Kerry M02783 Kerry An Taisce 3,000.00 property, Killaha West Adare Vestry Group, Conservation and Management Plan for M02786 Limerick 7,000.00 Churhc of Ireland St Nicholas Church Adare M02798 Wexford Seamus Sinnott Re-thatching of cottage at Tacumshane 7,000.00 Continued Habitat Management work for M02808 Donegal, Mayo Bird Watch Ireland 11,925.51 Corncrakes in Donegal and Mayo To make objects of unique heritage value M02818 Mayo Knock Museum 4,000.00 accessible to the public at Knock Museum Rethatching existing Protected Structure, M02820 Cork Liam Ryan 7,000.00 Charleville, Co Cork Joseph & Declan Conservation & enhancement works to Cro M02822 Donegal 4,000.00 Brennan na mBraonain Habitat & Grouse Sanctuary M02823 Dublin Vincentian Order St. Peter's Presbytery Conservation 12,000.00 Lár Chomhairle Paróiste Conservation Report on Early 19th Century M02825 Donegal 8,000.00 Ghleann Cholm Cille Watchtowers in Glencolmcille Tullamore Union of M02833 Offaly St. Brigid's CoI Clara Conservation 8,000.00 Parishes Ahamlish COI, Grange, Co. Sligo - M02834 Sligo Drumcliff Select Vestry Emergency Stabilistion and Conservation 12,000.00 Works Allihies Copper Mine Survey of Mining and Industrial Heritage, M02835 Cork 6,670.00 Museum Allihies, Co. Cork M02843 Sligo Charles Cooper Roof repairs to Markree Castle Roof 12,000.00

M02847 Kildare Kildare County Council Structural Appraisal of Spa Well, Leixlip Spa 1,500.00 Sacred Heart Church, Dunlewey: Repair Sacred Heart Church, M02848 Donegal to Rainwater Goods & Preparation of 3,500.00 Dunlewey Conservation Report Mountallen Bog and Arigna River System M02869 Roscommon Thomas Earley 2,000.00 Enhancement Conservation of a C18/C19 Dominican M02872 Galway Galway City Museum 4,000.00 chausable with a view to exhibition Croom COI Church - Emergency Repairs to M02875 Limerick Adare Vestry Group 4,884.89 Tower and rainwater goods St Peters & Pauls Church Kilmallock Urgent M02891 Limerick Adare Vestry Group 6,000.00 Repair Works to Fabric Bere Island Projects M02896 Cork Invasive Species Eradication on Bere Island 800.00 Group Ltd. Reads The Cutlers 4 parliament Street M02897 Dublin Reads Cutlers Ltd 15,000.00 Dublin 2 St Lawrence O'Toole, Repairs to Stained Glass, decorative panels M02905 Dublin 12,000.00 Diocesan and belfry roof at St Michan's Eradication of Giant Hogweed in the Sluice M02908 Dublin Fingal County Council 2,500.00 River and Marsh Conservation of windows at former M02927 Galway SE Galway IRD women's dormitory block, Portumna 10,000.00 Workhouse PAGE

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Ref. Amount County Recipient Name Project Title Number Paid € National University of M02939 Dublin Conservation of NUI Archives: Phase 2 5,000.00 Ireland Evans Home:Preliminary Conservation Works M02965 Kilkenny Kilkenny County Council 5,000.00 Phase 3 St Michael and All Angels Conservation works at St Michael and All M02967 Kildare 6,000.00 Church Angels Church M02975 Kildare Margaret Carroll Repairs Thatch at Coole Cottage, Co. Kildare 7,000.00 Vegetation removal and stabilisation works to M02982 Kilkenny Meave O Connell 10,000.00 St Nicholas Church, Newtown,Jerpoint. Avian senstivity maps (Ref. to Breeding M02994 Nationwide BirdWatch Ireland Waders) & guidance to aid planning for future 7,488.46 developments

M02996 Dublin Josephine McAllister Re-thatching protected cottages at Malahide 7,000.00

Repairs to roof truss at Holy Cross Catholic M03009 Waterford Killea Catholic Church 7,000.00 Church, Killea, Dunmore East, Co. Waterford.

