Funding for two big heritage projects in Kilkenny

Funding for two projects under the Heritage Council’s Community Heritage Grant will be issued to grant recipients in Kilkenny this year.

€24,000 will be offered to St Canice’s Cathedral for a project looking to bring heritage to life at the Cathedral and Round Tower.

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The project aims to improve the interpretation plan for the Cathedral with the addition of audio guides, which will open up the learning experience at the Cathedral to better include all members of the community.

The Acorn Project in Kilkenny will also be offered funding to assist with a project that will see people in Kilkenny equipped with scything and traditional land management skills.

The methods and techniques used in the biodiversity assessment undertaken at Rathbeagh in Kilkenny will be taught to the local community so that they become guardians for nature and heritage in their areas and record the biodiversity of Raths.

Work on these projects can begin immediately which will see hundreds of local communities enriched through initiatives, from making previously unseen works of art available to the public, to equipping local communities with skills needed to protect biodiversity, to making landmarks of national significance accessible again.

The projects will all be completed by the end of the year.

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Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan, TD, said that every year, he loves to see 'the creativity and dedication of our heritage sector through these projects from the Community Heritage Grant Scheme'.

"It reminds me that despite the challenges we face, our heritage remains in safe hands," he said.

"It is a truly valuable scheme and is also a significant investment in this Government’s commitments under the Programme for Government to promote and protect our heritage."