The Heritage Council Annual Report 2016 The Heritage Council | Annual Report 2016 1 © The Heritage Council 2017 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be printed or reproduced or utilised in any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or heretoafter invented, including photocopying or licence permitting restricted copying in Ireland issued by the Irish Copyright Licencing Agency Ltd., The Writers Centre, 19 Parnell Square, Dublin 1. Published by the Heritage Council The Heritage Council of Ireland Series ISBN 978-1-906304-35-5 Photo: Heritage Week 2016 - 'Hands on History 1916' with Jude Stynes, County Offaly. 2 The Heritage Council | Annual Report 2016 © The Heritage Council 2017 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be printed or reproduced or utilised in any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or heretoafter invented, including photocopying or licence permitting restricted copying in Ireland issued by the Irish Copyright Licencing Agency Ltd., The Writers Centre, 19 Parnell Square, Dublin 1. Published by the Heritage Council The Heritage Council of Ireland Series ISBN 978-1-906304-35-5 The Heritage Council | Annual Report 2016 3 Contents Chairman’s Message .......................................................................................................................6 Chief Executive’s Report ...................................................................................................................7 1. Introduction ..............................................................................................................................9 1.1. Who are we? ........................................................................................................................................................ 10 1.1.1. Our Board ............................................................................................................................................................ 10 1.1.2. Our Staff .............................................................................................................................................................. 11 1.2. What do we do? .................................................................................................................................................. 14 1.3. 2016 at a Glance .................................................................................................................................................. 16 1.4. Our Work in Numbers .......................................................................................................................................... 18 Freshwater Pearl Mussel in County Clare: A Species Under Threat - Congella McGuire, Heritage Officer, Clare County Council ..................................................................................................... 24 2. Education, Outreach & Awareness ................................................................................................ 27 2.1. Heritage in Schools ............................................................................................................................................. 28 2.2. National Heritage Week ....................................................................................................................................... 28 2.3. Island Wildlife Weekend ....................................................................................................................................... 31 2.4. Museums Advocacy Day ..................................................................................................................................... 31 2.5. Media Coverage ................................................................................................................................................... 31 2.6. Diana Darke Talk .................................................................................................................................................. 31 2.7. The Heritage Council Online ................................................................................................................................. 32 European Cultural Policy - Beatrice Kelly, Head of Policy & Research, the Heritage Council .................................................. 34 3. Policy & Research ................................................................................................................... 37 3.1. European Forum on Nature Conservation and Pastoralism ................................................................................. 38 3.2. Heritage Maps ..................................................................................................................................................... 38 3.3. INSTAR Programme: ‘Landscape and Settlement of Later-Prehistoric South East Ireland’ ................................. 39 3.4. Irish Towns and Villages ..................................................................................................................................... 39 3.5. Uplands Partnerships .......................................................................................................................................... 40 3.6. Landscape Working Group .................................................................................................................................. 40 3.7. Archaeology 2025 ............................................................................................................................................... 40 3.8. Knockroe Passage Tomb, Co. Kilkenny ............................................................................................................... 40 3.9. Medieval Wexford: Essays in Memory of Billy Colfer .......................................................................................... 41 3.10. National Planning Framework .............................................................................................................................. 41 Ireland’s Female Farmers Conserving Our Heritage - Anna Meehan, GLAS Traditional Farm Buildings Grant Scheme Project Manager .................................................................. 42 4 The Heritage Council | Annual Report 2016 Contents 4. Community and Conservation Initiatives & Projects ........................................................................... 45 4.1. Adopt a Monument Scheme ................................................................................................................................ 46 4.2. Conservation Internships .................................................................................................................................... 46 4.3. GLAS TFB Grant Scheme .................................................................................................................................... 46 4.4. Heritage Grants Overview 2016 ........................................................................................................................... 48 4.5. Irish Walled Towns Network ................................................................................................................................ 48 4.6. Museum Standards Programme for Ireland ........................................................................................................ 51 4.7. The All Ireland Pollinator Plan ............................................................................................................................. 52 4.8. Town Centre Health Check Training Programme ................................................................................................. 53 4.9. Mayglass Traditional Homestead, Co. Wexford ................................................................................................... 53 Managing our Monuments - Ian Doyle, Head of Conservation, the Heritage Council ............................................................ 54 5. Regularly-funded Organisations ................................................................................................... 57 5.1. Bere Island Projects Group ................................................................................................................................. 58 5.2. Burrenbeo ........................................................................................................................................................... 58 5.3. Heritage Officer Programme ................................................................................................................................ 60 5.4. National Biodiversity Data Centre ........................................................................................................................ 64 5.5. Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland ................................................................................................................... 64 5.6. Ireland Reaching Out ........................................................................................................................................... 65 5.7. Irish Archives Resource ...................................................................................................................................... 65 5.8. Irish Landmark Trust ........................................................................................................................................... 66 5.9. Irish Museums Association ................................................................................................................................