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The Heritage Council’s main commitment to collections care comes through its support of the Museum Standards Programme for Ireland (MSPI). This important initiative, with participants from a wide range of Irish collecting institutions, sets out to raise standards of care...
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The aim of this survey was to obtain a general overview of the maritime-related collections in Ireland, to ascertain the location, ownership, condition, overall theme, and nature of the contents of each collection. It is neither an inventory nor a full evaluation of the...
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Museums, Collections and Archives dataset created and managed by the Heritage Council. This dataset is a comprehensive record of natural and cultural heritage facilities open to the public across the island of Ireland. The dataset was created to provide a comprehensive list of...
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The Irish Landmark Trust, since 1992, have been saving some of Ireland’s most iconic buildings, and making them accessible to the wider community. We restore properties sensitively, with a focus on best practices in conservation, as well as comfort for our guests. An Irish...
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The Local Authority Museums Network dataset created by the Heritage Council.This dataset maps, and provides details for, the Local Authority-run County museums across Ireland.
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This dataset displays the UNESCO World Heritage sites and Geoparks across the island of Ireland.
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This dataset displays locational information for all Ireland’s known Sheela-na-Gigs. It provides National Monuments Service descriptions for each where available. It maps original and present locations (as of March 2017) for each. It was created using publically available...
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The Pilgrim Paths of Ireland are a collection of ancient religious routes around the country which have documented claims to having been used by pilgrims since ancient times. Its objective is the development of a network of walking routes along medieval pilgrimage paths. The...
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The Wicklow Rock Art Project (W.R.A.P.) was established by the School of Archaeology, University College Dublin, in May 2012 as a pilot scheme to explore the potential of photogrammetry in rock art recording. 17 known rock art sites were recorded using this technique, which...
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This dataset was created to ascertain the level of vulnerability to erosion processes along 7 coastal local authorities. . The dataset classifies the coast line into areas at High, Medium or Low risk based on the subsoil type along the coast at that point. The data was...
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The role of the Irish Walled Towns Network (IWTN) is to unite and co-ordinate the strategic efforts of local authorities involved in the management, conservation and enhancement of historic walled towns in Ireland, both North and South, with the main objective to ensure that...
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Dataset owned and provided by NPWS. Dataset downloaded 17th September 2010. http://www.npws.ie/en/ProtectedSites/NaturalHeritageAreasNHAs/. The basic designation for wildlife is the Natural Heritage Area (NHA). This is an area considered important for the habitats present or...
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The NRA initiated the Archaeology and the National Roads Authority Monograph Series in 2003 to publish the papers given at its National Archaeology Seminars. The monographs are written in an informal, jargon-free style and contain numerous colour illustrations. Fragments of...
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A collection of short videos commissioned by the TII to explore some of the archaeology uncovered in course of national road schemes.
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In recent years TII Archaeology and Heritage has sought to expand on the various methods it uses to communicate the results of archaeological investigations on road and light rail schemes to the general public. A series of specially commissioned audio guides produced by Abarta...
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The Department publishes logs of all non-personal FOI requests on a quarterly basis. The Department is committed to promoting transparency though the routine publication of information and will publish further material through the Department’s FOI Publication Scheme, prepared...
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This dataset contains all the data currently published online by the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. It contains the description, formats and the location of each dataset.
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Visitor Figures for Cultural InstitutionsDepartment of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and MediaArtsThis dataset contains visitor figures for the National Cultural Insitutions from 2008 to 2015. Please note that the National Museum of Natural History was closed from July 2007 until April 2010. The Irish Museum of Modern Art was relocated from the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham...
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Site locations of Archaeological Excavations conducted prior to the commencement of road schemes construction
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