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The Heritage Council 2010Annual Report


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Chairman’s Message 4

Chief Executive’s Report 5

Policy Development 8

- Landscape 8

- Climate Change 9

- Valuing Heritage 10

- Material Culture 11

Infrastructure Support 13

- Discovery Programme 13

- NBDC 14

- Wicklow Uplands Council 15

- Woodlands of Ireland 16

- Irish Walled Towns Network 17

- Irish Landmark Trust 17

- Heritage Officer Programme 18

Grants Programmes 20

Financial Statements 24

C h a i r m a n ’ s M e s s a g e

C o n t e n t s


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C h a i r m a n ’ s M e s s a g e

Conor Newman

Chairman

Like all other organisations the Heritage Council suffered further cutbacks to its core and

ancillary funding in 2010. Such was not unanticipated given the general state of the public

finances, and the organisation had previously set in train what measures it could to try to

minimise the impact on the public service we provide, and on our dependent satellites and core

constituency of grantees. At the end of 2010 we learned of a further cutback of 62% on our

2011 budget. Whereas no organisation can expect immunity from the current financial crisis,

there comes a point where cutbacks threaten existing capacities to contribute to job creation

and national recovery. Heritage has been identified as one of the planks of national recovery

and the Heritage Council remains committed to playing a central role in this regard.

Since its inception the Heritage Council has been a standard-bearer of professional and

community-based best practice in sustainable heritage conservation and management. We

have adopted a simple mantra: you cannot manage what you do not understand. Deep

understanding is crucial because heritage resources are, by their very nature, finite, irreplaceable

and often extremely fragile. This means that the sustainability of jobs in the heritage sector

depends on their being underpinned by appropriate conservation principles and techniques. In

the case of a habitat or natural heritage resource this means understanding and sustaining the

authenticity, functionality and integrity of the underlying ecosystem. For an historic property

it means sustaining structural, material and architectural integrity. In both cases legibility is

paramount, that is making sure the surrounding context is not detracting from or undermining

the values associated with the heritage asset. If we fail to achieve this, the quality of that asset

is diminished as is its ability to continue to contribute to the success of a tourism industry on

which we have become so dependent for our recovery.

Caring for heritage represents an on-going commitment that must be community-based and

yet framed by professional knowledge and best practice. The Heritage Council is the leader in

promoting and blending these complementary perspectives.

Heritage is neither a static nor isolated entity. It is constantly changing from both without

and within. The greatest agency of change, unsurprisingly, is human society. We are both

gamekeeper and poacher of our heritage resource and it is up to us now to strike a sustainable

balance if we are to maintain and pass on to future generations a heritage that we can be

proud of. In 2010 the Heritage Council published its Proposals for the Irish Landscape where

we recommend a much more integrated approach to the management of the Irish landscape

and suggest a number of steps that might be taken to achieving this goal. We believe that the

principles informing this approach offer a form of long-term, people-focused protection from

the unsustainable excesses of the last decade.

We believe that a heritage of landscapes, seascapes, history, folk traditions, archaeology,

wildlife, etc, and the way these have shaped the character of its people, is Ireland’s greatest asset.

We believe that this resource can deliver much more employment, enjoyment and education

than is presently the case. If these are to be sustainable and durable achievements, however,

we need to resource and then act on the expertise present in the competent authorities. We

need to privilege substance over appearance and quality over quantity if the leverage value of

heritage investment is to deliver long-term.

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C h i e f E x e c u t i v e ’ s R e p o r t

TAKING IT ALLL FOR GRANTED!

As 2010 passes we can reflect on yet another tumultuous year – not only for the Heritage Council but for our country as a whole and its national heritage. The economic situation, and the depth of the crisis that has been created, means that all organisations (whether in the public or private sector) have had to adapt to survive exceptional circumstances. Having the capacity to adapt is not something that should be taken for granted – structures and operations must be flexible enough to allow for and indeed anticipate change –whether circumstances are exceptional or not.

In that context is it pleasing to report that the many structural and organisational changes introduced by the Heritage Council over the last 12-24 months have meant that our service to the public has remained focused and relevant. As a result the upwards of 70 direct employment opportunities that are created within the Heritage Council and its satellites ( to say nothing of the estimated 1000 indirect jobs supported in the contractor and business sector) have for the most part remained productive. Similarly the Council has, through its grants programmes, retained much of its capacity to support and empower local communities and enterprises in maintaining the quality of their natural and cultural heritage – the key product marketed nationally and internationally by the tourism industry. At the same time Council’s requirement to propose policies and priorities for the national heritage has seen publication of proposals for Ireland’s Landscapes – offering a new and innovative way in which to manage and conserve all our landscapes for generations to come.

And yet as we close 2010 and move towards 2011 the funding for the Heritage Council and the Heritage Sector as a whole has been subject to disproportionate cuts. It really seems that it has been taken for granted after all. Why else would we reduce our ability to support local people in maintaining the quality of their heritage and at the same time seek to base our economic recovery on the quality of that heritage to the tourism and agri –food sectors?

The value of the heritage sector is well documented and its relevance to our recovery is clearly seen by the Heritage Council and its partners. We have in 2011 much work to do to continue the innovative approaches that have been put in place and to ensure their relevance is fully understood.

Michael Starrett

Chief Executive.


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Council Members 2010

Conor Newman Chairperson

Dr Billy Colfer (to October 2010)

Prof. Gabriel Cooney

Ted Creedon(to October 2010)

Dr Brendan Dunford

Dr Caro-lynne Ferris

Rhonwen Hayes (to October 2010)

Kealin Ireland

Mary Keenan

Noel Keyes(to October 2010)

Brian Lucas

Ian Lumley

Dr. Henry Lyons

Martina Moloney (to October 2010)

Helen O’Carroll

Finola Reid(to October 2010)

Gráinne Shaffrey

COUNCIL MEMBERS 2010

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Michael Starrett Chief Executive

Anne Barcoe

Gerard Croke

Ian Doyle

Paula Drohan

Alison Harvey

Beatrice Kelly

Martina Malone

Colm Murray

Cliona O’Brien

Amanda Ryan

Christena Ryan

Isabell Smyth

Liam Scott

Project Staff:

Lesley-Ann Hayden

Liam Mannix

Anna Meenan

Rebecca Reynolds

Interns

Mary Teehan

Nathan Mannion

STAFF MEMBERS 2010


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Landscape

Proposals for Ireland’s Landscape 2010

The Irish Landscape is where we all live, work and spend our leisure time. Today, it faces an increasing complex range of challenges. Whether through the accelerating natural and man-made impacts of climate change, or the demands of an increasingly urbanised society on our natural and cultural resources, there are major issues that need to be resolved and changes made in how we legislate for, plan, mange and conserve our landscapes today and in the future. The evidence supporting the need for these changes is etched in our towns, villages and the countryside throughout Ireland.

Proposals for Ireland’s Landscape 2010 reflects new ideas regarding how we might mange, plan and conserve Ireland’s landscape into the future. It is based on the work of the Heritage council and many of its Irish and European partners in seeking, over a ten-year period, to promote the implementation of the European Landscape Convention (ELC). The Convention offers us a new way of thinking about our landscape – one that places people, and their active participation in shaping their landscape, in a central position. The frameworks within which this is delivered may vary from country to country, depending on their needs. The proposals made in this document are not about freezing the development of the Irish Landscape. Instead, they seek to manage change in a proactive, informed and inclusive manner.

In addition to the production of Proposals for Ireland’s Landscapes in December 2010, the following list illustrates the breadth of landscape oriented work that Council is undertaking to inform policy development.

Delivery of Award –winning, Multi-disciplinary Landscape Character Assessment Training Course in partnership with 10 Professional Institutes (North and South) – May and September 2010 - over 100 people from various professional backgrounds have attended the CPD training course to date.

Ministerial Launch of Julianstown Village Design Statement (VDS) - National ‘Pilot’ for VDS Programme II in Julianstown, County Meath, October 2010 – ‘Pilot’ undertaken in partnership with Meath County Council and Julianstown and District Community Association (JDCA);

Development of Urban ‘Pilot’ VDS in Sandymount for VDS Programme II – ‘Pilot’ being developed in partnership with Dublin City Council and Sandymount Community, ongoing.

Presentation of Town Centre Management (TCM) Paper at Annual Irish Planning Institute (IPI) Conference, April 2010;

Development of a Public Realm Plan (PRP) for Balbriggan in partnership with Balbriggan Town Council, Balbriggan Chamber of Commerce and Fingal County Council including presentation at Public Workshop on the Benefits of Public Realm Plans for Historic Towns – July 2010;

Presentation at SECAD LEADER Training Course – ‘Village Design Statements in Ireland – An Opportunity for Collaborative and Participative Planning’, January 2010;

Submissions prepared for the review of three County Development Plans – Clare, Sligo and Waterford;

Submissions prepared for review of Fethard Local Area Plan (LAP), September 2010;

Observation to An Bord Pleanála in relation to Planning Appeals in Moneyduff and Athenry, Co Galway and Fethard, County Tipperary;

Detailed Submission in relation to proposed N2 Slane By-Pass to An Bord Pleanála, February 2010;

Publication of Guidance for the, Conservation and Recording of Historic Graveyards

Continuation of The Irish National Strategic Archaeological Research (INSTAR) Grants Programme for a third successful year

Ongoing implementation of Conservation Plan for St. Mary’s Church and Graveyard , Kilkenny City

Conference on Working together Better for the Shannon, Carrick on Shannon Area April 2010

Completion of first phase of our now ongoing programme of work looking at the potential implementation of high nature value farming policy in Ireland.

POLICY DEVELOPMENT


Support the development of the invasive species database and an early warning system for their arrival in Ireland through the National Biodiversity Data Centre

Policy submissions on National Biodiversity Plan in a new Habitats and Birds Regulations to the Department

Climate change

Climate Change and Risk of Material Culture

The Heritage Council co-hosted a very successful seminar in the Hunt Museum, Limerick on Climate Change and Risk to Material Culture in September 2010. The conference which was attended by 60 people included speakers Peter Brimblecombe, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia; Susan Bioletti, Head of Conservation, Trinity College, Dublin, Siobhan Stevenson, Head of Collections Care, National Museums Northern Ireland, Katy Lithgow, Head of Conservation, The National Trust Adrian Kennedy: Office of Public Works, Mary Stack: Fáilte Ireland, James McDowell, AXA Art Insurance Ltd, Chris Clarke: The Lewis Glucksman Gallery, UCC. and Paul Curtis: Conservation, Muckross House, Killarney.

Photo 6 Beautiful demoiselle.

Photo 7 Garden Tiger Arctia caja.

Butterfly Monitoring Scheme

Through the National Biodiversity Data Centre, the Irish Butterfly Monitoring Scheme had a very successful year, with 140 transects being undertaken across the country. This work also contributed to the analysis of climate change on butterfly communities in Europe from 1990-2009 and will generate long-term data with which to monitor changes in Irish butterflies. Butterflies are of course an important part of our ecosystems, with their role as pollinators.

The Heritage Council has also ongoing development of case studies of current or potential impact of climate change on the built heritage.

Photo 1 Ministerial launch on evening of 7th October of Julianstown Village Design Statement (VDS) in the Gallops, Julianstown: VDS Project Steering Group with Minister Cuffe – L to R – Jonathan Gannon (Heritage Council Intern), Emer Dolphin (Chair), Paddy Prendergast, Wendy Bagnall (Sen Planner, Meath County Council), Minister Ciaran Cuff T.D., Senator Mark Dearey, Alison Harvey (Nat VDS Programme II Manager, Heritage Council), Leo Monahan, and James Hennessey, Paul Hogarth Company.

Photo 2 Minister Cuffe with a student at the lauch of the Julianstown Village Design Statement.

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Photo 3 Removal of Lagarosiphon major, an invasive species, from Lough Corrib, Galway by Inland Fisheries Ireland (grant-aided by the Heritage Council).

Photo 4 High nature value farmland, Inis Meain, Aran Islands.

Photo 5 Cover of ‘Proposals for Irelands Landscape 2010’.


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Valuing Heritage

This key area of the Heritage Council’s interface with the public has led to:

The publication of an Economic report by Jim Power using data gathered on the County Heritage Plans

‘Values in the Built Environment’ lecture given to planning post-graduate students, UCD, and to Architecture undergraduates, WIT, Waterford

Further development of training for Heritage in Schools group at Airfield Trust in February

Development of Biodiversity Awareness Research in May 2010

Revamped Heritage Outlook Magazine

Excellent coverage and awareness during Heritage Week

Organisation of a very successful poster competition

The continuing support for the Heritage Education Award

Heritage Week

Heritage Week took place from August 21st to August 29th in 2010. It has been the most successful Heritage Week programme yet with all indicators showing growing public involvement and appreciation for the week. In 2010, 1300 events took place, involving almost 700 organisations and community groups and an estimated 300,000 people attended events around the country. In addition the week has helped provide a channel for communicating key Heritage Council messages around health, local involvement, stewardship and enjoyment.

The objectives for Heritage Week have evolved as the initial aims around organisation and coordination have mostly been met. 2010 saw a greater emphasis on participation and active learning as well as communicating a new brand for the week.

The primary objectives for the week included:

Building the ‘National Heritage Week’ brand to communicate a dynamic, active, younger image for the week

Developing the recreation and participation aspects of the Week to appeal to a younger audience;

Providing a family friendly forum for actively learning about Irelands heritage

Leveraging the programme of events to shape public opinion about heritage issues

Increasing awareness of the Heritage Council as the national coordinator of the Week.

Heritage Week Awards

With over 1300 events taking place countrywide during heritage week is was not easy to single out just a few for awards but the events listed below expanded our expectations of heritage week and brought an enormous sense of fun and engagement for visitors and residents alike. Heritage Week was once described as “worthy but dull”. All of the following show that Heritage Week is a time of great connections, to our past, our community and our heritage and while still worthy it is certainly not dull!

