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# heritage hotspots

Your summer in Ireland: 5 must-see sites in Kildare

Take our challenge and tick off as many glorious sites this summer as recommended by heritage officers around Ireland.

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Aug 8th 2018, 8:30 PM

# heritage hotspots

Your summer in Ireland: 5 must-see sites in Dun Laoghaire Rathdown

Take our challenge and tick off as many glorious sites this summer as recommended by heritage officers around Ireland.

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Aug 6th 2018, 8:00 PM

# heritage hotspots

Your summer in Ireland: 5 must-see sites in Cork

Take our challenge and tick off as many glorious sites this summer as recommended by heritage officers around Ireland.

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Aug 5th 2018, 6:30 PM

# heritage hotspots

Your summer in Ireland: 5 must-see sites in Clare

Take our challenge and tick off as many glorious sites this summer as recommended by heritage officers around Ireland.

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Aug 5th 2018, 9:30 AM

# ancient ireland

Archaeological discoveries are being made by the dozen this summer - but what happens next?

The dry weather has revealed previously undiscovered site around the county.

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Aug 4th 2018, 10:00 PM

# global ireland

'There is an urgency to this': The government wants to double Ireland's 'global footprint' by 2025

The government launched its Global Ireland plan today.

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Jun 11th 2018, 12:53 PM

Voices

The past isn't the past, it's not even over: We can't discard Junior Cert History

Author John Connell agrees with President Higgins that making the study of History optional at junior cycle is to lose a part of our national identity.

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May 5th 2018, 10:00 PM

# Culture

Government to invest an "unprecedented" €1.2 billion in culture, language and heritage

The move is as part of the Ireland 2040 plan.

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Apr 10th 2018, 2:37 PM

# pilgrim paths

Walk along Ireland's answer to the Camino this Easter

The penitential trail paths aren’t just for those who are religious.

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Mar 18th 2018, 8:30 AM

# city planning

Three 1830s houses demolished at Dublin's Five Lamps to make way for social housing

The State conservation group had suggested the houses be made protected structures, but an order to demolish them to build housing for senior citizens had already been made.

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Jan 20th 2018, 7:30 AM

# French President

Macron wants the French baguette to become a Unesco-listed symbol

Irish uilleann piping was granted the same status last year.

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Jan 13th 2018, 3:11 PM

# Discovery

Heritage Department has ‘no intention’ of investigating mysterious Loughcrew ‘find’

A group of workers posted a video on Facebook purporting to have found something at the ancient site.

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Jan 10th 2018, 10:46 PM

# Invasive Species

Killarney National Park 'significantly and rapidly deteriorating' due to rhododendron

The invasive plant is at the centre of a row between a voluntary body and a government department.

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Jan 7th 2018, 7:00 AM

# Unesco

'Today is a global milestone': Uilleann pipes get international recognition

President Michael D Higgins is among those to welcome the news

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Dec 7th 2017, 5:03 PM

# rms leinster

Great tragedy of 500 lives lost in sunken mail boat RMS Leinster retold

Over 500 people were killed when the boat sank, just a month before the First World War ended.

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Nov 18th 2017, 9:45 AM

# du noyer

The artist who captured Ireland in the 1800s with thousands of watercolours

George Victor du Noyer travelled around Ireland drawing various features, accompanied by his spaniel Mr Buff.

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Nov 12th 2017, 8:45 AM

Irish and mixed heritage: 'I'm a proud Irish woman and that identity is part of who I am'

#IamIrish exhibition opens this month to explore issues around identity and culture with Irish people of mixed heritage.

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Oct 9th 2017, 8:30 PM

# dublin docks

A century after the attack, fatal U-boat bombing commemorated in Dublin

Of the 36 people who died in the bombings, only four bodies were found.

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Sep 30th 2017, 9:45 AM

Fancy yourself as a bit of an Indiana Jones? Now you can experience what he did on his day job

The public is being asked to help at archaeological dig at Glendalough.

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Aug 20th 2017, 7:30 PM

# rindoon

Why was this medieval Roscommon village abandoned centuries ago?

Heritage Week kicks off today, and a talk in Kilkenny on the abandoned medieval village of Rindoon is just one great example of what’s on.

