Search Results for 'National Monuments Service'

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Digital Transformation Award for Galway graveyards project

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Galway County Council has picked up one of the main accolades at the Public Sector Digital Transformation Awards 2023 for its innovative digital project that mapped over 40,000 graveyard memorial records across County Galway and made them publicly available online.

Grants announced for nine Galway heritage sites under Community Monuments Fund

Nine historic sites in Galway city and county are to benefit from close to €450,000 in grants under the 2022 Community Monuments Fund, it was announced this week.

Westmeath County Council community monuments fund now open for applications

Westmeath County Council, in conjunction with the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage are inviting applications for the Community Monuments Fund 2022.

Programme of conservation works completed on Athlone Town Wall

A programme of conservation works has been completed on the Athlone Town Wall, the local authority confirmed this week.

Discovery of historic slipway on the Strand during flood scheme works

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Groundworks for the construction of a flood defence wall on The Strand, Athlone are being archaeologically monitored by archaeologists from County Clare based consultancy TVAS (Ireland) Ltd as part of the Athlone Flood Alleviation Scheme undertaken by the OPW in conjunction with Westmeath County Council.

Conservation works now completed on Athlone Town wall

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Funded by The Heritage Council through the Irish Walled Towns Network, essential conservation works have been completed on Athlone Town Wall at Court Devenish/Railway View.

Conservation works formally commence at No. 1 Gun Battery

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For anyone walking along the canal in recent weeks, a hive of activity is most noticeable with the clearance of heavy scrub and vegetation.

Galway players bring home €48,000 from Winning Streak exploits

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Two Winning Streak players from Co. Galway shared a total of €48,000 in prize money when they appeared on the National Lottery TV game show at the weekend.

Crannóg discovered in Connemara by man out walking after Storm Brendan

A new site of archaeological importance was discovered at An Liopa Thoir, east of An Spidéal when a local man was out walking after the recent Storm Brendan.

Government thanks local group for discovery of important prehistoric burial site in Mayo

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The Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht has received details of scientific analysis of ancient human remains which were discovered in 2016 by a local hillwalker on a Mayo mountainside. The discovery generated significant media interest, and research has now revealed that the natural boulder chamber in which the remains were found was used for human burial practice through the Neolithic period, from as early as 3600BC.

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