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Photo 10 David Norris at the launch of Heritage Week

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Photo 11 Winner of the Best Children’s Event (u12;s)Medieval Madness at Augnhanure Castle, Organiser JennyYoung and Muirne being presented with her award

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Photo 8 & 9 Heritage Outlook covers


Best Event Organised By a Community Group : Winner was Rinn Duin Heritage Day.

Organised by: Richard Collins from St. Johns Parish Heritage Group, Lecarrow, Co. Roscommon.

Best Children’s Event (under 12’s): Winner was Medieval Madness at Aughnanure Castle, Oughterard, Co. Galway orgainsed by Jenny Young, OPW

Best Interactive Event: Winner was Water Open Day organised by Mervyn Horgan, Lifetime Lab, Lee Road, Cork.

Best Innovative Event & Best Overall Event: winner was Medieval Challenge, Taaffe’s Castle organised by Frances Tayler Cooley Peninsula Tourism and, Carlingford Heritage Trust.

Material Culture

Conservation Plan for St Mary’s Church and Graveyard, Kilkenny City

A major step in the implementation of this Heritage Council conservation plan was the purchase of the church and graveyard by Kilkenny Borough Council from the Church of Ireland. The Heritage Council contributed to the purchase on the basis that if offers a fine opportunity to conserve the historic tombs and the former church building and to ultimately to open the complex to the public of Kilkenny and visitors. This historic complex offers huge opportunities for learning, as a future amenity, and for adding to the quality of Kilkenny’s tourist offering.

Museums Standards Programme 2010

2010 was a busy year for the Museum Standards Programme. Six museums joined the Programme in January; Five museums were awarded certificates for achieving interim accreditation in June; Three museums applied for full accreditation and four for interim accreditation in October with assessment site-visits taking place in November (results pending in 2011); Two museums were confirmed as achieving maintenance of the standards in December; Finally, also in December three more museums were invited to join the Programme 2011.

The year started off with an orientation meeting for the six new museums which joined the Programme in 2010, these were:

Allihies Copper Mine Museum, Co. Cork

Athy Heritage Centre & Museum, Co. Kildare

Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane

Irish Jewish Museum, Dublin

Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin

Zoological Museum, Trinity College Dublin

As with previous intakes, the type and scope of museums joining the programme continued to reflect the diversity of collections in Ireland. All received their 1st (consultative) Assessments and reports in 2010 enabling them to plan for applying for interim accreditation in 2012.

In June five museums which joined the programme in 2007 received interim accreditation certificates at an event in Dublin Castle, these were:

Cavan County Museum

County Museum Dundalk

The GAA Museum

Limerick City Gallery of Art

South Tipperary County Museum

Teams representing each museum came to receive their certificates and guests including Programme advisors and assessors and other representatives from the sector celebrated their achievement with them.

At the beginning of October seven museums applied for interim or full accreditation. 2010’s applicants’ backgrounds were diverse and included volunteer museums, local authority, private and state run organisations. This reflects the aims of the standards to be adaptable to and achievable by all possible types of collections in Ireland which meet the Programme’s definition of a museum. The results of these applications will be announced in 2011.

Finally three more museums were invited to join the Programme in 2011 making a total of 50 participants: Dublin Castle (historic collections); Fota House, Cork; and Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda.

Photos 12 Winner of the Best Overall Event during Heritage Week Paddy Small and Frances Taylor being presented with their award by Conor Newman, Chairman Heritage Council and Isabell Smyth, Head of Communication

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Photos 13 Vandalism to internationally important sixteenth – seventeenth century tombs in St Mary’s graveyard, Kilkenny City

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A programme of training workshops related to understanding of the standards continued to be offered to programme participants and non-participants. Workshops took place at museum venues in Dublin, Limerick and Waterford as well as at the Heritage Council in Kilkenny.

Education Policy - January

Exhibition Evaluation - March

Museum Documentation - Documentation Manual - April

Handling & Marking Objects - May (with ICHAWI – Institute of Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works in Ireland)

E-business for Museums – June (with Failte Ireland)

Introduction to Caring for Collections - September

Effective Project Management for Accreditation - October

Customer Care - October (with the Irish Museums Association)

Disaster Planning Part Two (Salvaging Collections) - November (with ICHAWI)

The Heritage Council also provided a number of bursaries to staff in participant museums towards the cost of taking modules in the University of Ulster’s Diploma Course in Museum Practice in Management.

Guidance for the Care, Conservation and Recording of Historic Graveyards

Our historic graveyards are places of intense human activity. Along with providing a resting place for our departed and a place of remembrance, graveyards are of immense heritage value as sites of archaeological and architectural interest, as wildlife habitats and as repositories of local genealogy, sculpture and art. There is a lot we can learn from our historic cemeteries and this new book will help unlock much of that information by assisting communities and researchers in recording historic graveyards. It will also lead to better management of these important places.

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Photo 17 Limerick City Gallery being Presented with their award by Michael Starrett CEO Heritage Council

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Photo 18 South Tipperary County Museum being Presented with their award by Michael Starrett CEO Heritage Council

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Photo 16 Cavan County Museum being Presented with their award by Michael Starrett CEO Heritage Council

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Photo 15 The County Museum Dundalk being Presented with their award by Michael Starrett CEO Heritage Council

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Photo 14 The GAA Museum being Presented with their award by Michael Starrett CEO Heritage Council

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Photo 19 Cover of ‘Guidance for the Care,

Conservation and Recording of Historic

Graveyards’


Discovery Programme

The Discovery Programme has been the name of the organisation since it was first established in 1991. For some time however it has been apparent that the name does not convey specifically enough the nature of the work it does. At its meeting in June 2010, the Directorate agreed that a tag would be added after the English language name of the organisation: The Discovery Programme: advancing research in Irish archaeology. This addition is a reasonably close approximation of our Irish language motto: ar thóir na sean.

The main work of the organisation for the past year has concerned the finishing up of the two longstanding core projects: the Lake Settlement Project (LSP) and the Medieval Rural Settlement Project (MRSP). The first LSP book Lough Kinale: Studies of an Irish lake, by Drs C. Fredengren, A. Kilfeather and I. Stuijts - with major contributions from Dr Robbie Meehan and a number of staff members of the University of Exeter - was published and launched by the Minister of State Martin Mansergh TD at a reception in the library of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland on 21 April. A second launch, by the Mayor of Longford, Cllr Peggy Nolan, took place on 5 June in Abbeylara.

Except for some small amount of additional surveying, all fieldwork for the Medieval Rural Settlement Project (MRS) has concluded in, with the remaining project staff concentrating on finishing the writing up of a number of outstanding reports. The book outlining the research of the Dublin module, The Dublin Region in the Middle Ages: settlement, land-use and economy - jointly authored by Dr Margaret Murphy and Dr Michael Potterton with contributions from Dr Niall Brady, was published by Four Courts Press in October.

The book was launched at a reception in the Royal Irish Academy on 27 October by the Minister of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Mr John Gormley TD, before a large gathering which included the Deputy Lord Mayor of Dublin, Cllr. John Gallagher. Fingal County Council had made a generous donation to the publication but unfortunately the launch clashed with an important business meeting so that it was not possible for an elected representative from Fingal to be present. The Council was represented by their Heritage Officer, Dr Gerard Clabby who was also responsible for organising a public seminar ‘Discovering Fingal’ at the Fry Railway Museum at Malahide Castle on 30 October in which four members of the Discovery Programme staff spoke on aspects of their research which touched on local heritage. Following the seminar, the Mayor of Fingal, Cllr Ken Farrell launched the Dublin book for the second time; among the other speakers was the County Manager of Fingal, Mr David O’Connor.

The GIS/Survey/IT department was successful in obtaining €200,000 over 5 years for the ArchaeoLandscape project which will facilitate the development of the SHARE-it project previously funded under the INSTAR programme. This was the largest single amount of the available funds made to any of the participating European organisations; a tribute to the reputation built up by the Discovery Programme in this area of research. The project deals with the issues surrounding the archiving of digital data from archaeological contexts, most especially data from various remote sensing projects.

INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT

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Photo 20 Geophysical surveying on the Hill of Tara, Co. Meath

Photo 21 Gary Devlin surveying the tidal mud while laser-scanning medieval fishtraps in the Fergus

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Figure 1. Growth of records within the National Biodiversity Data Centre, to current 1.6m records.

In collaboration with the Dept. of Archaeology at NUI Galway, the GIS/Survey/IT department also carried out a season of geophysical surveying in fields outside the state-owned portion of the Hill of Tara. Postgraduate students from NUIG, UCC and NUI Maynooth acted as volunteers on the project and received training in various geophysical surveying techniques. The work resulted in the doubling of the amount of geophysical survey completed for the Hill. Among other discoveries was a series of anomalies which may indicate the location and extent of the late medieval ‘manor’ of Tara. The work received some limited media publicity including a report on RTE television.

The Discovery Programme was asked to make a contribution to the first Radio-Past specialisation forum at the Roman archaeological site of Ammaia in Portugal. Gary Devlin from the GIS/Survey/IT department participated and gave a presentation about geomatics techniques for archaeology and cultural heritage, and also gave a demonstration of the terrestrial laser scanner for the 20 participants of the Radio-Past course. Gary’s work was filmed and shown on Portuguese television. Anthony Corns also contributed to the event by giving a lecture about digital photogrammetry for archaeological survey. This presentation was given from Ireland using VOIP Skype technology. The Radio-Past project has its base in the deserted Roman town of Ammaia. It is funded by the EU People – Marie Curie Action IAPP (Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways).

National Biodiversity Data Centre

The National Biodiversity Data Centre, our national portal for data and information on Ireland’s natural heritage, now holds 53 national and 9 regional datasets, totalling 1,552,138 of 10,046 species. This ongoing progress is critical for our national framework for biodiversity data management. This availability of data is of increasing assistance with the implementation of several national policies and legislation, and in compliance with several European Directives, including the EU Habitats Directive, the Water Framework Directive, the National Biodiversity Plan.

The National Biodiversity Data Centre has brought together over 60 national databases (as illustrated in Figure 1) and provided access to them through an on line mapping system, Biodiversity Maps (http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/). As of March 2011, this comprised in excess of 1.6 million records of 10,739 species. The National Biodiversity Data Centre has also produced a marine web browser to map species in Irish territorial waters (http://marinemaps.biodiversityireland.ie/).

The progress made in compiling the system with national databases was achieved with the support of the Department of the Environment, Heritage & Local Government, key state agencies, national experts and non-governmental organisations who see the value in having databases available on a common platform. This achievement marks significant progress on building a national framework for biodiversity data management which promotes common data standards and ensures the interoperability of species datasets.


Strategic Baselines

In compiling the national biodiversity database, particular attention is given to the development of strategic baselines against which changes to the environment can be tracked to inform public policy. Areas afforded priority attention by the Data Centre include: invasive species, climate change, vegetation and ecosystem services.

Invasive Species

http://invasives.biodiversityireland.ie/

Outputs:

1. A consolidated all-Ireland database

2. An information management system for the dissemination

of information on invasive species

3. An early warning system to alert for, and track the spread

of new arrivals

Climate Change

Outputs:

1. A National Butterfly Monitoring Scheme

http://irishbutterflymonitoringscheme.

biodiversityireland.ie/

2. A national Moth Monitoring scheme

3. A national phenology network and recording system

http://phenology.biodiversityireland.ie/

Vegetation

http://nationalvegetationdatabase.

biodiversityireland.ie/

Outputs:

1. A National Vegetation Database

2. A National Vegetation Standard

Ecosystem Services

Outputs:

1. A national pollinator database & information portal

http://pollinators.biodiversityireland.ie/

2. A pest and disease vectors information portal

3. A national Crop Wild Relatives database

http://geneticresources.biodiversityireland.ie/

Wicklow Uplands Council

Two major issues for Wicklow Uplands Council (the Council) in the recent past have been the continued ‘war’ on illegal dumping and littering in the uplands and vegetation management.

Joined-up Thinking 1 - Litter and dumping

As original partners in the PURE Protecting Uplands Rural Environment we continue to work with Wicklow County Council, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, the

National Parks and Wildlife Service and Coillte to provide a single, well resourced response to littering and dumping and to work with our enforcement colleagues to bring the perpetrators to book.

Since the establishment of the project in 2006, the lo-call-phone-line 1850 365 121, and the PURE office, have responded to over 3,700 reports of illegal dumping resulting in over 3,600 collections and the removal of approximately 1,500 tonnes of rubbish from the landscape.

In 2010 the project launched an environmental initiative entitled ‘The PURE Mile’. The PURE Mile aims to foster a greater appreciation and awareness of our country roadscapes by rewarding and acknowledging local community efforts who adopt a mile of road in their area. The competition was a great success and over 17 communities are now involved in the 2010 / 2011 PURE Mile. PURE also launched and distributed the 2011 PURE Mile Calendar which depicts each of the participating communities.

The PURE project focuses directly on the fly-tipping/illegal dumping issue and has introduced a number of enforcement, preventative and educational initiatives.

A lo-call-phone-line for reporting of fly-tipping/illegal dumping – 1850 365 121

Dedicated clean-up vehicle which responds to all incidents of fly-tipping/illegal dumping

GPS/GIS data-base to record all incidents of fly-tipping/illegal dumping

PURE Promotional/informational material

Public awareness campaign

Website – www.pureproject.ie

Education programmes

Community initiatives (The PURE Mile)

Covert CCTV monitoring of affected sites

Suitable preventative measures

Media campaign.

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The Council is pleased to offer administrative and operational support to PURE and to have a seat on the project management committee which is chaired by Mr Wesley Atkinson, district manager for the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

Joined-up thinking 2 – Farmers and Scientists Can Be Friends

The management of our uplands landscape is another long-term issue for the Council.