M03015 Kildare Kildare County Council Repair works to Wonderful Barn, Kildare 14,000.00 105 Capel Street, Hallway Entrance Outhouse Community M03018 Dublin Conservation, Front Door & Ground Floor 8,000.00 Resource Centre Window Reconstruction. Conservation Works to The Swan Bar, 57-58 M03038 Dublin Ronan Lynch 10,000.00 York Street, Dublin 2 Meath County Council Conservation of Bligh and Naper Estate M03040 Meath 5,000.00 Library Service Ledgers, 19th & 20th Century Conservation Plan for Mallow Castle House & M03041 Cork Cork County Council 5,000.00 Demesne, Mallow, Co. Cork. Conservation of a thatched house at M03042 Laois Richard McLoughlin 7,000.00 Jamestown Cross, Ballybrittas, Co. Laois M03057 Galway Vincent Finn Restoration works at Thatch Cottage, Oranhill 7,000.00 Re- thatch house historic, farmhouse using M03063 Cork Laurence Clarson 5,000.00 local reed and locally made scollops. Repair of Windows, Knockranny House, M03074 Roscommon John Doyle 10,000.00 Keadue, Co. Roscommon. Clones Church of Ireland Re-setting of the pyramidated steps leading up M03091 Monaghan 5,000.00 Parish to St Tighernach’s Church, Clones Turbotstown House - Remedial works to M03095 Westmeath Peter Bland 11,000.00 main roof M03096 Westmeath Tullamore Union of Parishes Repair works at St.Sinian's Church, Tyrrellspass 10,000.00 Dublin City Gallery The M03114 Dublin Charles Shannon Frame Conservation 2,000.00 Hugh Lane M03116 Mayo John Ormsby Roof repairs at Millford, Kilmaine, Co. Mayo 8,000.00 Irish Ancestry Research A Gentlemanly Network: The Gabbett Alliance M03118 Limerick 7,000.00 Centre (IARC) of Regional Estates, 1690-1923 Raptor Conservation Project -Provision of M03123 Galway BirdWatch Ireland 2,500.00 Artifical Nesting Sites for Raptors in Connemara Swindon Investment M03125 Kildare Shell House Roof Repair 10,000.00 Co. Ltd. Lough Corrib Control of Invasive Species - M03142 Galway Inland Fisheries Ireland 14,000.00

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Heritage Management & Conservation Grants

Ref. Amount County Recipient Name Project Title Number Paid € Carnew Training & M03167 Wicklow Restoration of Castle Wall in Carnew 7,000.00 Development Management and enhancement works at M03191 Roscommon Padraig Corcoran 2,000.00 Mount Plunkett Nature Reserve Restoration of waterwheel, Lockes Distillery, M03192 Westmeath Cooley Distillery PLC 7,000.00 Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath Restoration of Milling Machinery at Leitrim M03195 Galway Maria Kennedy 5,000.00 Mills Repair of Seventeenth-century Church M03204 Roscommon Westward Holdings 11,000.00 Strokestown Park Talbotsinch Residents' Repair of railings at tennis court, Talbotsinch, M03226 Kilkenny 2,500.00 Association including metal repair and re-painting Re-thatch of cottage at Ballyduff East, M03232 Waterford michael walsh 4,000.00 Co Waterford Select Vestry St Carthage's Conservation works at St Carthage's M03235 Waterford 12,000.00 Cathedral Cathedral, Lismore M03242 Waterford Henry Gwyn Jones Window stabilisation at Molana Abbey 15,000.00

M03294 Galway Killina Church Committee Conservation of Killinny/Killina Church 2,995.50

M03316 Donegal John Hamilton Brownhall 6,000.00 Cistercian Community of M03319 Offaly Conservation 2012 Church and Farmyard 10,000.00 Mount st Joseph

