The Heritage Council Annual Report 2002
The Heritage Council Annual Report 2002
The Heritage Council Annual Report 2002
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of the Year Award <strong>2002</strong> and <strong>Council</strong>lor Teresa Mullen, Mayor of Kilkenny, pictured<br />
at the Awards Ceremony in Kilkenny on November 28th <strong>2002</strong>.<br />
Caring and Enhancing <strong>Heritage</strong> Award <strong>2002</strong><br />
Sneem, Tidy Towns Committee, Co. Kerry<br />
Access and Interpretation Award <strong>2002</strong><br />
Ballyreevagh Quarry, Newtown Cashel, Co Longford<br />
<strong>Heritage</strong> in School Scheme:<br />
This project is a partnership with the INTO and has been running since 2000 on a<br />
nationwide basis. Approximately 460 visits to schools took place in <strong>2002</strong>. <strong>The</strong>re are<br />
66 heritage specialists on the panel. Details of the scheme are available on <strong>The</strong><br />
<strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> and INTO websites.<br />
<strong>Heritage</strong> in Schools training for specialists took place in Nenagh in January <strong>2002</strong><br />
Training for all specialists was held in Nenagh in January and the panel was addressed<br />
on classroom management, visits outside the school, age appropriate materials,<br />
working with other heritage specialists. Interviews with applicants for the panel are<br />
held annually in the autumn, and another 23 people were invited to join for<br />
2003.Historic houses in Ireland<br />
In support of the Library <strong>Council</strong> and the agenda of its Branching Out report the<br />
<strong>Council</strong> supported a detailed digitisation project covering historic houses in Ireland.<br />
<strong>The</strong> common theme of the project was '<strong>The</strong> Big House and Landed Estate Life in<br />
Ireland.' Although the pilot project was largely focused on the collections held by<br />
public libraries the support of the <strong>Heritage</strong> <strong>Council</strong> encouraged the participation in the<br />
project of Waterford Treasures Museum and Cork Archives Institute. A Cultural<br />
<strong>Heritage</strong> Panel, set up by the Branching Out Steering Committee, investigated<br />
potential methods for enhancing the digitisation of holdings and the possibilities for<br />
public access. <strong>The</strong> pilot project attempted to demonstrate the viability of a National<br />
Digitisation Strategy and allowed for a national profile of digitisation activities, in<br />
line with Ireland's commitments under the Lund Action Plan and its contribution to a<br />
European cultural digitisation profile. <strong>The</strong> project can be viewed at<br />
www.askaboutireland.com
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