Some time ago, the Council developed a report which proposed to increase bio-diversity by reintroducing elements of traditional vegetation management practice in the Wicklow uplands. Our research findings confirmed that the hill management regime has changed over the last decade in that many areas have become overgrown by heather and other invasive vegetation. This has led to an increase in accidental fires and loss of biodiversity and grazing habitats. The main factors contributing to this change are under-grazing by hill sheep and the decline of traditional controlled burning in springtime. The research also contends that the legislation governing the burning season (Section 46 in the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000) is out of line with traditional burning practice and also that it differs with the legislation in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland where burning can take place at different times, depending on elevation. The report contains several other recommendations to enhance biodiversity.

In June 2010 the Council conducted a study visit to County Clare and spent time with the leadership of the Burren Farming for Conservation Project. The group from Wicklow was pleased to see how farmers in that area were encouraged to find ways to link their agri-business and sustainable tourism interests with best biodiversity management practice. Subsequently, we co-operated with colleagues in Irish Uplands Forum to hold an open meeting in Wicklow which was addressed by Mr Michael Davoren, Chair of Burren IFA and Dr Brendan Dunford, director of the Burren Farming for Conservation project. Also attending was Mr Patrick McGurn, who is working with the Heritage Council on high nature value farming and local colleagues from National Parks and Wildlife Service. The large attendance at the meeting testified to the strength of local interest in finding ways to link traditional farm and practices with best scientific knowledge. There was support on all sides that issues can be addressed in a spirit of partnership and a committee will shortly be formed to take matters further.

Both projects breathe life into the Council’s mission: ‘To work for the sustainable use and enjoyment of the local landscape in partnership with those who live and work there and use the hills for recreation’.

Woodlands of Ireland: Work Progress, 2010

In 2010, Woodlands of Ireland (WoI) continued to advance

the sustainable management and expansion of the native woodland estate in partnership with a diverse range of native woodland stakeholders. Considerable effort was focussed on the deer initiative. The report commissioned by WoI entitled ‘Deer and Forestry in Ireland: A Review of Current Status and Management Requirements’ was disseminated to all known interest groups for feedback and formal endorsement. Many concerned interest groups agreed to establish a working group under the auspices of WoI to advance a national deer management strategy. This group agreed a general press release and is looking at other relevant issues such as undertaking a documentary on deer and promoting an indigenous wild venison market.

WoI continued to work on initiatives to support the Forest Service Native Woodland Scheme (NWS) and sought to secure funding the scheme on an ongoing basis, particularly Element 1 - Conservation of existing native woods. Following on from the initiation of revising the NWS in 2009, further NWS site visits took place in 2010 to assess the application of the scheme on the ground. As a result, new proposals on streamlining aspects of the scheme were developed. NWS training comprised two 1-day courses on woodland fungi at Charleville Castle, Tullamore. A further Native Woodland Information Note entitled ‘The Classification of Native Woodlands and its Application to Native Woodland Management’ was published.

As a new member of the Forestry Liaison Group in 2010, WoI now has a voice at the table along with all other forestry interests when they engage with the Forest Service. WoI also continued to provide input to policy initiatives and submitted a very detailed report re the Forest Policy Review to the Forest Service. In addition, the draft Irish FSC forest standard was agreed by the Steering Committee of FSC Ireland and submitted to FSC International late in the year.

The riparian research project entitled ‘Combined Research on Riparian Areas’ in conjunction with Coillte and UCD commenced in 2010. This project is sponsored by COFORD and focuses on riparian buffer zones in commercial forestry and the development of practical management guidelines, including native woodland establishment.


The People’s Millennium Forests (PMF) project management committee decided to relaunch the project with a new charter in 2011. WoI liased closely with the PMF team in Coillte to finalise the charter and is part of a working group in Coillte which is organising the launch in 2011.

The draft appraisal system for hedgerows developed by the WoI Hedgerow subgroup was finalised in 2010. Efforts are ongoing to publish same and create a national database to house all county hedgerow surveys. This would represent considerable added value considering the amount of hedgerow data that exists presently.

WoI continued to promote the native woodland sector and its own activities in 2010. A stand was shared at the Youth Angling Exhibition in Howth and at the Green Living Fair in Castle Espie. Also, a presentation was given to the Farm Forestry Forum in Teagasc, Kinsealy on the potential of realising quality wood from native woodlands. A general article on native woodlands and their multiple values was published in late summer in the Irish Wildlife Trust magazine ‘Irish Wildlife’. WoI also gave an interview on Irish native woodlands and the recent history of initiatives in this sector for a chapter in a book that charts International efforts in restoring ecosystems.

Irish Walled Towns Network 2010

The Irish Walled Towns Network was established by The Heritage Council in 2005 and currently comprises 24 walled towns throughout Ireland. The role of the Irish Walled Towns Network is to unite and co-ordinate the strategic efforts of local authorities involved in the management, conservation and enhancement of historic walled towns. In 2010, €756,000 was spent on the physical conservation of fourteen medieval town walls. Those grants supported 50 local construction and 20 professional jobs. Furthermore, the conservation and opening up of these sites added to the tourism product of the various member towns and the country as a whole.

Another major aspect of the Network is the vital funding provided for towns across the country to run Medieval Walled Towns Day. In 2010, €90,000 was granted to twelve towns. These festivals attracted tens of thousands of visitors into the urban centre, thereby providing a massive boost to the local economies. These festivals are recognised by Fáilte Ireland as key developers of tourism. In 2008, a study by KPMG concluded that the €12,250 provided to Youghal to support its festival brought in €480,000 to the local economy. In 2008, the number attending was 5,417. This year the figure was 10,000.

2010 Accomplishments:

Successful completion of Capital Works grant programme

Successful completion of Walled Towns Day grant programme

Launch of Three Year Action Plan

2010 AGM and Conference

Launch of Seminar series

The Irish Landmark Trust

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Photo 26 – Landmark Trust Building

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Photo 23 Fethard Walled Towns Day

Photo 24 Archaeology dig at Talbots Tower, Kilkenny

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Photo 25 – Kilmallock Walls Conservation work

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The challenge for Irish Landmark Trust going into 2010 was to achieve ‘break even’ on activity. In 2009 steps had been taken,( including staff salary reductions), to cut costs to the bone, and there were very few further options available to achieve additional cuts. However, a reduced operational grant made it imperative to examine the cost base again. As an organisation with charitable status, a financial deficit is not an option. The combination of reducing some staff hours and achieving savings with some regular suppliers helped to bridge part of the gap in the reduced funding.

Self sustainability remains the key target for Irish Landmark. The long term future, and survival, of the organisation depends on its ability to grow the portfolio of restored properties to a level where the bottom line contribution from rental income can eventually cover the operational costs. The economic downturn, and consequent serious reduction in funding, has slowed the development plans. However, in 2010 the target was to bring two new properties into the Irish Landmark family: Batty Langley Lodge in Leixlip, Co.Dublin; and, in partnership with the Alfred Beit Foundation, the West Wing at Russborough.

New Projects

The development of the Batty Langley project was funded through a partnership with OPW. This follows the successful conservation, in 2007, of the three gate lodges at the Celbridge entrance to Castletown House. Batty Langley Lodge is the old Dublin entrance to Castletown demesne. This completion of this conservation project was delivered in May 2010. It immediately proved popular with Irish Landmark guests, and booked quite well.

Conservation of the West Wing at Russborough, funded through the Alfred Beit Foundation, had commenced in late 2009 and everything seemed on target for completion by summer 2010. However, the night of 7 February 2010 saw a major fire break out in the roof of the West Wing. Approx. 80% of the roof was lost, together with most of the plasterboard ceilings and partitions on the first floor. All of the ground floor spaces remained virtually intact. The main problem arising from the fire – beyond the need to replace the roof – was the damage caused by the volumes of water needed to extinguish the fire. A long period of drying out was required. Consequently, the programme of conservation is unlikely to be completed before summer 2011.

The staff of the Alfred Beit Foundation and the fire services of Wicklow and Kildare are to be commended for their swift response and action when the fire was discovered. Almost no historic fabric of significance was lost, and what was lost because of the fire is replaceable.

The loss of the West Wing from the programme of development was replaced by the additon of Helen’s Tower at Clandeboye Estate near Bangor in Co.Down. In March 2010 Clandeboye Estate approached Irish Landmark Trust

with an offer to make available to the Trust the very dramatic Helen’s Tower which sits high on a hilltop in the estate with panoramic views of the County Down landscape and, on a clear day, across to the Isle of Man and distant Scottish shores. This partnership with Clandeboye Estate will ensure this tower has a new use and a viable future. Some conservation work was required to make it ready for Irish Landmark guests. This was funded by Clandeboye Estate. The first Irish Landmark guests stayed in October 2010 and it has booked well every month since then.

Education

In late 2010, Irish Landmark Trust – with the support of funding from The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and support from Dublin City Council – organised a seminar exploring the use and future of St. Werburgh’s Church. This was very successful. During Heritage Week in 2010 and at other times during the year, Irish Landmark welcomed school groups to its properties at Loop Head in Co.Clare, Clomantagh Castle in Co.Kilkenny and Galley Head Lightkeepers’ Houses in Co.Cork. A presentation on Irish Landmark Trust was made to the Association of Irish Art Teachers at its annual conference in late 2010.

Bere Island

Continued work following up on the Conservation plan, including - Island Council, development of Lonehort Battery Project, cataloguing artefacts for Heritage Centre, pursuing aquaculture and agri-environmental initiatives, eradication of invasive species ( Japanese knotweed).

Heritage Officer Programme

A vital partnership is the network of 28 Local Authority Heritage Officers across Ireland who provide a valuable service to local government in the strategic management of our heritage resource and in communicating its worth to local communities. The majority of counties in Ireland have a County Heritage Plan which is prepared by Local Heritage Fora on behalf of the local people and the Local Authority.

Research conducted in September 2010 by economist Jim Power examined the economic value of these County Heritage Plans. This found that:

The implementation of these plans between 2004 and 2008 at a cost of €6.15m supported the creation of 1,012 full-time jobs in small businesses across the regions, with an estimated return of €30.1 million to the economy.


Between 2004 and 2008, the €6.15m that the Heritage Council invested over 26 local authority areas led to an additional investment of around €10 million from other sources

Support of €16,000 from the Heritage Council to the Irish Walled Towns Network for the day brought a return of €480,000 to the local economy in Youghal

Council’s Heritage in Schools Scheme saw 1,500 school visits reaching 111,662 children in 2010 in schools across Ireland. Of these visits over 80% of them took place outdoors, ensuring a greater appreciation for natural and cultural heritage as well as encouraging a healthy lifestyle. Outdoor education continues to grow in importance as recent studies show that children now spend on average between five and seven hours a day

looking at screens bringing new stresses to their lives.

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Photo 27, 28 & 29 Traditional Skills Day organised by Deirdre Burns, Wicklow Heritage Officer during Heritage Week.

Photo 30, The Great Houses , Demesnes and Gardens Seminar organised by Bernie Guest, Waterford County Heritage Officer in Lismore Castle, Waterford in November 2010,

Photo 31 Graveyard Recording Project with Transition Year students from An Rinn , Waterford

Photo 32 National Trails Day walk across the Comeragh Mountains Project as part of the Comeragh Heritage Course.

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Since 1998 the Heritage Council has offered grants each year to support heritage projects with funding from the National Lottery. In 2008 and 2009 the Heritage Council began reviewing its priorities and work programmes, refining them to ensure that the Council encourages heritage to be treated in a more integrated manner. This also helps the Council to cope with the changed external environment. In consequence, the Council revised its grants system with effect from 2010 onwards. A new online grants system was also introduced.

Under the new system, grants are offered not by field but by type of project. We have identified three distinct project types, which may be carried out in any field of heritage or across several fields.

The new system invited applications for grants in 2010 under three schemes:

Heritage Research provides assistance for data collection and research relating to Ireland’s heritage

Heritage Management supports projects that apply good heritage practice to the management of places, collections or objects

Heritage Education, Community and Outreach supports initiatives linking heritage to communities through education and outreach, promoting active engagement with and raising public appreciation of heritage.

As part of the overall grants programme in 2010, the Heritage Council also administered funding to projects under the following headings:

Significant Places of Public Worship - a scheme of grants for the major conservation works to churches and places of public worship of any denomination of national or greater importance which are protected structures and generally open to the public.

Large Scale Properties - a scheme of grants for the major conservation works to buildings of national or greater importance which are protected structures and generally open to the public.

Irish Walled Towns Network – this fund aims to support the implementation of the suite of Conservation and Management Plans (CMPs) prepared in previously, etc., through capital works to conserve, preserve and promote the historic town Walls and their settings.

INSTAR (Irish National Strategic Archaeological Research) – a programme which aims to help realize the potential of Ireland’s archaeological record and to transform understanding of how Irish society has evolved. GRANTS PROGRAMMES

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Photo 33 North_Ulster_seabed Under Council’s INSTAR Programme researchers at the Centre for Maritime Archaeology in Coleraine were able to examine high resolution survey images of the seabed for evidence of historic shipwrecks and submerged ancient landscapes (University of Coleraine)

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Photo 34 North_Mayo-fieldsystems – The well-known pre-bog field systems of North Mayo date from the Neolithic and Bronze Age yet to date no complete synthesis of these was ever put together. This INSTAR project based in UCD assembled the data from several surveys and excavations and is adding greatly to our knowledge of ancient landscapes and the impact of climate change on earlier communities (University College Dublin)


This grants programme, which entered its third year in 2010, was evaluated by Dr Barry Cunliffe, Emeritus Professor of European Archaeology, Oxford University. This concluded that the INSTAR Programme was ‘a spectacular success and a model for other countries to follow....[and] is transforming the very nature of Irish archaeological endeavour and is creating new knowledge and understanding for the academic world and for the general public alike.’

Projects continued in 2010 included mapping of the seabed and shipwrecks on the Donegal, Derry and Antrim coast, a syntheses of early medieval archaeological results, analysis of early medieval burial cemeteries and the associated conversion from paganism to Christianity, as well as examination of archaeo-botanical evidence for the introduction of farming in Ireland. A seminar based on INSTAR projects was hosted by the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland (IAI) in April 2010.

