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Jerpoint Abbey
Monuments to Visit - Jerpoint Abbey, Co. Kilkenny

Adare Castle
Monuments to Visit - Adare Castle, Co. Limerick

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

Burrishoole Friary, Carrowkeel, Co. Mayo
Monuments to Visit - Burrishoole Friary, Carrowkeel, Co. Mayo

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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    26 July 2019
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    10 July 2019
  • Minister calls for sites to join Ireland's World Heritage Tentative List 2020-2030
    25 January 2019
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    21 January 2019
  • Further details of Brú na Bóinne aerial survey released
    20 December 2018
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    07 December 2018
  • 5,000 year old logboat discovered in the Boyne
    23 November 2018
  • Temporary closure of Galway SMR files to researchers
    22 October 2018
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    04 October 2018
 
 
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