25 February 2010
ICOMOS Ireland/Follies Trust Lecture
"Journeys in Time: from Emperor Hadrian to Frank Lloyd Wright, John Fiddler accounts his international experience as an architect in the conservation of buildings and archaeological sites"
- Speaker: John Fiddler
- Time: 7.30pm
- NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE: St Stephen's Church, Mount Street Crescent, Dublin 2
- All welcome, admission €10
All proceeds from the lecture will be spent on the conservation of two 18th century follies, designed by the architect Thomas Wright, at Tollymore, Co. Down. The project is being undertaken in memory of Dick Oram, former trustee of the Follies Trust and former Vice-President of ICOMOS Ireland.
16-18 October 2009
Joint ICOMOS Ireland/ICOMOS-UK Meeting
Theme: "Cultural Landscapes"
Venue: Dublin Castle
ICOMOS Ireland and ICOMOS-UK are pleased to invite members to what is hoped to be the first of a series of annual meetings between Ireland and the UK. This will be a great chance for members to network and share their views through workshops and presentations that will explore new landscape initiatives in line with the aims of the European Landscape Convention.
18 April 2009
International Day for Monuments and Sites
Theme 2009: "Heritage and Science"
Exploring the role that science has played in the creation of heritage and its contribution to the study of heritage.
To celebrate this day the following events will take place in association with ICOMOS Ireland:
Birr, Co. Offaly
- 'A guided tour of Ireland's Historic Science Centre and the Great Telescope on the Birr Castle Demense'
- Speaker: John Joyce
- Time: 14.15 p.m., 18 April
- Venue: Historic Science Centre, Birr Castle Demense, Birr, Co. Offaly
- All welcome & admission free - no reservations required
- Lunch for purchase at the Courtyard Café, for more information please visit www.birrcastle.com
Cork City
- 'A guided tour of four buildings in Cork City: the UCC Observatory, the Photonics Building (former Maltings Complex), the Lifetime Lab (former Cork City Corporation Waterworks) and the UCC Environmental Institute'.
- Speaker: Pat Ruane, Conservation Officer
- Time: 11.30 a.m.,18 April
- ICOMOS Ireland Annual Outing (members only)
The following events will take place in association with the International Day for Monuments and Sites although on different dates:
Dublin City
- Talk: 'Gallanstown Waterworks - its contribution to social, political and engineering theory.'
- Speaker: Michael Corcoran
- Time: 6.30 p.m., 23 April
- Venue: Dublin City Library and Archive (Gilbert Library), 138-144 Pearse Street
- All welcome & admission free - no reservations required
Rathnew, Co. Wicklow
- Talk: “The Remarkable Robert Halpin”
- Speaker: Jim Rees, local historian and author.
- Time: 8 p.m., 22 April
- Venue: Tinakilly House, Rathnew, Co. Wicklow
- All welcome & admission free - no reservations required
- For further information contact Deirdre Burns, Heritage Officer, Wicklow County Council, Phone: 0404-20100
Tinakilly House is the former home of Captain Robert Halpin, the renowned Wicklow mariner. As Captain of the famous "Great Eastern", Haplin played a major part in revolutionising world communications by laying over 2000 miles of transatlantic telegraphic cables in 1865. So fond of his great ship was Halpin that he modelled much of the interior of his home in Wicklow, now Tinakilly House, on it - part of the cable and much family memorabilia remains on display.