Detailed reports from these and other projects are available on the INSTAR section of Heritage Council website.

Kilkenny Design Workshop Photographic Image Management Project

The National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL) is engaged in a multi-phase project to preserve and enhance access to the Kilkenny Design Workshops Archive (1963 – 1988). The KDW Archive provides significant insights into a period in recent history when Ireland was undergoing profound economic, social and cultural change and as such also has significance for researchers of social, economic and political history. Phase II of the project began in March 2010. Funded by the Heritage Council under its Heritage Management Scheme and the National College of Art and Design (NCAD), the aim of Phase II is to arrange, catalogue and preserve the unique collection of 10,000s of photographic images produced by the KDW as both a promotional tool and documentary record of the work undertaken by the Workshops over their 25 year history. Phase II is concerned only with the photographic material for which there exists some form of text-based documentation that aids in the identification of the images.

The project has been carried out by NIVAL in collaboration with students on the MA in Design History and Material Culture programme at NCAD. The major steps in the project design included project planning; training of NIVAL assistants and postgraduate students; arranging and packaging; and cataloguing. The adoption of best practice in relation to both preservation and cataloguing, as recommended by the Society of Archivists, Ireland, is a core component of the project plan.

The resulting KDW Database contains approximately 2000 records for items catalogued to file level across twelve archival series such as industrial design, textiles, graphic design, jewellery, and designer development. The records

have been created using a networked relational database custom built for use on this project.

The pioneering work of the Kilkenny Design Workshops forms an important aspect of the historiography of design, both in Ireland and at the International level. Cataloguing and preserving the documentation held in this archive will ensure the survival of the material into the future. It is anticipated that the KDW catalogue will be of interest to a wide constituency including design students, researchers (design history, cultural/public policy, Irish studies), the craft and industrial design sectors and the general public.

Mount Plunkett Nature Reserve

The Mount Plunkett Nature Reserve has made successful applications to the Heritage Council over past number of years. This site consists of 37.7 acres of SAC/SPA/pNHA. It involves nature conservation management to include woodland management, wetland management and creation, the establishment of linnet plots, erection of bird and bat boxes and a viewing hut, creation of a quarter acre pond to enhance existing habitats and for the establishment of new habitats. In 2010, funding was awarded to support the continued management of this important site, activities undertaken included hedgerow care, maintaining existing bird and bat boxes and erection of new bird boxes, predator control, education days and wildlife walks. The success of the wetland breeder wader project is evident with the successful hatching of snipe, lapwing and curlew in the 2010 season. A new quarter acre wildlife pond was created and trees planted around it, linnet plots were re-established. All works applied good heritage practice and were undertaken in full consultation with NPWS, Birdwatch Ireland, Teagasc, Heritage Officer of Roscommon County Council and Bat conservation Ireland.

This site is unique as it lends itself to the adoption of a wide range of conservation measures because of the variety of habitats and it is easy accessible. Because the owner sought advice from the relevant professionals at

Photo 35 1967 Martin Ryan, Silk Screen Technician

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every stage, they are now aware of the site’s value for biodiversity and are recommending the site for visits by interested parties for education and interpretative purposes. The benefits have increased local and public awareness of Nature as a hands on phenomenon that can be encountered in every school yard, hedgerow, garden and pond. Increased awareness will increase the interest in preservation of habitats and environmentally friendly farming techniques. One of the main issues dealt with under the convention on Biological Diversity is education and public awareness. This site is a prime example of how we can all do our part to protect nature “show me so that I can do it myself” is a phrase that comes to mind as many of the measures for protection and enhancement of biodiversity can be replicated, even on a small scale by most visitors to the site.

Biodiversity Events in Ballymum

In 2010 Global Action Plan was awarded a grant under the Heritage Education, Communications & Outreach Grants Scheme. The project ‘Biodiversity events for Ballymun in 2010 to celebrate the UN International Year of Biodiversity (IYB)’ aims to promote the enjoyment of biodiversity in Ballymun through engaging residents in biodiversity events and activities and to generate a greater appreciation of the natural environment in Ballymun. To celebrate IYB Global Action Plan organised a series of events and workshops in Ballymun with the aim of raising the profile of Biodiversity in the community and raising the profile of Biodiversity week and IYB. The workshops and events were aimed at all age groups and were linked to key National campaigns to give greater context to the activities. Events & workshops ranged from tree planting activities to Grow your own workshops. A total of 143 people of all age groups attended the 8 events/workshops.

The project was successful in fostering a greater appreciation of biodiversity in the local community of Ballymun through its delivery of a series of interactive, ‘hands-on’ and fun biodiversity events for all age groups, it helped to harness a link between the local community and their surrounding environment especially in an urban area where there is often a disconnect from the natural environment, it helped to promote the enjoyment of biodiversity and the natural environment and to instil a sense of responsibility and ownership of local open spaces among the community. Photo 36 Mount Plunkett Nature Reserve, Co Roscommon

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Photo 37 A Butterfly Walk aimed at young people was held in Santry Demesne on Wild Child Day (21st August). Young people learned how to use Butterfly nets, identify species and record information. Also moths were trapped from the night before to show children the variety of moth species in Ireland

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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 it’s 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 PAYMENTS

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 2010 shows 4 payments totalling @21,702. 37 giving rise to an interest penalty of @87.28. under the above regulations.

The Heritage Council 2010Financial Statements

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REPORT OF COMPTROLLER

& AUDITOR GENERAL


CONTENTS


Report of Comptroller & Auditor General 26

Statement of Responsibilities of the Council 28

Statement on Internal Financial Control 29

General and Accounting Policies 30

Income and Expenditure Account 31

Statement of Recognised Gains & Losses 32

Balance Sheet 33

Notes to Financial Statements 34

Schedule 1 to the Financial Statements 43

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REPORT OF COMPTROLLER & AUDITOR GENERAL

The Heritage Council

I have audited the financial statements of the Heritage Council for the year ended 31 December 2010 under the Heritage Act 1995. The financial 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 financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and Generally Accepted Accounting Practice in Ireland.

Responsibilities of the Council

The Council is responsible for the preparation of the financial 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 financial 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 financial statements, sufficient to give reasonable assurance that the financial 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 consistentlyapplied and adequately disclosed

• thereasonablenessofsignificantaccountingestimatesmadeinthepreparationofthefinancialstatements,and

• theoverallpresentationofthefinancialstatements.

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

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 2010 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.



REPORT OF COMPTROLLER & AUDITOR GENERAL

Matters on which I Report by Exception

I report by exception if

• IhavenotreceivedalltheinformationandexplanationsIrequiredformyaudit,or

• myauditnotedanymaterialinstancewheremoneyshavenotbeenappliedforthepurposesintendedorwherethe transactions did not conform to the authorities governing them, or

• theStatementonInternalFinancialControldoesnotreflecttheCouncil’scompliancewiththeCodeofPracticefor the Governance of State Bodies, or

• Ifindthereareothermaterialmattersrelatingtothemannerinwhichpublicbusinesshasbeenconducted.

I draw attention to the Statement on Internal Financial Control which discloses that the Council did not carry out the annual review of the effectiveness of the system of internal financial control for the year in the manner required by the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies.

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

Andrew Harkness

For and on behalf of

Comptroller and Auditor General

June 2011



STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COUNCIL

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 Environment, Heritage & Local Government 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.

Conor Newman Council Chairperson

Henry Lyons Council Member



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 which regularly reviews the effectiveness of the system of internal financial control.

- The Committee selects different areas of Council’s financial activities for detailed review on a rolling basis, in order to assess the effectiveness of controls in these areas.

- 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 has an internal audit programme. The services of various independent financial control consultants are used as and when required. No consultants were used in 2010.

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 full external review of the effectiveness of the system of internal financial control in 2010. A full review was carried out in 2009.



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.

Accounting Policy

1. Accounting basis

The financial statements are prepared under the accruals method of accounting 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 2010 are given in note 17.

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% Plant & Equipment 20%Leasehold 10% Office Furniture 10%/20%Office Equipment 20% Computers (Hardware & Software) 25%Works of Art 0% Reference Material Motor Vehicles 20% and OSI Licences 20%

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 Environment, Heritage and Local Government (DEHLG) 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 DEHLG. Pension liabilities represent the present value of future pension payments earned by staff to date. Deferred pension funding represents the corresponding asset to be recovered in future periods from DEHLG.


GENERAL



INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2010

Notes 2010 2009€ €

Income Oireachtas Grant 1 11,085,027 13,473,219Other Income 2 322,649 255,265Net deferred funding for pensions 8 273,000 271,000Transfer from Capital Account 3 341,355 510,327Total Income 12,022,031 14,509,811

Expenditure Grants 4 6,204,199 6,769,786Policy Development 5 (a) 1,322,233 0Support for Heritage Infrastructure 5 (b) 2,251,380 0

Administration Council members' honoraria & expenses 6 115,346 132,391Committee members' expenses 3,709 8,199Staff costs 7 1,170,789 1,332,008Establishment expenses 9 319,312 215,164Office supplies and administration 10 263,333 241,452Depreciation 11 455,320 558,294Total Administration 2,327,809 2,487,508

Total Expenditure 12,105,621 13,418,077

Surplus/(Deficit) for the year (83,590) 1,091,734Balance at 1st January, 2010 1,846,797 755,063

Balance at 31 December 2010 1,763,207 1,846,797

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.

Projects, Promotions, Studies 5 (c) 0 4,160,783






STATEMENT OF TOTAL RECOGNISED GAINS & LOSSES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2010

2010 2009€ €

Surplus/(deficit) for year (83,590) 1,091,734 Experience gains/ (losses) on pension scheme liabilities 69,000 253,000 Changes in assumptions underlying the present value of pension scheme liabilities (163,000) (191,000)

(177,590) 1,153,734Adjustments to Deferred Pension Funding 94,000 (62,000)Total Recognised (loss)/Gain for the year (83,590) 1,091,734






BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2010

Notes 2010 2009€ €

Tangible fixed assets 11 7,987,177 8,328,532

Current Assets Debtors and Prepayments 12 121,912 177,164Cash at bank and in hand 2,803,147 3,021,577Total Current Assets 2,925,059 3,198,741

Current Liabilities General Creditors and Accruals 820,204 882,565Grants Outstanding 341,648 469,378Total Current Liabilities 13 1,161,852 1,351,943

Net Current Assets 1,763,207 1,846,798Total Assets less Current Liabilities Before Pensions 9,750,384 10,175,330

Deferred Pension Funding 8 (d) 2,291,000 1,924,000Pension Liabilities (2,291,000) (1,924,000)

0 0Total Assets less Current Liabilities 9,750,384 10,175,330Represented by:Capital Account 3 7,987,177 8,328,532Income and Expenditure Account 1,763,207 1,846,797

9,750,384 10,175,329

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

STATEMENT OF TOTAL RECOGNISED GAINS & LOSSES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2010





Note 1: Oireachtas Grants

The amount of €11,085,027 comprises Grants from the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government as follows:

2010 2009€ €

Administration Grants (Exchequer funded) 1,740,000 1,860,000Capital Grants (Exchequer funded) 1,838,403 2,407,511Non Capital Grants (Exchequer funded) 764,624 923,708Capital Grants (National Lottery funded) 4,500,000 5,000,000Non-Capital Grants (National Lottery funded) 2,242,000 3,282,000

Total 11,085,027 13,473,219

Note 2: Other Income

2010 2009€ €

Deposit Interest 44,926 9,316Attendance at Seminars 19,819 35,905Sale of publication and data 20 75Heritage Week 20,170 8,200Failte Ireland - Contribution towards impact of Climate Change 1,543 7,841Dept. of Agriculture Contribution towards Traditional Farm Buildings Scheme

62,083 61,393

EPA Contribution to NDBC projects 8,018 13,403Dept. of Agriculture Contribution towards High Nature Value Study 0 20,000Northern Ireland Museum Council Contribution towards Museum Award Scheme 0 7,534Failte Ireland - Heritage Week 29,900 32,400Irish Walled Towns Membership Fees 33,000 49,406DoEHLG Grant for Quanta Research on Building Grants 20,000 0DoEHLG Grant for Disability Audit 4,749 0Contribution of Local Authorities to Coastal Zone Project 31,724 0DoEHLG Grant for Biodiversity Market Research 6,000 0NPWS Grant for NBDC Terrestrial Mapping System 18,150 0Miscellaneous 22,547 9,792

Total 322,649 255,265

Note 3: Capital Account

2010 2009€ €

Balance at 1 January 8,328,532 8,838,859

Transfer (to)/from Income and Expenditure Account Amount allocated to fund fixed asset purchases 113,965 47,967Less: Amortisation in line with depreciation (455,320) (558,294)

(341,355) (510,327)

Balance at 31 December 7,987,177 8,328,532


NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2010




Note 4: Grants

2010 2009Total Total

€ €

Local Heritage Grants 15,626 420,385 Publication Grants 10,000 140,040 Archaeology Grants 0 277,216 Architectural Research Grants 0 46,846Museum & Archives Grants 12,500 236,134Wildlife Grants 16,000 252,640Buildings Grants 745,950 1,121,061Properties Not in State Care 249,501 100,000Biodiversity Grants 0 268,703 Places of Worship 622,789 450,000 Irish National Strategic Archaeological Research 393,635 675,208Irish Walled Towns Network 852,003 857,9812010 Research Grants 471,710 02010 Education Grants 387,973 02010 Management Grants 420,752 0Landscape Policy Grants 59,872 0Valuing Heritage Policy Grants 101,769 0Climate Change Policy Grants 15,526 0Material Culture Policy Grants 16,843 0Infrastructure Grants 241,750 0Other grants 0 312,572 Irish Landmark Trust Ltd. Note 14 270,000 280,000Discovery Programme Ltd. Note 15 1,300,000 1,331,000

Total 6,204,199 6,769,786

Schedule 1 contains details of grants payable during the year

In 2010 the grant schemes of The Heritage Council were re-structured which has led to the phasing out of existing schemes and the introduction of new grant schemes. “Other grants” are now analysed under the policy area to which they relate.

