News & Events
New Scholarships to offer increased support for UNESCO World Heritage
Posted on 2 July 2024
Ireland is strengthening engagement, education, and capacity-building for World Heritage through two new scholarship programmes established by the National Monuments Service (NMS) in collaboration with University College Dublin (UCD) and the Rome-based advisory body ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property).
Over the next three
Facilitator appointed to lead newly established Brú na Bóinne Community Heritage Forum
Posted on 18 April 2024
To mark World heritage Day 2024 the National Monuments Service is announcing the establishment of a Brú na Bóinne Community Heritage Forum with the appointment of Ms Mona O’Rourke as lead facilitator for the project. The forum will enable the community to be more involved in making decisions about the management, presentation, interpretation and conservation of the site and will help them
Sceilg Mhichíl Community Climate Vulnerability Assessment Workshop
Posted on 28 March 2024
Sceilg Mhichíl is one of ten World Heritage Properties involved in the Preserving Legacies: A Future for our Past project, and is the only site selected in Europe. The aim of the project is to equip communities worldwide with the tools to accurately anticipate and assess worsening and future climate impacts on culture, and help them turn that scientific knowledge into action to safeguard
Sceilg Mhichíl Community Information Night
Posted on 28 March 2024
The National Monuments Service, National Parks and Wildlife Service, and the Office of Public Works are hosting a Community Information Night on Sceilg Mhichíl World Heritage Property at the Portmagee Community Centre at 7pm on the 8 April 2024.
The three state bodies will discuss their respective roles in relation to the management of the World Heritage Property and Natura 2000 Site and will be
An Introduction to World Heritage: National Capacity Building Workshop
Posted on 20 March 2024
Dr John Knightly, NMS – The Irish World Heritage System
On March 13 2024, the National Monuments Service worked in collaboration with the Office of Public Works, ICCROM, ICOMOS Ireland, and UCD’s World Heritage Programme to deliver the first workshop of Ireland’s new World Heritage.
Dr Mechtild Rossler, ICCROM – Preliminary Assessment
Nicole Franceschini,
Public asked to contribute to Ireland’s debut World Heritage Strategy
Posted on 11 March 2024
A public consultation has been launched today inviting members of the public and interested stakeholders to participate in the development of the first World Heritage Strategy for Ireland.
A ‘Strategy for World Heritage in Ireland 2024-2034’ will set out a vision for World Heritage in Ireland with an aim to ensure that it is developed and managed in line with the requirements of the 1972
National Monuments Service Engagement with UNESCO on Global Heritage Matters
Posted on 7 March 2024
National Monuments Service was pleased to recently accompany Minister of State with responsibility for Nature, Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan TD to UNESCO HQ for a series of meetings and engagements around Ireland’s commitment to support UNESCO’s important World Heritage activities.
Alongside Ireland’s Permanent Representative to UNESCO, meetings were held with the Director
The World Heritage Education Programme - Patrimonito International Storyboard Competition 2022 - Call for Submissions
Posted on 29 August 2022
UNESCO’s World Heritage Education Programme have announced the Patrimonito International Storyboard Competition 2022. This scheme dates back to 2002 when the World Heritage Education Programme launched the cartoon series ‘Patrimonito’s World Heritage Adventures’. The cartoon aims to raise the awareness of the importance of heritage preservation among the youth, through a “by young
Ministers announce new World Heritage Tentative List for Ireland
Posted on 23 August 2022
The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, TD, and Minister of State with Responsibility for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcom Noonan TD have announced a new World Heritage Tentative List for Ireland.
The Tentative List is an inventory of natural and cultural heritage sites that may have potential to demonstrate Outstanding Universal Value and therefore
New Ten-year Sceilg Mhichíl Management Plan strengthens commitment to protect, conserve and promote the UNESCO World Heritage Island
Posted on 17 December 2021
Minister of State with Responsibility for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcom Noonan TD, and the Minister of State with Responsibility for the Office of Public Works, Patrick O’Donovan TD, have today launched a new 10-year management plan for the UNESCO World Heritage Property of Sceilg Mhichíl.
This second ten-year management plan is an important milestone in the story of Sceilg Mhichíl,