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UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List Virtual Workshop – 18 and 25 June 2020
Posted on 30 June 2020
The National Monuments Service, in partnership with ICOMOS Ireland, hosted a follow-up workshop for the stakeholders to the Irish Tentative List of World Heritage properties. The event took place over two mornings on 18 June and 25 June, 2020. Due to the current Covid-19 restrictions, the event was held online.
The goal of the workshop was to deepen participants’ understanding of the World

UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List Workshop, Killarney, Co. Kerry – 15 February 2020
Posted on 20 February 2020
On Saturday, 15 February 2020, the National Monuments Service of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in conjunction with ICOMOS Ireland, held a workshop and roundtable discussion with stakeholders to Ireland’s World Heritage Tentative List.
The purpose of the workshop was to raise awareness of the World Heritage Convention and to provide information and guidance in

World Heritage Seminar, Dublin Castle, September 2013
Posted on 2 October 2013
On 12 September 2013 in Dublin Castle, Jimmy Deenihan TD, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht hosted a one-day seminar on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List. The seminar involved representatives from local authorities and community groups and included various presentations from an international panel of experts who outlined the procedures involved in progressing a site from the