Note 5 (a): Expenditure by Key Policy Area

From the start of 2010 The Heritage Council has re-structured its operation to focus on the key policy areas of: Landscape, Valuing Heritage, Ciimate Change, Material Culture. Note 5 reflects the expenditure associated with these new policy areas such as formulation and publication of policies, case studies and guidelines, hosting seminars, conferences and CPD, management and funding of Heritage in Schools programme and Heritage Week, communications, sponsorship, awards, internships and scholarships, grant management and administration of Traditional Farm Building Scheme. There are no comparative figures available for these new areas. Expenditure in the area of heritage infrastructure supported by The Heritage Council is now separately disclosed at note 5(b).A summary of the 2009 expenditure incurred under the previous business operations is shown in note 5(c).




Note 5 (a): Contd. Expenditure by Key Policy Area

Total €

Landscape PolicyNational Landscape Strategy 26,699Policy Guidance: Curtilage and Setting of Buildings 1,469Waterway Corridor Studies and Promotion 3,822Development of High Nature Value Farming Policy 1,752Articulation of Heritage in National Landscape Policies 137,262High Nature Value Case Studies 21,297Tara Landscape Conservation 50,858Burren Charter 50,000

293,159Valuing Heritage PolicyHeritage in Schools 234,697Heritage Week 316,702High Profile Lecture Series 13,156Studies: Skills and Labour Value of Heritage Projects 14,520Guidelines for Habitat Mapping 9,600Communciation of Council activities 139,265Publications 68,547

796,487Climate Change PolicyImpact of climate change on Heritage 3,086Impact of Renewable Energy Strategy on Biodiversity 1,634

4,720Material Culture PolicyConservation Internships 40,000 Traditional Skills Development 12,499Promotion of Preventative Maintenance and Research on Thatch Styles 153,955 Conservation Plans and Centrality of Place 2,399 Conservation Works to Robing Room 19,014

227,867

Total 1,322,233

Note 5 (b): Infrastructure

€

National Biodiveristy Data Centre 570,407Field Monument Advisors 57,011Biodiversity Officers 66,228Museum Standards Programme 160,854Heritage Officer Programme 506,588County Heritage Plans 858,060Irish Walled Towns Network Administration 32,232

Total 2,251,380

Staff costs in the amount of €52,061 in respect of Traditional Farm Buildings Reps 4 project administration is included in “Promotion of Preventative Maintenance and Research on Thatch Styles” of €153,955 which is part of expenditure incurred under Material Culture Policy.

Staff costs in the amount of €11,130 in respect of Irish Walled Towns Network administration is included in “Irish Walled Towns Network Administration” of €32,232 which is part of expenditure incurred under Heritage Infrastructure.




Note 5 (c): Projects, Promotions and Studies 2009

2009 expenditure was incurred for projects, promotions and studies in the following areas: €

Council Initiatives 2,666,471Archaeology 97,064Architecture 182,455Education, Community, Awareness and Planning 803,879Recreation 23,525Inland Waterways and Marine 28,739Museums and Archives 287,120Wildlife 71,530

Total 4,160,783

Note 6: Council Members Fees & Expenses

Fee Expenses Claimed

Accomodation & Meals Provided Total

€ € € €

Conor Newman 8,978 3,972 1,613 14,563Ted Creedon 4,988 3,933 514 9,435Caro lynne Ferris 5,985 2,901 776 9,662Gabriel Cooney 4,988 1,476 74 6,538Billy Colfer 4,988 2,088 147 7,223Noel Keyes 4,988 1,846 0 6,834 Martina Moloney 0 0 224 224Rhonwen Hayes 4,988 0 0 4,988Mary Keenan 997 820 0 1,817Finola Reid 4,988 2,309 150 7,447Brendan Dunford 5,985 3,820 179 9,984Kealin Ireland 5,985 3,191 362 9,538Brian Lucas 0 2,176 308 2,484Henry Lyons 5,985 3,791 482 10,258Grainne Shaffrey 5,985 1,774 487 8,246Ian Lumley 5,985 0 0 5,985Helen O’Carroll 0 0 120 120

Total 75,813 34,097 5,436 115,346

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 16. This is comprised of The Heritage Council complement of 14 staff together with contract staff employed for specific projects. (2009 -17).

2010 2009

€ €

Staff salaries and wages 891,910 1,015,073Pension Costs 202,000 193,000Staff Well Being & Settlements 4,070 16,010Travel and Expenses 60,848 77,241Training 11,961 25,469Recruitment Costs 0 5,215

Total 1,170,789 1,332,008

€58,321 was deducted from staff by way of pension levy and was paid over to the Department of Environment Heritage and Local Government.CEO Remuneration Package The CEO received salary payments of €116,795 in 2010. No bonus payments were made to the CEO. The CEO received recoupment of travel and subsistence expenses of €5,436 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.


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 Environment, Heritage and Local Government 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

2010 2009€000 €000

Current Service Cost 160,000 167,000Interest on Pension Scheme Liabilities 113,000 108,000Employee Contributions (71,000) (78,000)Total 202,000 197,000

(b) Movement in Net Pension Liability during the financial of year2,010 2,009

€ €

Net Pension Liability at 1 January (1,924,000) (1,715,000)Movement in year:Current Service Cost (160,000) (167,000)Benefits Paid 0 4,000Interest Cost (113,000) (108,000)Actuarial gain/(loss) (94,000) 62,000Net Pension Liability at 31 December (2,291,000) (1,924,000)

(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 above 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 recognized in the Income and Expenditure Account was as follows: 2010 2009

€ €

Funding Recoverable in respect of current year 273,000 271,000

The deferred funding asset for pensions at 31 December 2010 amounted to €2.291m (2009: €1.924m)

(d) History Of Defined Benefit Obligations2010 2009 2008 2007 2006€000 €000 €000 €000 €000

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

The cumulative actuarial loss recognised in the Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses amounts to €334,000



(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 2010 by a qualified independent actuary to take account of the requirements of FRS17 in order to assess the scheme liabilities at 31 December, 2010




The principal actuarial assumptions were as follows:

Assumptions 31/12/2010 31/12/2009

Discount Rate 5.10% 5.40%

Salary escalation 3.40% 3.50%

Increases to state pensions (Years 1-4) 0.00% 2.50%

Increases to state pensions (Years 5 thereafter) 1.90% 2.50%

Increase to Salary Grade 2.40% 2.50%

Inflation 1.90% 2.00%

Mortality Rates

Year of attaining age 65 2010 2009

Life Expectancy - Male 86 86

Life Expectancy - Female 89 89

Note 9: Establishment expenses

2010 2009€ €

Rent and service charge 33,244 37,549

Power, heat and light 19,155 19,853

Canteen, catering and cleaning 33,374 29,686

Meetings 25,452 0

Repairs, maintenance & security 173,396 89,877

Insurance 34,691 38,199

319,312 215,164

Note 10: Office supplies and administration

2010 2009€ €

Telephone and postage 39,017 45,884

Stationery, printing & office equipment repairs 23,248 42,497

Library and newspapers 2,254 12,643

Computer supplies and maintenance 103,005 124,312

Professional fees 24,964 0

Sundry 3,139 1,977

Legal Fees 18,130 0

INSTAR Grant Scheme Administration 20,040 0

Subscriptions 15,047 0

Audit fee 9,240 10,500

Bank Interest & Charges 2,153 2,405

Gifts 3,096 1,234

263,333 241,452




Note 11: Tangible Fixed Assets

Note 12: Debtors and Prepayments

Debtors

Prepayments

Note 13: Creditors and Accruals

Creditors Accruals

Buildings LeaseholdOffice

Furniture Office

Equipment Plant &

EquipmentComputers

Reference Material &

OSI Licences

Motor Vehicles

Works of Art

Total

COST € € € € € € € € € €

As at 1 January 2010 7,972,131 429,417 222,496 186,865 8,284 745,357 457,204 20,703 194,490 10,236,947

Additions 92,621 0 0 6,655 5,962 0 0 0 8,727 113,965

Disposals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

As 31 December 2010 8,064,752 429,417 222,496 193,520 14,246 745,357 457,204 20,703 203,217 10,350,912

ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION

As at 1 January 2010 546,622 157,453 137,330 138,339 3,142 639,047 274,059 12,423 0 1,908,415

Charge for year 200,654 42,942 27,310 23,635 1,274 63,923 91,441 4,141 0 455,320

On disposals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

747,276 200,395 164,640 161,974 4,416 702,970 365,500 16,564 0 2,363,735

NET BOOK AMOUNTS

As at 1 January 2010 7,425,509 271,964 85,166 48,526 5,142 106,310 183,145 8,280 194,490 8,328,532

As at 31 December 2010 7,317,476 229,022 57,856 31,546 9,830 42,387 91,704 4,139 203,217 7,987,177

2010 2009

€ €

6,993 71,393

114,919 105,771

121,912 177,164

2010 2009

€ €

1,068,901 912,815

92,951 439,128

1,161,852 1,351,943




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 holiday accommodation, which would secure their long-term future. The level of Council funding each year is determined by reference to Council’s Five Year Plan, the Irish Landmark Trust’s Corporate Plan, and Council’s overall budgetary position. Note 15: Discovery Programme Ltd.

The Council funds the Discovery Programme that was established in 1991 and was registered as a company limited by guarantee on 15 January 1996. The Council is responsible for appointing the chair of the Discovery Programme and three of its directors. The Chief Executive is one of Council’s nominees to 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 programme is to enhance our understanding of Ireland’s past through research and archaeological excavations.

Note 16: Grant Commitments

At 31 December 2010 the Council had entered into commitments in connection with activities due to take place after that date. The amount involved of €568,638 is not reflected in these Financial Statements.

2010 2009

€ €

Grants committed at 1 January 1,047,418 1,274,059

Approvals in year 6,270,820 7,474,375

Grants decommitted & write offs (545,400) (931,230)

Grant expenditure in the year (6,204,200) (6,769,786)

Grant Commitments at 31 December 568,638 1,047,418

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: Brendan Dunford €12,000 for Heritage Research Grant R00609

€1,500 for Education, Community and Outreach Grant No. E00631 €8,000 for Education, Community and Outreach Grant No. E00404

Billy Colfer €4,000 for Education, Community and Outreach Grant No. E00840

Ian Lumley €2,000 for Heritage Management Grant No. M00891

Martina Moloney €25,000 for Galway County People and Nature Biodiversity Post €110,000 for Walled Towns Capital W01024

The members withdrew from the meetings when the projects were being discussed and played no part in the decision to grant funding.

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Note 18: Going Concern

The Council draws funds from the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government 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 24th March, 2011.





SCHEDULE 1 TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


Local Heritage Grants

Grant No. Applicant Name Project Amount

Paid €

16209Ecological Landscape Design Consultants

Village Design Statement for Ardmore Village, Co Waterford

2,725.00

16497 Lough Derg Science GroupProduction of Lough Derg Science Group Newsletter and Special Edition

1,500.00

16971Ibrickane Local Biodiversity Group

Spanish Point Wildlife Project, which raises awareness of the heritage value & conservation of the delicate sand dune system

1,700.00

17192 Wexford Borough CouncilClean and restoration works to statue "The Pikeman"- statue to commemorate the 1798

4,000.00

17193St Johns Parish Heritage Group

Heritage Information Board at Rinn Duinn Castle and Medieval Norman Settlement

2,701.30

17234Portarlington Arts Heritage and Culture Group

Heritage Week Activities 1,500.00

17303 Eddie LenihanInventory of the Holy Wells of Tulla, Clooney and Feakle

1,500.00

Total 15,626.30

Publication Grants


Paid €

16830 Gordon Darcy"Narture"- A Nature/Art resource manual for primary school teachers

4000.00

17327 East Clare Heritage "Sliabh Aughty Ramble" 2000.00

17456 Hook Heritage Ltd Production of Hook Tower documentary on dvd 4000.00

Total 10,000.00

Museums & Archives Grants

Grant No. Applicant Project Amount

Paid €

16967 Irish Print Group SIPTU Exhibition of the Irish Print Group 1809-2009 2500.00

17008Church of Ireland College of Education

Storage of textile samples and 19th/early 20th century college register of students for future conservation

4000.00

17082 Clare County ArchivesConservation of Board of 23 Guardian Minute books

6000.00

Total 12,500.00


Wildlife Grants


Paid €

16293

Irish Country Womens Association. PAID ECOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE DESIGN COSULTANS

An Assessment of the Biodiversity Resources of Ardmore Village, Co Waterford

2,000.00

17036Irish Char Conservation Group Ltd

Determination of the status and distribution of the unique Salvelinus fimbriatus char in Co Kerry

10,000.00

17092 Stephen McCormackA survey of aquatic & terrestrial invertebrate communities in Co Waterfords wetlands

4,000.00

Total 16,000.00


Buildings at Risk Grants


Paid €

BR/4075 Ms Geraldine Corrigan Repairs to Thatch at Shrule, Co Mayo 12,000.00

BR/4097 Ms Anne McLoughlinRepairs to thatch at Blackwater, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford

3,150.00

BR/5034 Mr Oliver RobinsonRepairs to thatch at Limehill, Loughrea, Co Galway

9,356.75

BR/5091 Kevin Hoyne Repairs to thatch at Rathcoole, Dublin 12,000.00

BR/5095 Mr Owen McConnon Repairs to thatch at Ballyjamesduff, Co Cavan 2,500.00

BR/6027 Ms Marion Graham Repairs to thatch at Newtown, Dunkineely, Co Donegal 2,500.00

