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🎊 Welcome to the new website of the National Monuments Service @NationalMons 🌐 archaeology.ie
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📣 Cork County Council is inviting private owners, custodians, and community groups to apply for funding to support the care, conservation, maintenance, protection, and promotion of archaeological monuments in their area through the 2026 Community Monuments Fund.
🏗️ The fund will enable conservation works to be carried out on archaeological monuments deemed to be significant and in need of support, enabling them to withstand the effects of climate change, to encourage access to monuments and improve their presentation.
🗓️ Deadline for completed applications is 16:00pm on Friday, 30th January 2026.
➡️ More: corkcoco.ie/en/news/funding-…
Delighted to be @StripeYSTE alongside @DeptHousingIRL colleagues.
Come find us to learn about 🤿🌊underwater cultural heritage, #climatechange adaptation for our built & archaeological heritage.
📝📊Share your thoughts
#StripeYSTE
#ClimatEireitage #UCHIreland #HeritageIreland2030
ALT A 3D image of the wreck of the Lusitania. The wreck lies on a flat seafloor in a general depth of 93m. Image via INFOMAR/Geological Survey of Ireland/Marine Institute
National Monuments Service retweeted
Applications now open ✔️
€7.5 million available to protect archaeological monuments in 2026 Community Monuments Fund launched today by Minister @jamesbrownetd and @COSullivanTD
Read more about the fund and how to apply here:
gov.ie/en/department-of-hous…
CALENDAR MONUMENTS– December 2025
Carrigafoyle Castle, Co. Kerry #CastlesOfIreland
Amongst the salt marshes of Ballylongford Bay in the Shannon Estuary stands a 15th century tower house.
heritageireland.ie/unguided-…
#HeritageWellbeing #HeritageIreland2030
ALT Carrigafoyle Castle, Co. Kerry Copyright and Photo Credit ©Photographic Archive, National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland
📻Listen back to Dr. Connie Kelleher, senior archaeologist with @NationalMons on Ireland’s ratification of the 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage.
rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22…
@IRLOECDUNESCO
#UCHIreland
National Monuments Service retweeted
🌊The 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage has been ratified by Ireland.
👉This ratification now places protection of underwater heritage as a key legislative and policy priority.
📄Read more: gov.ie/en/department-of-hous…
ALT Photo of the Cliffs of Moher with text over. Text reads: Ireland’s underwater cultural heritage further protected by ratification of UNESCO 2001 Convention. Logo of Government of Ireland.
National Monuments Service retweeted
Great live coverage as always of #NewgrangeSolstice - Brú na Bóinne is a World Heritage property - Europe’s largest and most important concentration of prehistoric megalithic art.
@NationalMons @opwireland
m.youtube.com/watch?v=lRgumO…
National Monuments Service retweeted
Wondering how to watch the Winter Solstice livestream from Newgrange?
Our short how-to video guides you step by step.
📅 21 Dec
⏰ 8.40am
🌅 Live from inside the chamber
Save the link and tune in: gov.ie/solstice
#NewgrangeSolstice #ShareTheSolstice #OPW
National Monuments Service retweeted
Our lucky Solstice Lottery winners who were in the chamber this morning😊☀️
We will be #Livestreaming tomorrow morning at 8.40am (8.40 UTC).
🔗 gov.ie/solstice
📷Ailbhe
#sharethesolstice #newgrange #Livestream
📹Newgrange Winter Solstice
Experience the #WinterSolstice live from Newgrange on 21 December from 8:40am
tinyurl.com/mvxhppe2
#NewgrangeSolstice #WorldHeritage #BrighterDaysAhead
@brunaboinneOPW @opwireland @HeritageIreland
@DeptHousingIRL @dfatirl
youtube.com/watch?v=BAfZLCVy…
Donegal County Council is inviting applications to the Community Monuments Fund until 4 p.m. on Friday, January 30, 2026 for the conservation of archaeological monuments.
Full details - donegalcoco.ie/en/news/2025/…
#Donegal #YourCouncil
📹WATCH BACK from the 8th Annual NMS Conference
#WithinWithout2025 The Archaeology of Partitions
‘Crossing boundaries, challenging divisions: integrating archaeology into post-Troubles conflict transformation’
by Prof Audrey Horning
youtu.be/1q9lFL4k4b8
#HeritageIreland2030
National Monuments Service retweeted
Calling all community groups, private owners, and custodians of archaeological monuments in Wicklow!
Wicklow County Council’s Heritage Office is now accepting applications for the Community Monuments Fund (CMF) 2026, operated by the National Monuments Service. This is your chance to secure funding to protect and enhance our local heritage.
Deadline: 4pm, Friday 30th January 2026
Funding streams:
• Stream 1: Up to €100,000 for essential repairs & conservation
• Stream 2: Up to €30,000 for Conservation Management Plans/Reports
• Stream 3: Up to €30,000 for access & interpretation enhancements
Application forms and further details are available at wicklow.ie/Living/News-Event…
Let’s work together to safeguard Wicklow’s archaeological heritage for future generations!
#WicklowHeritage #CMF2026 #CommunityMonumentsFund #WicklowCountyCouncil
National Monuments Service retweeted
The #WinterSolstice livestream link is now available
Join us on 21 Dec @ 8:40 am to witness the solstice sunrise live from inside the #Newgrange chamber, weather permitting.
Save the link now.
🔗gov.ie/solstice
#ShareTheSolstice
📹WATCH BACK from the 8th Annual @NationalMons Conference #WithinWithout2025 The Archaeology of Partitions
'The Liminal Point: Broadboyne Bridge, Finn mac Cumaill, and the Barony Boundaries of Co. Meath'
by Paul Gosling @atu_ie
youtu.be/jE02ELIBN6I
#HeritageIreland2030
📢Last month the second iteration of the 🇮🇪 Built and Archaeological Heritage Climate Change Sectoral Adaptation Plan (B&AH-SAP) was approved by Government and introduced to stakeholders.
Read more tinyurl.com/276weh4y
#ClimatEireitage #ClimateAction #ClimateAdaptation
ALT Images ©Photographic Archive, National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland
National Monuments Service retweeted
Dublin City Council is now inviting applications for the Community Monuments Fund 2026.
Local authorities, private owners, community groups and custodians of monuments are eligible to apply under the following 3 streams:
• Stream 1 will offer grants up to €100,000 aimed at essential repairs and capital works for the conservation and repair of archaeological monuments
• Stream 2 will offer grants of up to €30,000 for development of Conservation Management Plans/Reports that are aimed at identifying measures for conservation of archaeological monuments and improving public access.
• Stream 3 will offer grants of up to €30,000 for enhancement of access infrastructure and interpretation (including virtual/online) at archaeological monuments.
Full details, including how to apply, are available to view at:
dublincity.ie/archaeology-co…
Closing date 30 January 2026
#CMF2026 #HeritageIreland2030 @nationalmonumentsservice
National Monuments Service retweeted
The Community Monuments Fund 2026 is open for applications. Details are on ow.ly/WEtW50XHiIb
#CMF2026 #LoveYourHeritage #RoscommonHeritage #Conservation #YourCouncil #Monuments
National Monuments Service retweeted
Yesterday, 🇮🇪 deposited its instrument of ratification of the 2001 @UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage with Director-General @KhaledElEnany6 🇺🇳
Ireland looks forward to working closely with UNESCO to safeguard our shared underwater heritage 🌊📚
