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Local Green Party Councillor for Athlone-Moate Municipal District, Cllr Louise Heavin, has welcomed two new heritage initiatives - a survey of barn owls and a survey of thatched buildings across Westmeath, both of which were discussed at the most recent local authority heritage forum meeting.

An awareness of the untold story of the heritage of Lough Ree encouraged members of the local community to establish the Glasson Lough Ree Heritage Group.

Athenry’s mediaeval walls and heritage are set to benefit from Government funding, as is the mediaeval heritage of Loughrea.

Moate Museum and Historical Society clg have been awarded a grant for the purchase of archival boxing for vulnerable documents and textiles by The Heritage Council.

Conservation work has begun on two key features of the iconic Kylemore Abbey estate in Connemara - the neo-Gothic Church and the Victorian Walled Gardens.

A notable success has been achieved in recent times by the Mount Temple Holy Trinity Graveyard Group as it was announced as the winner of the Heritage Council’s award for County Westmeath, its production of Hatton's Forge in Baylin giving just cause for the attaining of the accolade.

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.

Athlone Castle Visitor Centre is presently celebrating all matters ‘Heritage and Education: Learning from our Heritage' for Heritage Week 2020.

National Heritage Week, one of Ireland’s largest cultural events, starts on Saturday (August 15) with a week of activities across Galway.

For the second year in a row Ballina has been selected by the Heritage Council and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to receive funding under the Historic Towns Initiative (HTI).