BR/6040 John P.K. Farrell Repairs to Milltown House, Kilkyre, Co Meath 10,000.00

BR/6078 Edward Linehan Repairs to Dromard House, Rathkeale, Limerick 32,435.40

BR/3098 John Twohill Repairs to thatch at Corrough, Co. Cork 16,000.00

BR/6311 Mr Gerard Kenny Repairs to St. Mary's Church, Ruan, Co Clare 15,000.00

BR/6352 Ms Eily Sheehan Repairs to thatch, Glentrasana, Fermoy, Co Cork 11,000.00

BR/6026 Mr John C Duffy Repairs to thatch at Derora, Co Donegal 8,000.00

BR/6164 Mr John Costello Repairs to thatch at Feeragh, Galway 7,400.00

BR/6321 Mr Jimmy & Esther McGrath Reairs to thatch at Gregmore, Co Galway 7,000.00

BR/4004 Michael O' Congaile Repairs to thatch at Inis Oirr, Galway 13,000.00

BR/6360 Mr Michael Browne Repairs to thatch at Inch West, Co Kerry 3,057.00

BR/6342 Ms Felice Ann Moore Repairs to thatch at Mt Rice Cross, Monaster-evin, Co Kildare 3,400.00

BR/6435 Ms Caroline Crowley Repairs to thatch at Coolbeg, Limerick 14,000.00

BR/6282 Ms Elizabeth Lynch Repairs to Thatch at Glin, Limerick 5,000.00

BR/6331 Mr Peter Zumbnhl & Maxie Stampfli

Repairs to Old National School, Moylough, Tubbercurry, Co Sligo 5,000.00

BR/6351 Mr Robert McCarthy Repairs to thatch at Glencairn, Tallow, Waterford 7,700.00

BR/6445 Mr Cyril Uniacke Repairs to thatch, Scrahan East, Mount Mellerary 8,300.00

BR/4094 Mr Desmond Greene Repairs to Grainstore, Murrinstown, Wexford 1,988.83

BR/6235 Mr Arjan Vogt Repairs to thatch at Tullycanna, Ballymitty, Wexford 5,000.00

823 St Aidan's Cathedral Repairs works to tower at St Aidan's Cathedral, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford 25,000.00

BR/6417 Simon O Hara Roof Repairs to Coopershill House, Sligo 14,000.00

BR/4079 David Doran Roof Repairs to Kileek Outbuilding, Dublin 20,000.00

BR/6297 St. Mary's Fabric Fund Roof Repairs to St Mary's Church, Ballyconneely, Galway 12,000.00

BR/5045 Hubert Satchwell Roof Repairs to Model Farm Buildings, Creggs Hse, Galway 25,000.00

BR/6394 Eileen & John Delaney Repairs to Thatch, Brittas, Laois 6,000.00


Buildings at Risk Grants


Paid €

BR/6061 Select Vestery of Kiltyclogher Repairs at Kiltyclogher Church, Leitrim 15,000.00

BR/6236 Select Vestry, Muff Church of Ireland Muff Church of Ireland, Donegal 25,000.00

BR/6391 Select Vestry of Craigadooish Chapel of Ease, Craigadooish, Donegal 8,860.23

BR/6312 John Murphy Repairs to Thatch, Cloughleafin, Cork 12,000.00

BR/6354 Bríd Daly Repairs to Thatch Convammore, Cork 10,000.00

BR/6506 Claire Mills Repairs to Thatch, Garraunboy, Clare 4,000.00

BR/5008 Select Vestry, Tomregan Parish Church Repairs to Tomregan Parish Church, Cavan 13,000.00

BR/6260 Killoughter Select Vestry Repairs to Killoughter Parish Church, Cavan 16,000.00

BR/199 Andrew Kavanagh Repairs at Borris House, Co. Carlow 15,000.00

BR/1192 E.A.R. Bayly Repairs to Ballyarthur House, Wicklow 15,000.00

BR/6362 Jeans-Yves Covedic Repairs to Lymington House, Wexford 25,000.00

BR/6233 St. Etchen's Church, Killucan

Repairs to St Etchen's Church, Killucan, Westmeath 16,000.00

BR/6422 Maurice Hallahan Repairs to Thatch, Youghal Waterford 5,500.00

BR/3027 William Connors Repairs to Cloncrosscraine House, Waterford 14,875.23

BR/6057 Robert Coburn Repairs to Ballyquirke Castle, Nenagh 18,000.00

BR/1852 Roderick Perceval Repairs to Temple House Courtyard, Sligo 13,000.00

BR/6243 Durcan O Hara Repairs to Annaghmore House Stableyard, Sligo 13,000.00

BR/1854 Holy Trinity Church Repairs to Holy Trinity Church, Croghan, Cavan 6,500.00

BR/6603 Mt St Joseph Abbey Repairs to Mt. St. Joseph's Abbey, Offaly 17,500.00

BR/6256 Barry White-Spunner Repairs to Milltown Park house, Offaly 20,000.00

BR1522 Michael Bryce Repairs to Heathfield House Mayo 20,000.00

BR6525 Sonia Purcell Repairs to Thatch Scarteen, Limerick 10,000.00

BR/6600 Soothill Community Services Board Ltd.

Repairs to Turner Vinery, South Hill House, Limerick 33,746.41

BR/6205 Ms Margery Cross Roof Repairs of Owendoon House, Cavan 14,000.00

BR 6181 Mr Vincent Kennedy Roof Repairs of Thatch Belturbet, Cavan 11,000.00

BR/ 6372 Mr Gerard Hallinan Roof Repair of Thatch, Gort Galway 7,000.00

BR/1874 Ms. Theresa Hyland Roof Repairs of Greaghan's House, Mayo 25,000.00

BR/6207 Mr William Larkin Roof Repairs of Thatch, Fosterstown, Meath 2,000.00

BR/6158 Mr. Vincent Greham Roof Repairs of Thatch, Rathmoylan, Meath 4,000.00

BR/6221 Mr Richard Power Roof Repairs of Thatch, Rathcormack, Waterford 4,982.64

BR/6380 Mr. Henry Beresford Roof Repairs of Thatch, Tarrs Bridge, Waterford 6,198.04

BR/6397 Mr. Edward MeLaniphy Roof Repairs of Thatch, Bogtown, Offaly 8,000.00

Total 745,950.53


Properties Not In State Care


Paid €

1687, 1797 Bantry Estate Company Conservation works at Bantry House, Co Cork 74,940.00

1688Foresthaze Development Limited

Conservation works at Hazelwood House, Co Sligo

99,561.00

1791 Kildare County CouncilConservation works to Wonderful Barn, Leixlip, Co Kildare

75,000.00

Total 249,501.00

Places of Worship


Paid €

S01067St. Finbarres Cathedral, Cork

Replacement of failing lead louvres which have reached the end of their design life, the lead being 130/140 years old is cracked and tearing. Repair and replacement of dangerously decayed stone gargoyles and columns on the East Spire. This is part of a larger phase of works addressing weathering issues on the East (Main) Spire.

90,500.00

S01071St. Colman's Cathedral, Cobh, Co. Cork

re-point and grout the buttresses and re-point and grout the stringcourse at lower level on the southern elevation; pointing of the parapet and lead flashing the valley gutter at parapet level on the northern elevation; and application of water repellent to the sloping surfaces of the northern parapet and southern stringcourses and buttresses.

85,350.00

S01074Abbey Presbyterian Church, Parnell Square Dublin

Dismantling three spire pinnacles, replacing cast iron dowels with stainless steel, and re-erecting the pinnacles. Repairing cracked columns to south and east colonnaded sections and replacing cast iron dowels where necessary. Repairing fractured columns sections to steeple, replacing cast iron dowels where necessary. General repairs to south and east elevations of the belfry.

110,656.75

S01087 St. Patricks Cathedral, Dublin

Removal of cement based render from the north wall of the nave north aisle 91,700.00

S01111 University Church St Stephen's Green

Rainwater goods, Consolidation of external masonry, renewal of copings which admit moisture to flanking walls, repointing , re-leading of bottle-end windows

101,900.00

S01112St. Werburgh's Church, Werburgh's Street, Dublin 2

Essential repairs to exterior envelope to church including overhaul of rainwater goods, localised repairs to slating, structural repair to roof structure and consolidation/support of unstable vaulted plaster ceiling to church interior

142,682.00

Total 622,788.75


INSTAR Grants


Paid €

AR01042 The Discovery Programme WODAN - further developing the on-line archaeological wood and charcoal database

38,914.03

AR01045 Queen's University Belfast Cultivating Societies; assessing the evidence for agriculture in Neolithic Ireland

60,711.00

AR01046 Queen's University Belfast The People of Prehistoric Ireland: Health and Demography - Phase 2

30,253.17

AR01047 University College Dublin Boyne Valley Landscapes Project 2010: Phase III 32,990.10

AR01049 University College Cork Making Christian Landscapes 49,393.00

AR01052 University of Ulster Archaeological applications of the Joint Irish Bathymetric Survey (JIBS) data - Phase 3 32,926.58

AR01054 University Collge Dublin Mapping Death: people, boundaries, territo-ries in Ireland, 1st-8th centuries AD 55,117.00

AR01055 School of Archaeology, University College Dublin Early Medieval Archaeology Project (EMAP) 59,002.00

AR01058 School of Archaeology, University College Dublin

Neolithic and Bronze Age landscapes of North Mayo 34,327.68

Total 393,634.56


Walled Towns Grants

Grant No. Applicant Name Project Amount Paid €

16945 Derry City Council Derry City Walls Western Perspective Project 3,700

W01016 Cashel Town Council Capital works to Cashel Town walls 36,000.00

W01019 Youghal Town Council Phase II of Works to Secure Structural Integrity of Youghal's Town Wall 185,959.12

W01020 St Johns Parish Heritage Group

Works to Tower One and Wall Section - Rinn Duin 70,000.00

W01021 Wexford Borough Council Works to Town Wall Zone 3 46,053.53

W01023 Trim Town Council Works to Trim Town Wall section D-E 21,827.28

W01024 Galway County Council Capital Works Athenry Town Walls 2010 110,000.00

W01026 Limerick City Council Conservation works to Limerick City Walls, Phase 3 9,572.00

W01027 Kilkenny Borough Council Works to Kilkenny City Walls 90,000.00

W01028 South Tipperary County Council Capital works to Fethard Town Walls 60,000.00

W01030 Ardee Town Council Ardee Town Wall Capital Project 2010 2,780.75

W01034 Limerick County Council Works to Kilmallock Walled Town at Collegiate Church 2010 68,096.79

W01038 Louth County Council Capital works to Town Wall walls Carlingford 3,623.53

W01039 Clonmel Borough Council Capital works to Clonmel Town Walls 50,000.00

W01041 Drogheda Town Council Practical conservation works on Drogheda Town Wall at St Mary's 3,689.90

WD01085 Limerick County Council Kilmallock Walled Towns Day 2010 1,400.00

WD01086 Youghal Town Council Youghal Medieval Festival 9,000.00

WD01088 St John's Parish Heritage Group Rinn Duin Heritage Day 2,300.00

WD01104 Derry City Council Economic Development Section

Derry City Walled Town Day Celebrations 9,000.00

WD01125 Louth County Council Carlingford's Celebration of Walled Towns Day 2010 13,500.00

WD01126 Louth County Council Drogheda's Celebration of Walled Towns' Day 2010 6,682.00

WD01128 Clonmel Borough Council Clonmel Walled Towns Day 6,889.17

WD01132 Galway County Council Athenry Walled Town Day Festival 7,929.46

WD01134 South Tipperary County Council Fethard Walled Town Medieval Festival 10,000.00

WD01135 Cashel Town Council Cashel Irish Walled Towns Day 10,000.00

WD01137 Kilkenny Borough Council Walled Towns Day 2,000.00

WD01138 County Museum, Dundalk Ardee Story 9,000.00

WD01139 Wexford Borough Council Film of Wexford's Town Wall with commentary for the promotion of the Town Wall. 2,999.87

Total 852,003.40


Heritage Research Grants


Paid €

R00210 Peter Foss County Monaghan Wetlands Map 12,000.00

R00212 Delvin Historical Society Geophysical Survey to validate existence of Monastic Site at Clonarney Church/Graveyard. 1,500.00

R00213 Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd. (EcoServe)

Can molluscs diversity of our seashores be used to indicate impacts of pollution? 8,000.00

R00246 Christopher Williams A National Survey of the ground beetles (Carabidae) of wetlands in the Republic of Ireland

10,000.00

R00252 Anthony Beese Medieval Land-Claim in the Estuarine Environment of Cork: Phase Two 4,000.00

R00261 Marine Dimensions To investigate critical habitats for threatened species of shark and ray. 10,000.00

R00272 School of Archaeology, University College Dublin

A palaeoenvironmental resource assessment for the Tara region 10,000.00

R00274 Martin Ryan Waterford Ephemeroptera and plecoptera recording scheme 6,000.00

R00341 Kendrew Colhoun Migratory connectivity in High Arctic shorebirds: connecting winter, staging and breeding sites

4,800.00

R00342 Irish Basking Shark Study Group Basking shark genetics and tagging 10,000.00

R00350 Thomastown Community River Trust

Thomastown Industrial Heritage Community Project 5,000.00


The heritage of Irish cave sites: assessing current models of ancient environmental change

10,000.00

R00364 Derek McLoughlin Aspects of the breeding biology of Twite in Ireland 8,000.00

R00385 Bridwatch Ireland The status and ecology of the Kestrel Falco tinnunculus in Ireland 10,000.00

R00412 School of Archaelogy, University College Dublin

Fergus estuary and islands: discovering a maritime historic landscape in Co. Clare 15,000.00

R00429 Botanical, Environmental & Conservation Consultants Ltd.

