Local Communities In Kildare To Benefit From €80,000 In Heritage Funding

Friday, 22 April 2022 14:43

By Caoimhe Harney

File image: Tea Lane Conservation Project

Two locations in Castledermot will receive funding.

Local communities in Kildare will benefit from over €80,000 in funding.

The Dunmanogue Graveyard Conservation Group in Kildare will use its €20,000 grant to implement a conservation management plan that will enable the local community to conserve and preserve the archaeological, architectural and natural heritage in this important historic graveyard.

The Tea Lane Graveyard Restoration Committee in Celbridge will receive €7,500 to carry out a feasibility study on the viability of opening up windows and to prepare a conservation methodology tender of drawings, specifications and schedule of works for windows at Tea Lane graveyard.

Two locations in Castledermot will benefit from funding including a small old church, that is relatively unknown.

The restoration of historically significant buildings, as well as the funding given to upgrade and update websites and accessibility, will attract more tourists; create greater footfall across the country to the benefit of local economies; and the preservation of habitats will allow wildlife to flourish.

Last year, Heritage Council funding enabled a community heritage group to restore the World War II "EIRE 6" neutrality/aerial recognition sign on Howth Head.

President Michael D. Higgins unveiled the sign, which acted as a navigation marker during World War II, on April 9.

Before Heritage Council funding was granted, the sign had been completely buried but is now visible to flight passengers upon descent into Dublin airport.

Architecture Officer, Heritage Office Colm Murray spoke with Ciara Noble on Friday's Kildare Focus:

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