Foilseacháin

This report, dated December 2023, tracks the progress of implementing the action plan of the Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Property Management Plan 2017–27.

This document sets out the key objectives and vision for the management of the Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Property. The Management Plan has a term of ten years and provides a framework for the proactive and collaborative management of the site, helping to ensure that its Outstanding Universal Value is sustained and preserved for future generations.

The Bend of the Boyne, or Brú na Bóinne, has been an important ritual, social and economic centre for thousands of years. Internationally renowned for its elaborate Neolithic passage tombs, and containing the largest assemblage of megalithic art in Europe, its universal value was recognised in 1993 when it was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Property, only one of three on the island of Ireland. In 2009 The Heritage Council, in collaboration with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, published a research framework for Brú na Bóinne re-assessing key priorities and looking at where future research should be directed.

This document sets out the main objectives and policies of an integrated management plan for the Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Property. The area is also known as the Bend of the Boyne. The term of this plan is to be five years from the date of its adoption.