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Aug 19th 2017, 7:30 AM

# Heritage

Seven parks across Ireland have been given the Green Flag Award

The Green Flag Awards recognise parks that are managed in environmentally sustainable ways.

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Jul 23rd 2017, 7:00 PM

# Magnificent Seven

7 Irish heritage sites to visit now that kids can go for free

Dozens of heritage sites across the country are giving children under 12 free admission.

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Jul 1st 2017, 8:45 AM

# to-do list

Good news for parents - kids are being given free admission to dozens of Irish heritage sites

The initiative will apply to all paid-admission sites operated by the OPW from this Saturday.

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Jun 28th 2017, 10:40 AM

# Wild Cocoon

This Mayo designer has won two awards for her handwoven, luxurious 'agriculture fashion'

“I think even born city-dwellers have almost unconscious muscle memory of life in rural Ireland. We all share it,” according to designer Deirdre Duffy.

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Apr 15th 2017, 5:00 PM

# famine museum founder

Six Irish heritage sites we should visit this Easter weekend

An award-winning Roscommon heritage hero tells us what heritage sites we should visit this weekend.

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Apr 14th 2017, 11:00 PM

# heritage walks

Ireland's pilgrim paths: 'They're the great leveller - you could be Bill Gates or unemployed'

This Easter, National Pilgrim Paths Week will take place.

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Mar 26th 2017, 8:30 AM

# Dedication

Ireland's Heritage Hero spent 10 years selling lottery tickets to raise funds

Matt Farrell from Co Longford was named Ireland’s Heritage Hero at an awards ceremony this week.

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Feb 25th 2017, 8:30 AM

# Overcrowded

Tour groups must book visits to English Market or 'traders could be in jeopardy'

The English Market, a fresh food venue and meeting place, is over 200 years old.

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Feb 24th 2017, 2:27 PM

# Conservation confusion

Conserving our heritage: 'One woman was in tears that her home was a protected structure'

If your local authority decides your house or business is a protected structure, what actually happens?

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Feb 19th 2017, 8:00 PM

# 14 henrietta street

'The walls talk' - Dublin city is getting a new tenement museum this summer

14 Henrietta Street will showcase the long and pockmarked history of Dublin’s tenements.

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Feb 18th 2017, 9:00 PM

# 1916 leader

Government delays the sale of Pearse's last surrender letter

The letter was added to the Register of Cultural Objects last Friday evening, which will delay the sale for a year.

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Dec 19th 2016, 9:38 PM

# Padraig Pearse

Unsold!: 1916 surrender letter set to leave Ireland after auction fails to reach €1m

It’s owner says he longer feels an obligation to keep it here.

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Dec 7th 2016, 8:48 PM

# Historical Significance

The government is being strongly criticised for not buying Padraig Pearse's 1916 surrender letter

Gerry Adams has called it a “quite frankly bizarre decision”.

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Nov 15th 2016, 5:54 PM

# Spoilsports

Government to block bill calling for new public holiday, despite one of its own calling for the same thing

The Public Holidays Bill 2016 is being brought before the Dáil today by Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh.

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Nov 3rd 2016, 6:01 AM

# montpelier hill

Five thousand years of death: The secrets uncovered at Hellfire Club site

TheJournal.ie was invited to explore the first archaeological dig into a passage tomb on Montpelier Hill. How could we resist?

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Oct 31st 2016, 8:15 AM

# improving ireland

Volunteers are reclaiming this motte and bailey after decades of neglect and bonfires

Several sites around Ireland are being ‘adopted’ by their local communities.

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Oct 1st 2016, 7:00 PM

# Wiki Loves Monuments

There's just one week left to enter your pictures of Ireland's greatest monuments

Amateur and professional photographers must submit their photos before next Friday to be in with a chance of winning the cash prize.

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Sep 23rd 2016, 8:18 PM

# Heritage Week

Get out and about with our guide to the best of Heritage Week

We’ve got a great round-up of events taking place around the country.

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Aug 20th 2016, 11:15 AM

# Doonbeg

Donald Trump's 'Irish wall' could be in trouble

The US presidential hopeful wants to build a €10 million rock barrier to protect his county Clare golf course.

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Jun 22nd 2016, 8:15 AM

# Heritage

Poll: Should the government increase arts spending by 445%?

People are calling for a minimum spend.

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May 18th 2016, 10:03 AM