2010 ICOMOS Ireland Annual Outing

The 2010 ICOMOS Ireland Annual Outing will take place on 29 May. It will include a visit to the ancient monastic site of Clonmacnoise, Co Offaly.

Past Outings

2009

The 2009 ICOMOS Ireland Annual Outing took place on the International Day of Monuments and Sites on the 18 April in Cork City.

Pat Ruane, Conservation Officer for Cork City, gave a guided tour of four buildings related to the theme 'Heritage and Science':

• UCC Observatory (19th C., recently restored)
• Photonics Building (former Maltings complex)
• Lifetime Lab (former Cork Corporation Waterworks, now a visitor & education centre about sustainability)
• UCC Environmental Research Institute (new building housing environmental research bodies).

2008

The 2008 ICOMOS Ireland Annual Outing took place on 29 May. It included visits to the National Botanic Gardens and Glasnevin Cemetery.

George McCullough (CEO), Peter Harbison (historian) and Jason Ellis (stone conservator) presented Glasnevin cemetery in the morning. Following lunch, Peter Wyse Jackson (OPW) and Ciaran O’Connor (OPW) presented the Botanic Gardens.