M03325 Carlow Morgan Kavanagh 2012 Works to Borris House + Demesne 7,000.00

M03326 Dublin Fr. Jaroslaw Maszkiewicz St Audeon's Roof Repair 12,000.00 Thatch historic Cottage using local Reed and M03344 Limerick Nora O Connell 4,000.00 scollops. The Representative Survey of Stained Glass Windows in the M03453 Ireland 5,500.00 Church Body Church of Ireland (Diocese Armagh Part 2 Repairs to Thatched House, Corrundulla, M03454 Galway Tom Farrell 7,000.00 Co Galway M03472 Dublin Irish Jewish Museum Archiving collection 4,500.00 Erecting Chough Boxes along the North M03580 Clare Golden Eagle Trust 3,854.16 Clare Total 830,651.73 PAGE

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Landscape Policy Grants

Ref. Amount County Recipient Name Project Title Number Paid € European Forum on D03468 Sligo Nature Conservation HNV Ireland programme 2012 39,000.00 and Pastoralism 2012 The International Year of the Rural D03542 All of Ireland ICOMOS Ireland 1,000.00 Landscape - Photo Competition Practical Archaeology Summer school - D03546 Kilkenny Kilkenny Archaeology 3,000.00 Kilkenny June 2012 Institute of D03544 All of Ireland Archaeologists of CPD Co-ordinator & Administrator 10,000.00 Ireland

Total 53,000.00

Valuing Heritage Grants

Ref. Amount County Recipient Name Project Title Number Paid €

Irish Whale & Dolphin D03437 All of Ireland European Cetacean Conference 2,000.00 Group

D03439 All of Ireland Ireland Reaching Out Ireland Reaching out Project 25,000.00 Hands On: Learning Traditional Crafts in D03441 All of Ireland Liberties Press Group 4,000.00 Ireland Irish Museums Core funding grant towards Work D01734 All of Ireland 8,500.00 Association Programme 2012 Bird Habitats in Ireland: book and D02417 All of Ireland Richard Nairn 3,000.00 symposium Abbeydorney D03532 Kerry Abbeydorney Annual Ploughing Match 1,500.00 Ploughing Society The Breeding and Winter Birds Atlas D03543 All of Ireland BirdWatch Ireland 14,000.00 2007-2011 Ireland - Archives & Records Core funding grant towards ARAI Work D03545 1,549.00 Republic of Association Programme 2012

D03548 All of Ireland Cork University Press Atlas of the Great Irish Famine 6,000.00

Education and Information Programme D03549 Clare Burrenbeo Trust 15,854.80 2012 'Kilkenny Families in the Great War' D03554 Kilkenny John P Kirwan 300.00 Launch of Publication Conference on Upland Footpath Mountaineering D03557 Wicklow Management 'Helping the Hills' 500.00 Ireland 13/14 September 2012 The Children’s Cultural Awakening Curiosity – exploring nature D03583 Dublin 2,500.00 Centre Ltd. t/a The Ark and the world around us Ulster Historic New Life for Churches in Ireland - good D03587 All of Ireland 1,000.00 Churches Trust practice for conversion and use

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Material Culture Grants

Ref. Amount County Recipient Name Project Title Number Paid € Support for CPD Awards for Conservation D03555 All of Ireland ICHAWI 2,000.00 Practitioners in 2012 Total 2,000.00

Infrastructure Grants

Ref. Amount County Recipient Name Project Title Number Paid €

National Biodiversity National Framework on Invasive Species D03479 All of Ireland 58,292.04 Data Centre Data Management

Bere Island Projects D03533 Cork Bere Island Conservation Plan 20,000.00 Group Ltd Core Funding for Woodlands of Ireland D03541 Wicklow Woodlands of Ireland 40,000.00 2012 Wicklow Uplands Core funding grant towards Work D03556 Wicklow 65,000.00 Council Programme 2012 Burren Farming D03558 Clare for Conservation Field Monument Advisor Scheme 2012 14,944.50 Programme

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County Heritage Plan Projects

Ref. Amount County Recipient Name Project Title Number Paid € South Tipperary County C02512 Tipperary River Suir Survey and Mapping Project 10,000.00 Council South Tipperary County C02513 Tipperary Adopt a Monument/ Green Space 3,000.00 Council An Audit of Significant Geological and C02544 Roscommon Roscommon CoCo 6,000.00 Geomorphological Sites in County Roscommon

