Heritage Outlook, Issue 2, Winter 2000 – Heritage Council newsletter: A New Look at the Burren, Mayglass farmhouse thatching, Ballyfin House, Irish habitats, the new Council, Irish Dreamtime
Heritage Outlook, Issue 2, Winter 2000 – Heritage Council newsletter: A New Look at the Burren, Mayglass farmhouse thatching, Ballyfin House, Irish habitats, the new Council, Irish Dreamtime
Heritage Outlook, Issue 2, Winter 2000 – the newsletter of the Heritage Council (An Chomhairle Oidhreachta), the independent statutory body set up under the Heritage Act 1995 to propose policies for the protection and enhancement of Ireland's national heritage. Published from Rothe House, Kilkenny; ISSN 1393-9777; 12 pages, A4, colour throughout. Cover stories: Pulling the long straw in Wexford; A new look at the Burren – a Burren farmer shows delegates of the European Forum on Nature Conservation and Pastoralism round his farm; Welcome to a new Council; Discovering our habitats. Contents: Farming brothers bale out Mayglass project – the restoration by local craftsmen of a mud-walled thatched farmhouse at Mayglass near Bridgetown, Co. Wexford, re-thatched with oaten straw harvested by reaper binder (page 2); Q&A with new Council Chairman Dr Tom O'Dwyer (4); New appraisal system to guide planners in protecting heritage (5); Introducing the new Council (6); Forum on Pastoral Farming in Clare (8); Conference on Ecclesiastical Heritage (8); Guide to Habitats in Ireland (9); Heritage Officer Programme (9); Call for integration of policies impacting on landscapes (10); Council meets the press on National Development Plan (11); Restoration of Ballyfin House, Co. Laois, the Regency mansion run as a school by the Patrician Brothers, with a Council grant of £250,000 for emergency roof protection and a special ministerial grant of £750,000 (12); Launch of Irish Dreamtime, the RTÉ heritage series commissioned by the Council and made by Ocean Films, with John Hume, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill and the Earl of Rosse among its contributors (12). THEMES: Irish heritage policy, vernacular architecture, thatching, Burren farming, habitats and biodiversity, country houses, Ballyfin, landscape conservation, Heritage Council of Ireland.
Author: The Heritage Council
Publisher: The Heritage Council
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Single Issue Magazine
Condition: Used - Very Good