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  • Adare Castle
    Monuments to Visit - Adare Castle, Co. Limerick
  • Jerpoint Abbey
    Monuments to Visit - Jerpoint Abbey, Co.Kilkenny
  • Loughcrew Cairns
    Monuments to Visit - Loughcrew Megalithic Cemetery, Co. Meath
  • Parke's Castle
    Monuments to Visit - Parke's Castle, Co. Leitrim
  • Rock of Cashel
    Monuments to Visit - St. Patrick's Rock of Cashel, Co. Tipperary
  • Ross Castle
    Monuments to Visit - Ross Castle, Co. Kerry
  • Cahir Castle, Cahir, Co. Tipperary
    Monuments to Visit - Cahir Castle, Co. Tipperary
  • Tomb of a Butler Knight, St. Mary's Church, Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
    Monuments to Visit - St. Mary's Church, Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
  • Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery
    Monuments to Visit - Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery, Co. Sligo
  • Tintern Abbey, New Ross, Co. Wexford
    Monuments to Visit - Tintern Abbey, Co. Wexford
  • Monuments to Visit - Burrishoole Friary, Carrowkeel, Co. Mayo
    Monuments to Visit - Burrishoole Friary, Carrowkeel, Co. Mayo
  • The Gathering
    The Gathering Ireland 2013 - Be Part of It

    The Gathering Ireland 2013 - Be Part of It

  • Aghowle Church, Co. Wicklow
    Monuments to Visit - Aghowle Church, Co. Wicklow
  • Drombeg Stone Circle, Co. Cork
    Monuments to Visit - Drombeg Stone Circle, Co Cork
  • Grianán of Aileach, Co. Donegal
    Monuments to Visit - Grianán of Aileach, Co. Donegal
  • Kells Priory, Co. Kilkenny
    Monuments to Visit - Kells Priory, Co. Kilkenny
  • Rock of Dunamase, Co. Laois
    Monuments to Visit - Rock of Dunamase, Co. Laois
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news

  • UPDATE: Removal of medieval decorated font from Rathmore Church, Co Meath.
    14 May 2013
  • Ogham in 3D
    09 May 2013
  • Moore Street National Monument - Public Consultation on EIS
    25 March 2013
  • Moore Street EIS - Extension to Period of Public Consultation
    05 March 2013
  • Deenihan Publishes New Code of Practice with NMI and Bord na Móna
    20 February 2013
  • Enviromental Impact Statement for Proposed Works to the National Monument at Nos. 14-17 Moore Street, Dublin 1
    30 January 2013
  • Into the Deep - Ministers Deenihan & O’Dowd launch book on Ireland’s rich shipwreck heritage
    16 November 2012
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events

  • The Gathering 2013 – The Medieval Castles of Offaly Summer School
    13 May 2013
  • Group for the Study of Irish Historic Settlement annual conference
    10 May 2013
  • The Union Workhouses of County Meath
    03 May 2013
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