C02554 Kerry Kerry County Council Graveyard Surveys 2012 12,000.00

Conservation Reports Abbey Island, Darrynane C02561 Kerry Kerry County Council 10,000.00 & Dromavally, Killorglin Roscommon County C02566 Roscommon Roscommon Abbey Guidebook 7,000.00 Council Roscommon County C02586 Roscommon Stonewall Repair Workshops 2,000.00 Council C02618 Cork Cork City Council Heritage Open Day and Heritage Week Events 12,500.00 Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Exploring Biodiversity 2012 C02641 Dublin 5,000.00 County Council (Public Biodiversity Events) C02643 Laois Laois County Council Heritage Awareness 2012 10,000.00 C02658 Laois Laois County Council Website and Garden Trail application 5,427.67 Biodiversity survey of bridges and culverts C02668 Wicklow Wicklow County Council 9,541.50 in County Wicklow C02681 Cork Cork County Council Habitat Mapping 18,500.00 Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown C02686 Dublin Shanganagh River Biodiversity Study 2012 5,000.00 County Council C02688 Cork Cork City Council Discover Cork Schools Heritage Project 7,500.00 Industrial Archaeology / Engineering Heritage C02711 Galway Galway County Council 9,375.00 Survey for Co. Galway Phase 3 Roscommon County C02755 Roscommon Lisonuffy Church Conservation Project 15,000.00 Council C02814 Waterford Waterford County Council Tidy Towns Seminar 903.15

C02836 Wicklow Wicklow County Council Wicklow Wetlands Survey - phase 2 14,248.93 South Tipperary County C02844 Tipperary Raising Awareness Projects 17,000.00 Council C02865 Offaly Laois County Council Book on the geology of Laois and Offaly 2,499.75

C02866 Laois, Offaly Offaly County Council Publication on the Geology of Laois and Offaly 2,500.00

C02977 Dublin Fingal County Council Woodland Management Luttrelstown Demesne 10,000.00

Documentation of the Architecture of 20th C02985 Dublin Dublin City Council Century - Phase 2 (Case Studies, Seminar, and 12,500.00 Research) C02997 Cork Cork City Council South Main Street Archaeological Monograph 10,000.00

Publication of Geashill - A study of the C03026 Offaly Offaly County Council 2,500.00 architectural evolution - booklet

C03029 Cavan Cavan County Council Living Tradition 6,608.09 'People and Nature' Galway County Biodiversity C03080 Galway Galway County Council 29,000.00

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County Heritage Plan Projects

Ref. Amount County Recipient Name Project Title Number Paid € Publication 2012: The Archaeology of Dún Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown C03098 Dublin Laoghaire-Rathdown in Light of Recent 5,000.00 County Council Excavations Wrought Iron Gates, recording, promoting C03122 Offaly Offaly County Council 9,000.00 awareness, workshops C03127 Kerry Kerry County Council Killarney Town Urban Habitats Survey 3,000.00

C03132 Galway Galway County Council Lough Derg Heritage Project 2012 11,250.00 Ecclesiastical Heritage Audit for Connemara C03134 Galway Galway County Council 9,375.00 Electoral Area Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown 2012 Historic Character Assessment to Support C03143 Dublin 2,306.25 County Council Dún Laoghaire Local Area Plan Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Publication 2012: The Martello Towers of C03176 Dublin 10,000.00 County Council Dublin

C03220 Cavan Cavan County Council County Cavan Golden Mile 2012 8,294.13

Ennis Heritage Interpretation through IT C03298 Clare Clare County Council 8,750.00 Project 2012 Green Infrastructure Implementation Plan for C03299 Clare Clare County Council 9,750.00 Shannon Town 2012 C03304 Clare Clare County Council Lough Derg Heritage Project 2012 11,250.00