Ancient and long-established woodland inventory of Co. Cork 8,000.00

R00460 David Mitchel Grassland Fungi Survey of the Vice County of West Galway and the Aran Islands 4,000.00

R00462 Earthsound Archaeological Geophysics Kilcashel Landscape Project 2,479.33

R00464 Faith Wilson A Genetic study of the new Great Spotted Woodpecker population in Wicklow 5,999.00

R00484 Joanne Denyer Encouraging bryophyte recording: community involvement in a mini-flora of the Wicklow Mountains

8,000.00

R00485 Margaret Murphy Graveyard survey of the Old Graveyards of Drimoleague, Drinagh, Kilcoe, Creagh and Aughadown

4,500.00

R00486 Ann Cuffe Fitzgerald Climate change and shoreline built cultural assets; the preparation of vulnerability atlas 13,154.89

R00491 John Wann Survey of Selected Invasive Plant Species in Co. Donegal 10,000.00




Paid €


Searching for Neolithic migrants at the introduction of agricutlure to Ireland 6,000.00

R00507 Irish Historic Towns Atlas, Royal Irish Academy Irish Historic Towns Atlas Galway 10,000.00

R00509 Youghal Town Council An Architectural Character Appraisal of Historic Quarter of Youghal Town 4,900.00

R00524 Janice Fuller Renville Park Habitat Survey and Management Plan 7,000.00

R00533 Queen's University Belfast Living on the Edge: archaeological survey on the islands in Sligo Bay 9,998.70

R00537 Golden Eagle Trust Determining habitat use in a reintroduced population of White-tailed Sea Eagles in Ireland 9,000.00

R00551 Caitriona Carlin Biodiversity and construction of dry stone walls in high nature value farmland in western Ireland.

8,929.59

R00563 Kerry Leonard A Survey of Nocturnal Macro Moth Biodiversity in Co. Derry 3,000.00

R00565 The Vincent Wildlife Trust A pilot study to test the use of hair tubes to detect the Irish stoat along hedgerows in Co. Galway

3,500.00

R00576 Adrian Roche Working Life in the Cork Docklands from the 1950's to the 1980's - An Oral History 4,500.00

R00577 National University of Ireland Galway

Traditional farming on the Aran Islands: focus on cereal fields 9,999.31

R00588 BOFFINS : Burren Organisation for Furture Innovations

Mapping the Burren: an innovative model for archaeological survey 3,000.00

R00594 Clifden Parish Pastoral Council

Heritage Audit and Management Plan for St. Mary's Graveyard and Church, Clifden, CO. Galway.

4,980.20

R00607 Diane Armitage An Examination into the Breeding Ecology of the Irish Red Grouse on Unmanaged Moorland 10,000.00

R00609 Bryony Williams Assessing the movements of Burren feral goats using GPS tracking to inform future management plans

12,000.00

R00611 Tree Council of Ireland Register of Heritage Trees of Ireland - Phase 2 10,000.00

R00612 Cóilín Ó Drisceoil Archaeological geophysics at Kilkenny castle, KIlkenny 7,000.00

R00629 Machiel Oudejans Eye to Eye: Basking sharks meet tourism in the Erris region 5,000.00

R00632 Eugenie Regan 2nd Irish Beetle Meeting 2,400.00

R00635 Rory Sherlock The Chronology of the Irish Tower House 12,000.00

R00638 Martin McKeown Climate Change: Evaluating the rate of erosion at 3 different and important heritage sites in Clare

4,425.00

R00651 Janice Fuller Hedgerow survey of East Clare 8,000.00

R00662 Myles Nolan Spiders of six Raised Bogs in Co. Offaly 12,000.00

R00678 Paul M & Declan Walsh & McGrath

The Waterford breeding Bird Atlas: 2010 season 2,000.00




Paid €

R00686 James PAUL Hillis Irish rare breeding Birds in 2010 and summer Atlas (2007-2011) work 3,000.00

R00697 Auriel Robinson Discovering The Maritime Archaeological Heritage of Sligo Harbour and its Environs 7,000.00

R00705 Dublin City CouncilRepairing and upgrading historic windows for thermal efficiency: The Mansion House, Dublin - a case

4,250.00

R00718 BirdWatch Ireland Change in status and distribution of non-breeding waterbirds in Ireland over a 40 year period

11,292.91

R00728 James Eogan Food plants in the past. A reference collection of starch from tuberous food plants - Phase 2 6,810.00

R00737 Rick Boelens Distribution of the red alga Bangia atropurpurea in Lough Derg 4,000.00

R00759 Allan Mee Ecology of the Ring Ouzel in SW Ireland 3,500.00

R00763 Kilkenny Archaeology Geophysical survey at St. Johns church, Dublin Road, Kilkenny 3,900.00

R00769 Richard O'Brien Geophysical Investigation of Rathnadrinna Fort, Lalor's Lot, Cashel, Co. Tipperary 9,982.50

R00771 Giorria Environmental Services Hedgerow ground flora survey of County Mayo 7,000.00

R00779 Sarah Newell/ Karine Dingerkus

A study of the Brutalist style of architecture in Public Buildings in Belfast and Dublin. 2,300.00

R00823 Darina Tully Audit of Currachs 5,000.00

R00834 Martin Gammell Hydropsyche fulvipes: a new Irish caddis fly? 2,000.00

R00880 Botanical Environmental Conservation Consultants Ltd.

A Survey of Marsh Fritillary and Bees, with an Emphasis on Rarer Bee Species, in Areas of Annex I ha

5,000.00

R00881 JJ McDermott Field survey of the archaeological complex at Gorteendarragh, Co. Leitrim 4,000.00

R00883 Longford Historical Society Baseline Inventory of Religious Stained Glass in County Longford 6,000.00

R00902 Kildare County Council Survey of Birds and Mammals on Leixlip Spa site 3,000.00

R00914 Kieran O'Conor The development of high-status Gaelic lacustrine fortification from 1000-1200ad in western Ireland.

6,000.00

R00931 Jason Bolton Repair of Irish Medieval & Post-Medieval Lime Mortars 2,250.00

R00942 Dundalk Institute of Technology

Investigation of Geophysical Properties of Lithic Scatter Sites at Brú Na Bóinne, Co Meath. 10,000.00

R00944 UCD Urban Institute Ireland

Acoustics of Historic Buildings: Heritage Research, Analysis and Dissemination 6,000.00

R00946 Jason Bolton Stone Monuments Decay Study 2010 7,423.00

R00995 Passage West Area Development and Environment Association

Towards the Restoration of the Suez Pond 1,936.00

Total 471,710.43


Education, Community & Outreach Grants


Paid €

E00205 Emma Higgs ‘Irish Wildlife Matters’ website 3,000.00

E00206 Hedge Laying Association of Ireland Hedgeducation Videos 10,000.00

E00270 Sculpture in the Parklands The Love Motel and Insect Festival at Sculpture in the Parklands 12,000.00

E00275 Marine Dimensions To provide marine environmental education and outreach to schools beside special areas. 5,000.00

E00287 Glinsk Community Development Glinsk Heritage Park Project 2,500.00

E00318 Irish Wildlife Trust SAC (Special Areas of Conservation) Watch 8,000.00

E00324 Friends of Coole Reading and Understanding Your Local Landscape 2,174.00

E00328 Waterford City Archives My Big Day-First Communion & Confirmation Portraits from the Annie Brophy Photographic Collection

3,000.00

E00351 Eastern River Basin District Project

Importance of Water Quality -Schools Education Project 8,000.00

E00356 CELT (Centre for Environ-mental Living & Training)

CELT Heritage Skills Programme for Sustainable Living 5,000.00

E00362 Global Action Plan Biodiversity events for Ballymun in 2010 to celebrate UN International Year of Biodiversity 5,000.00

E00369 Group for the Study of Irish Historic Settlement

Landscape and Historic Settlement in Dingle Peninsula, Conference. 1,500.00

E00379 Museums of Mayo Introduction to Paper Conservation Practices 456.00

E00384 Donegal County Museum Cabinet of Curiosities - Museum Loan Boxes 1,827.78

E00391 Clare Placenames Committee

Further Fieldnames of Clare - Recording, Publishing, Maintaining, and Promoting. 4,575.00

E00393 Mary Mulvihill The heritage and landscape of the Hill of Tara -- audio guide 5,000.00

E00399 Youghal Town Council St. Mary's Collegiate Church Graveyard Trail 2,700.00

E00400 Cork City Council Lifetime Lab Steam Centre Visitor Experience 5,000.00

E00404 Burrenbeo Trust 'Our Burren, our future' - Ecobeo Community Education Project by the Burrenbeo Trust 8,000.00

E00420 Festina Lente A Guided Tour through the History of the Walled Gardens of Old Connaught Estate 1,350.00

E00421 Mind the Gap Films Ltd, LAMN and The Hunt Museum

Ireland - Dig It! 15,000.00

E00432 Agricultural Awareness Trust -Agri Aware

The Heritage of Irish Agriculture and the Rural Countryside 10,000.00

E00433 Clifden & Connemara Heritage Society Genealogical Seminar 1,372.45

E00437 Lough Gur Development Co-Operative Society Lough Gur Self Guided Walks 3,000.00

E00441 Kerry Earth Education Project

Heritage Tree Nursery Schools and Community Programme 2010 4,000.00




Paid €

E00445 Irish Georgian Society Traditional Building & Conservation Skills in Action Exhibition & Seminar 9,843.72

E00447 107 B Project 107B Canal Barge Community Workshops 3,000.00

E00456 Royal Irish Academy Library Mapping urban Ireland 5,000.00

E00472 Walking Matters Space, Place & Nature in Sligo Town 6,000.00

E00476 Brigit's Garden Digital Hedge School Phase 2 – taking peer education for environmental awareness into the community

2,500.00

E00513 Meitheal Mara Production of a map and guide for the circumnavigation of the city of Cork via the channels of the River Lee

8,000.00

E00515 Lough Allen Farming and Wildlife project

L. Allen Farming and Wildlife _ 2: Increasing Heritage and Conservation Awareness (Education)

4,200.00

E00519 University College Cork The Locus Project 5,000.00

E00520 AK Ilen Company Big Boat Build Workshops 6,000.00

E00525 BirdWatch Ireland 42nd All Ireland Bird Conservation Conference - Seabirds: Life on the Edge 3,000.00

E00535 Sligo Education Centre Exploring Sligo Project 3,000.00

E00552 AK Ilen Company AK Ilen Wooden Boatbuilding School- traditional spar-making educational programme

8,500.00

E00555 Clones Community Forum A Sense of Place in Time 2,625.00

E00568 Waterford County Museum Community Outreach Initiative 1,000.00

E00582 CEECC Conamara Summer School Inishbofin 5,000.00

E00586 Galway City Museum Celebrating Galway Uniqueness: Series of Six Events at Galway City Museum 2,708.20

E00591 Conor O'Toole A Place in Time: The stories behind Cork's historic plaques and signs 4,000.00

E00596 The Hunt Museum 'There is an Isle' - The History of King's Island Limerick 1,090.00

E00608 Towards a Better Tralee Committee Tralee Heritage Trail 7,000.00

E00630

UCD Mícheál Ó Cléirigh Institute, School of History, UCC & Irish Franciscan Province

Bringing history to the people: Franciscan heritage in Munster 10,000.00

E00631 Burren in Bloom Burren in Bloom 4-30 May 2010 1,500.00

E00653 Centre for the Study of Historic Irish Houses & Estates

‘Ireland’s best friend’. The 1841 Irish testimonial to Lord Morpeth: conference and exhibition.

8,000.00

E00661 Southend Family Resource Centre

Wexford Cot, Traditional Boat. To pass on traditional boat building skills to younger people.

3,500.00

E00671 Andrew Fleming 'OWLS'. A nature programme for young people who care about the environment 4,000.00




Paid €

E00688 Bantry Tidy Towns Group Bantry Tidy Towns Heritage Project 5,000.00

E00694 Glinsk Community Development Society Ltd

Biodiversity and Heritage Day at Glinsk Heritage Park 2,500.00

E00702 AK Ilen Company Ltd Marine Bronze Casting 4,000.00

E00723

VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art & the George Bernard Shaw Theatre

The George Bernard Shaw Summer School 2,000.00

E00725 Bat Conservation Ireland 6th All Ireland Bat Conference 2010 2,800.00

E00736 The Irish Heritage Trust Formative fun at Fota: learning in the historic environment 28,000.00

E00739 John Ward Malin Head Trail 1,485.88

E00743 Ennis Town Council Lees Road Biodiversity Day 2010 3,000.00

E00749 Athlone Community Radio Heritage on your Doorstep 4,000.00

E00762 Aileen O'Meara The East Pier Heritage Audio Walk 3,000.00

E00767 Susan McKeown Feis Teamhra 2010 700.00

E00772 Presentation Ireland Developing South Presentation Community Heritage Gardens 2,500.00

E00774 Tulsk Action Group Rathcroghan Living History Club 3,939.48

E00788 Athlone Education Centre Seo é mo scéal 2,619.45

E00792 Andrew Fleming OWLS (Outdoor Wildlife Learning and Survival). Hunter Gatherer Summer Nature Camp

2,000.00

E00803 Louth County Archives Service Archives Outreach Project 2,000.00

E00811 Mary Mulvihill The Stones Beneath Your Feet. An audio geological walking tour of Dublin City 5,000.00

E00840 St. Louis Stitchers The Story Of New Ross Lace 4,000.00

E00841 Kieran McCarthy County Cork Schools' Heritage Project 5,000.00

E00846 Cuimhneamh an Chláir Clare 'Open Hearth' Education Programme 1,000.00

E00850 A Seed of Advancement Biodiversity and sustainability educational programme 4,000.00

E00852 Irish Uplands Forum Ltd. Supporting local action for sustainable management of the Irish Uplands 3,206.00

E00889 Culfadda National School Mapping the development of a Community. 2,000.00

E00894 Royal Dublin Society Exhibition to Commemorate the Bicentenary of Robert Mallet 7,000.00

E00896 Trinity College Dublin The Phenology Network in Ireland 15,000.00

E00911 Brenda Ní Shúilleabháin Faoi Bhun Chruach Mhárthain 3,000.00

E00920 Kinvara Youth Information Project History of Kinvara Courthouse 1,800.00




Paid €

E00923 Irish Wildlife Trust Wildlife in the Parks Programme 2,000.00

E00935 Petersburg Outdoor education Centre Biodiversity in Joyce Country 2,500.00

E00941 Galway County Council NUIG Certificate Course 'Biodiversity Conservation and Management' 8,000.00

E00950 Leenane Cultural CentreDevelopment of Discovery Box with learning resources for hands-on interaction in the Sheep & Wool Museum

1,200.00

E00964 Irish Wildlife Trust Our Wetlands Heritage Booklet 3,000.00

E00972 Ted Cook C. E. E. (III) Community Environment Education (III) 2,000.00

E00977 Museum, The Courthouse Cultural Centre

Museum Development and Management Training for Voluntary Groups 3,000.00

E00978 Callan Heritage Group The living tradition of stone sculpture in Callan - the O' Tunneys, the men, the work× 500.00

E00985 Tullahought Community Development Ltd. Heritage Week acitivites in Tullahought 800.00

E00991 Thomastown Walled Town Society

An interpretive map of Thomastown as a Medieval Walled Town (by Tom Dack, artist) 2,500.00

Total 387,972.96


Heritage Management Grants


Paid €

M00221 Royal Irish Academy Unitarian Church Archives Phase II: Arrangement and Cataloguing of 19th-early 20th century archives

8,000.00

M00226 Grange Development Group Wellington Tower Restoration project 3,000.00

M00229 Louth Nature Trust Ltd. Little Tern Conservation Project, Baltray. 12,000.00

M00250 Kilkenny County Council Invasive Species Management at in the immediate vicinity of Lough Cullin, Kilkenny's only lake and a NHA.

