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National Heritage Week begins on Saturday 17 August running until the following Sunday with opportunities across the country to celebrate Ireland’s rich heritage. In recent years as many as 2000 separate events have been held during Heritage Week welcoming an excess of 400,000 visitors. This year is no exception with a wide range of engaging...

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Castleacre were delighted to support Belfast’s Queen’s University rowing team at Henley International Rowing Competition this year. Fergus Bryce, Ronan Gibbon, Hugh Moore and Ciaran Purdy were the first Queen’s team competing in this prestigious international regatta to make it to the semi-finals of the Prince of Wales Challenge cup in more than 5o years....

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Historic Houses of Ireland are supporting a biodiversity event at Tullynisk House in Offaly, as part of Ireland’s National Biodiversity Week, which will include a tour of wildflower meadows and native woodlands. The tour at Tullynisk will give visitors the opportunity to experience richly diverse wild environments and see the results of improved land management...

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New Regulations will apply to Quad Bike use on both Public and Private Land Quad bikes have become invaluable vehicles on many estates and farms – often used for rounding up and rescuing livestock, they are ideal vehicles for crossing fields, woodland and more challenging terrain, as well as being practical for transporting feedstuff, fencing,...

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Around fifty members of the national organisation, Historic Houses of Ireland, will open their doors to visitors in celebration of Heritage Week, which begins on the 12 August and runs until the 20 August –  activities taking place include personalised house tours to outdoor events such as beekeeping (Stradbally Hall) and bird ringing (Altidore Castle). This...

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Ireland will be celebrating its flora and fauna in National Biodiversity Week starting on the 19 May.  A wide variety of events aimed at both adults and children will be taking place across the country from a Bat Walk at Tullynally Castle in Westmeath to a Walk and Talk on invasive species in Donegal. The...

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The Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage in Ireland has just announced a new short-term national pilot scheme offering grants for professional conservation advice to the private owners of protected structures. The scheme will provide grants of €3,000 (ex. VAT) to cover the cost of using a conservation-accredited architect to visit the property, conduct...

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