C03305 Clare Clare County Council Biodiversity Officer 2012 21,820.50 North Tipperary County C03309 Tipperary Heritage led Enhancement Plan for Roscrea 15,000.00 Council North Tipperary County C03310 Tipperary Heritage Week Events 3,750.00 Council North Tipperary County C03311 Tipperary Lough Derg Heritage Project 2012 7,210.84 Council Conservation Study for the Whitefather's Cave C03328 Cavan Cavan County Council 2,175.00 System, Blacklion C03334 Offaly Offaly County Council Digitising of Local Newspapers 8,500.00 ArchaeoGIS - Mapping the Archaeology of C03336 Dublin Dublin City Council 12,500.00 Dublin City C03339 Dublin Fingal County Council Field Monuments Advisor 14,949.75 Compilation of 20 You Tube videos / narrated C03342 Offaly Offaly County Council 7,500.00 slide shows Habitat Survey and Mapping and Green C03346 Dublin Dublin City Council Infrastructure Strategies for Heuston and 12,500.00 Clonshaugh LAPs Dublin - South Dublin County Industrial Heritage Survey of South Dublin C03358 8,726.70 South Dublin Council County C03359 Kildare Kildare County Council County Kildare Wetland Survey 14,999.95 Clones Market House Conservation C03360 Monaghan Monaghan County Council 10,000.00 Management Plan 'Hearth & Home' Vernacular Architecture C03361 Donegal Donegal County Council 5,000.00 Seminar (Action 3.4) C03363 Meath Meath Local Authorities Communicating Heritage Programme 2012 18,750.00

PAGE C03364 Longford Longford Local Authorities Non-invasive Archaeological Research Project 8,042.25

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County Heritage Plan Projects

Ref. Amount County Recipient Name Project Title Number Paid € C03365 Monaghan Monaghan County Council Heritage Awareness Programme 5,000.00 C03366 Longford Longford Local Authorities Longford and the Titanic 3,500.00 Dublin - South Dublin County C03368 Palmerstown Church and Churchyard Survey 910.20 South Dublin Council C03369 Kilkenny Kilkenny County Council Heritage Awareness Programme 12,500.00 Train the trainers - Heritage Education C03371 Kilkenny Kilkenny County Council 4,000.00 Programme C03372 Monaghan Monaghan County Council Wetland Survey 10,000.00 C03373 Monaghan Monaghan County Council Forged gates inventory and history project 5,000.00 C03374 Kilkenny Kilkenny County Council River Nore Awareness Programme 13,500.00 C03375 Cavan Cavan County Council Graveyard Study Phase II 12,200.00 C03378 Mayo Mayo County Council Mayo Geological Audit 8,062.50 Dublin - Developing the Fingal Oral History Collection - C03382 Fingal County Council 6,450.00 Fingal an important record of life in 20th century Fingal Study of Holy Wells in County Donegal C03383 Donegal Donegal County Council 10,000.00 (Action 2.8) C03384 Louth Louth County Council Village Design Statement for Omeath 4,981.50 Biodiversity enhancement plans for Louth Tidy C03385 Louth Louth County Council 4,517.88 Towns groups C03386 Louth Louth County Council Louth Wetland Survey - Phase 2 15,000.00 C03387 Laois Laois County Council Graveyards of Laois 8,000.00

C03389 Mayo Mayo County Council Built Heritage Photograpy Competition 4,377.13

C03390 Longford Longford Local Authorities Invasive Species Smartphone App 1,200.00 Implementing Balbriggan Public Realm Plan: C03392 Dublin Fingal County Council 10,000.00 Public Participation to Improve Railway Street South Dublin County C03395 Dublin Dodder River Valley Ecological Survey 8,006.32 Council C03397 Meath Meath Local Authorities Unlocking the potential of the Meath landscape 8,980.88

C03398 Mayo Mayo County Council Cong Village Design Statement 5,000.00 C03399 Waterford Waterford County Council Heritage and Biodiversity Week Events 1,296.59 C03401 Waterford Waterford County Council Heritage Signage 6,987.94 C03402 Mayo Mayo County Council Mayo Heritage Week 2012 5,709.30 C03407 Galway Galway City Council Industrial Heritage Audit of Galway City 4,000.00 Galway's Maritime Heritage Photographic C03408 Galway Galway City Council 5,055.81 Exhibition (with catalogue) Heritage Conference on Archives and Written C03411 Galway Galway City Council 3,599.44 Sources Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown C03446 Dublin Biodiversity Officer 20,000.00 County Council

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