5,900.00

M00255 Dean and Chapter of St. Fin Barre's Cathedral Burges Archive - Conservation of Cartoons 7,500.00

M00258 Valentia Island Heritage Centre

Conservation and Preservation of Historical Artefacts 2,890.01

M00265 The Honorable Society of the King's Inns

Manuscripts of the Library of the King's Inns c.1600 to 1900. 6,000.00

M00282 Carlow County Archives Preservation and promotion of access to the Stephen Nolan Photographic Archive 1,000.00

M00286 Paul Maguire Clearing and determining the work areas surrounding the iron smelting furnace 2,000.00

M00288 Ionad Teampall Chroine Teoranta Teampall Chroine Conservation Project 2,000.00

M00291 Donegal County Council Preservation of archive collection of the Donegal County Board of the GAA 4,500.00

M00300 National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL)

Kilkenny Design Workshop Archive - Photographic Image Management Project 8,000.00

M00302 Coillte Biodiversity enhancement Ballyhooly Wood 8,000.00

M00307 Cobh Tidy Towns Committee

Completion of restoration of Cobh's Promenade Railings 4,000.00

M00316 National Botanic Gardens Control of Hottentot Fig (Carpobrotus edulis) on Howth Head, Co. Dublin 10,000.00

M00321 Mayo County Council Jackie Clarke Collection, 100,000 items spanning 400 years of Irish history. 7,000.00

M00322 The Headfort Trust Conservation of 3no. paintings in the Eating Parlour of Headfort House 6,000.00

M00348 University College Dublin Library

Conservation of the Royal College of Science library in UCD Library Special Collections 4,435.00

M00355 Butler Gallery Framing Conservation of Important Works in the Butler Gallery Collection 5,000.00

M00358 South Tipperary County Museum

Conservation of “Cooney’s Bar” shopfront elements formerly from the Main Guard building in Clonmel

1,500.00

M00373 Irish Peatland Conservation Council

Habitat creation and restoration monitoring of Lodge Bog, Co. Kildare 2010 10,000.00

M00380 Shannonbridge Action Group

Conservation works to Shannon Napolonic Fortifications in Shannonbridge 10,000.00




Paid €

M00383 Hook Residents Association Restoration of Stone Walls which are a heritage feature on the Hook peninsula 5,000.00

M00387 The Model, home of The Niland Collection

Conservation of works on paper from the Niland Collection 2,000.00

M00398 The G.A.A. Museum The purchase of material and equipment to create phase boxes for the GAA Archives 1,500.00

M00401 Irish Peatland Conservation Council

Wetland Project Lullymore West Bog, Co. Kildare 7,500.00

M00402 Galway County Council Conservation works to Clonbern Mausoleum 10,000.00

M00407 Myles Nolan Spider diversity via Belfast: Workman type specimens in the Natural History Museum, Dublin.

5,000.00

M00415 Willie Kelly Kiltullagh House, Galway c1700. Consolidation of ruinous walls and preparation of conservation plan.

6,959.70

M00427 Irish Natural Forestry Foundation

Controlling invasive species on the Manch Estate. 5,000.00

M00442 Galway County Council Archives

Conservation of Gort Poor Law Union collection (Phase 2, 2010) 10,000.00

M00457 North Cathedral Parish North Cathedral Archive Project 7,000.00

M00479 Kilkee Civic Trust Kilkee Seawall regeneration Phase 3 3,500.00

M00490 UCD Archives Conservation of Franciscan D MSS [Wadding Papers] 8,000.00

M00495 Christ Church Cathedral Archival Conservation & Appraisal 2,000.00

M00522 Dublin City Council Conservation/Management Plan for St. James' Graveyard, James' Street, Dublin 8 5,000.00

M00529 Youghal Town Council Myrtle Grove Conservation Plan 5,000.00

M00532 BirdWatch Ireland Habitat Management for Corncrakes in Donegal and West Connaught 14,795.41

M00534 BirdWatch Ireland Inishee Island, Predator Proof Fence - maintenance and modification 2010 7,500.00

M00546 Padraig Corcoran Mount Plunkett Nature Reserve 4,000.00

M00558 Limerick City Gallery of Art Conservation of Art Works from LCGA Permanent Collection 4,000.00

M00569 Clare County Council George Unthank MacNamara Glass plate conservation and preservation 3,000.00

M00593 Louth County Archives Service

Conservation of rentals and journals of the Collon estate, 1825 – 1925 7,000.00

M00598 Bere Island Projects Group ltd

Invasive Species Eradication, Bere Island by BIPG 1,000.00

M00599 Carlow County Museum Repair and Conservation to Leaded Windows in Carlow County Museum 5,000.00

M00614 Fingal County Council Dune Restoration in Rogerstown SAC in Rush, Co Fingal 4,000.00




Paid €

M00639 The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland

Conservation of unique archival items relating to Irish medical history 1,500.00

M00647 Comharchumann Forbartha & Fostaíochta

Árainn Mhór Island Japanese Knotweed Eradication 1,952.00

M00680 Fingal County Council and Burrow Residents Assocation

Dune Restoration & Management on the Burrow Peninsula at Portrane, Co Fingal 4,000.00

M00708 Kildare County Council Structural Appraisal of Toll House at Leixlip Spa 2,500.00

M00711 Joseph & Declan Brennan Cró Na mBraonáin Habitat & Grouse Sanctuary 4,000.00

M00734 Moore Gun Club Ballydangan Bog Red Grouse Project 6,000.00

M00742 Leonie Finn Oranmore Castle c. 1450. Works to enable reopening of castle to public & Heritage Management Plan.

3,490.80

M00752 Golden Eagle Trust Reintroduction of the Red Kite to Co. Wicklow 5,000.00

M00753 Kilkenny County Council (on behalf of Butler Gal-lery)

Evans Home: Preliminary Conservation Works 10,000.00

M00765 Kildare County Council Restoration of Roman Bath at Leixlip Spa 5,000.00

M00780 Board of Christ Church Cathedral Christ Church Quinquennial 7,500.00

M00784 Select Vestry, St. Mary's Cathedral, Limerick

Preparation of a report on the condition of the fabric of Christ Church Cathedral 7,500.00

M00787 Wicklow Deer Management Group

A Collaborative Strategy for the Management and Control of Invasive Deer Species in Wicklow

6,795.64

M00793 Cork City Archives Preservation of St.Josephs Cemetery Records 5,000.00

M00804 Waterford County Museum County Waterford Local History Conservation Project 1,800.00

M00819 Western Regional Fisheries Board

Lough Corrib Control of Invasive Species - Lagarosiphon Major Project 15,000.00

M00830 Maeve O Connell Conservation advice on how best to open the deserted medieval borough of Newtown Jerpoint site for universal access.

3,751.00

M00851 Mountbellew-Moylough Game Preservation Society

Mountbellew-Moylough Red Grouse Conservation Project 4,000.00

M00854 Wexford County Archive Conservation and display of the textile element of the collection from the former Wexford Co. Museum

4,000.00

M00856 Irish Air Corps A framework document to progress the accreditation of the Air Corps Museum and Heritage Centre.

4,000.00

M00873 Vicarstown Schoolhouse Community Centre Vicarstown Schoolhouse Conservation Works 5,000.00




Paid €

M00878 Músaem Chorca Dhuibhne Purchase of fire-proof filing cabinets 2,500.00

M00887 Clogher Historical Society/Cumann Seanchais Chlochair

Clogher Historical Society conservation project 2,450.00

M00891 An Taisce Conservation report for ruined late Georgian teahouse Bateman Quay, Kilkenny 1,965.00

M00892 Royal Dublin Society Library Archiving RDS documents 1,700.00

M00907 Andrew Kavanagh Borris - House, Demesne and Village: Strategies for a sustainable future 10,000.00

M00912 Our Lady's Island Parish Pastoral Council Lady's Island Conservation Plan 8,000.00

M00926 The Hunt Museum Conservation of Painting of Mrs. Sheridan as St. Cecilia (1783) 1,000.00

M00933 Mount St Joseph Abbey Mount Heaton to Mount St Joseph Abbey: Strategies for Sustainable Development 8,000.00

M00998 Waterford Museum of Treasures

Conservation with view to Public Display of 15th Century Italian/Flemish Vestment 10,000.00

M01006 Knockmuldowney Restaurant Conservation study of Markree roof 3,000.00

M01012 Rathaspick Heritage Council The capping and upkeep of Rathaspick Church 1,867.83

Total 420,752.39


Landscape Policy Grants


Paid €

1667 Galway County Council Lough Derg Project 3,000.00

1009, 1823

European Forum on Nature Conservation & Pastoralism High Nature Value Farming in Ireland 15,000.00

577,870 Kerry Cleary Knowth Publication Project 5,737.50

970 Julianstown & District Residents Assocation

Village Design Statement for Julianstown, Co Meath 1,494.51

1586 Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council Public Realm Study for Monkstown Junction 2,127.66

1617 Burrenbeo Trust Limited Participation in Young Ranger Training Programme 697.60

1695 Conference Partners Sponsorship of ICOMOS Conference 15,000.00

1367 Trim Swift Festival Trim Swift Festival 2010 3,500.00

1420 Landscape Alliance Ireland Sponsorship towards attendance at European Landscape Convention October 2010 500.00

1477 Institute of Archaeologists of Ireand Journal of Irish Archaeology 1,380.00

1624 Europa Nostra Europa Nostra Scientific Bulletin no 63 1,000.00

1633 Jessica Smyth Sponsorship of attendance at Neolothic Orkney 2000-2010 375.91

1442 Council for British Archaeology British & Irish Bibliography 10,058.42

Total 59,871.60


Valuing Heritage Policy Grants


Paid €

1370 IPPA Early Childhood Organisation Towards Bloom 2010 800.00

165, 1585 Birdwatch Ireland Bird Atlas Project 28,000.00

1767 Ireland Reaching Out Project Ireland Reaching Out Project 6,000.00

415, 1666 Irish Museums Association Core Funding 2010 12,000.00

1493 Archives & Records Association

Archives Awareness Campaign, training & website 5,608.95

1502 Sustainable Value Creation Corporate Sponsorship Biomimicry Workshop Nov 2010 bursaries 2,387.66

820 Irish Biogeographical Society

Sponsorship of the bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society 600.00

856 Kilkenny County Library Kilkenny City Library Centenary Celebration 500.00

1336, 1822 Paddy Woodworth "Restoring the Future" Ecological Restoration

Projects Worldwide 3,000.00

1844 Earth Science Publication of Earth Science Magazine 4,000.00

1846 Dr. Marie Bourke Publication "The Story of Irish Museums 1733- 2000 3,000.00

267 Representative Church Body

Contintuation of Stained Glass Survey www.gloine.ie 35,872.00

Total 101,768.61

The Heritage Council 2010Annual Report 64

Climate Change Grants


Paid €

1669 The Hunt Museum, Limerick

Symposium on Climate Change and the risk to material culture 1,881.00

1751 Inland Fisheries Ireland Benthic Barrier Trials for treatment of asian clam on the River Barrow 3,000.00

1682 Marine Institute European Public Attitude Survey of Marine Cimate Change 5,645.00

1848 Irish Whale and Dolphin Group Stranding kits for the group stranding network 5,000.00

Total 15,526.00

Material Culture Grants


Paid €

755

Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works in Ireland

Core Funding Grant 2010 2,488.00

1379

Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works in Ireland

Bursaries for Conservation Students 1,355.00

1845 Waterford Museum of Treasures Museum Showcase & Audio Visual Guides 4,500.00

1368 Ulster Architectural Heritage Society

Traditional Building Skills Summer School, Donegal, June 2010 4,000.00

778 Egerton & Brigette Shelswell White

Structural Study of West Stables and Balustrade of Bantry House, Co Cork 4,500.00

Total 16,843.00

Infrastructure Grants


Paid €

679, 1708

National Biodiversity Data Centre

Irish Butterfly Recording Scheme, National invertebrate/pest & disease vector database 58,015.00

1387 National Biodiversity Data Centre Invasive Species Database 16,085.00

1865 National Biodiversity Data Centre Marine Terrestrial Mapping System 18,150.00

733 Woodlands of Ireland Core Funding Grant 2010 40,000.00

187 Wicklow Uplands Council Core Funding Grant 2010 89,500.00

374, 898 Bere Island Projects Group Implementation of the Bere Island Conservation Plan 20,000.00

Total 241,750.00

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