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Bru Na Boinne
Bru Na Boinne
Bru Na Boinne
Bru Na Boinne
Bru Na Boinne
Bru na Boinne

Brú na Bóinne

Landscape of Light and Time
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Sceilg Michil

Sceilg Mhichíl

An Island Monastery Towering over the Sea
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The Passage Tomb Landscape

The Passage Tomb Landscape of County Sligo

Sacred Neolithic Landscape
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The Royal Sites

Royal Sites of Ireland

Ancient Irish Sites of Royal Inauguration
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Transatlantic Cable Ensemble

Transatlantic Cable Ensemble

The Cable that Changed the World
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‘Tá idirleathadh leathan chultúir, agus oideachais an chine dhaonna i gcomhair ceartais, saoirse agus síocháin riachtanach do dhínit an duine agus mar dhualgas sácráilte ag gach tír meon comhoibrithe agus cúraim a chomhlíonadh’

Bunreacht EOECNA (UNESCO) 1945

Oidhreacht Dhomhanda

Eascraíonn an smaoineamh d’Oidhreacht Dhomhanda ó phrionsabail an cheartais, saoirse agus síocháin, a spreag gá le hoidhreacht chultúrtha agus nádúrtha atá ar chaighdeán Sár-Luach Uilíoch a chaomhnú go domhanda ionas go mbainfeadh glúnta an lae inniu agus na glúnta amach romhainn tairbhe astu.

Cuireadh Coinbhinsiún maidir le Cosaint Oidhreachta Chultúrtha agus Nádúrtha an Domhain ar bun ag EOECNA i 1972 agus daingníodh é in Éirinn i 1991. Is é an cuspóir a bhí leis ná tuiscint, síocháin agus comhoibriú idir tíortha a chothú ionas go gcaomhnófaí oidhreacht ar fud na cruinne. Den chéad uair riamh, aithníodh ag coinbhinsiún idirnáisiúnta go gcuimsíonn oidhreacht cultúr agus mar thoradh uirthi go mbíonn daoine ag idirghníomhú leis an dúlra.

Tá cuid de na samplaí is tábhachtaí d’oidhreacht chultúrtha agus nádúrtha ar domhan ar LIOsta Oidhreachta Domhanda EOECNA.

Láithreáin Oidhreachta Domhanda agus Ainmniúcháin UNESCO Eile

MarcóirCineál Láithreáin
Red MarkerRéadmhaoin Oidhreacht Domhanda
Blue MarkerMaoin Liosta Sealadach
Purple MarkerGnéithe Cuimhne an Domhain
Green MarkerTearmann Bithsféir
Yellow MarkerCathair Chruthaitheach
Orange MarkerGeopháirc Domhanda

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The World Heritage Education Programme - Patrimonito International Storyboard Competition 2022 - Call for Submissions

Posted on 29 August 2022

UNESCO’s World Heritage Education Programme have announced the Patrimonito International Storyboard Competition 2022. This scheme dates back to 2002 when the World Heritage Education Programme launched the cartoon series ‘Patrimonito’s World Heritage Adventures’. The cartoon aims to raise the awareness of the importance of heritage preservation among the youth, through a “by young

Ministers announce new World Heritage Tentative List for Ireland

Posted on 23 August 2022

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, TD, and Minister of State with Responsibility for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcom Noonan TD have announced a new World Heritage Tentative List for Ireland. The Tentative List is an inventory of natural and cultural heritage sites that may have potential to demonstrate Outstanding Universal Value and therefore
Skellig Management Plan

New Ten-year Sceilg Mhichíl Management Plan strengthens commitment to protect, conserve and promote the UNESCO World Heritage Island

Posted on 17 December 2021

Minister of State with Responsibility for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcom Noonan TD, and the Minister of State with Responsibility for the Office of Public Works, Patrick O’Donovan TD, have today launched a new 10-year management plan for the UNESCO World Heritage Property of Sceilg Mhichíl. This second ten-year management plan is an important milestone in the story of Sceilg Mhichíl,
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Minister Endorses Recommendations for New World Heritage Tentative List

Posted on 10 November 2021

Minister of State with Responsibility for Heritage and Electoral Reform Malcom Noonan TD has welcomed receipt of recommendations from an Expert Advisory Group (EAG) appointed by him last June to review applications to become part of a new Tentative List of potential World Heritage Properties for Ireland. World Heritage Properties are sites of cultural and/or natural heritage designated by UNESCO
Beehive Huts,Skellig Micheal

Update on preparing a new World Heritage Tentative List for Ireland

Posted on 8 July 2021

In line with UNESCO advice that World Heritage Tentative Lists be reviewed at least every ten years, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage launched a call for applications in January 2019 to create a new Tentative List of World Heritage Properties in Ireland with a deadline for applications to be submitted by 30 June 2021. The Department received six valid applications to join
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Foilseacháin is déanaí

A Guide to World Heritage Nomination - World Heritage Advice Series No. 1

Published on 1 December 2023

‘A Guide to World Heritage Nomination’ has been developed by the National Monuments Service with international best practice in mind. This guide aims to assist local authorities that are working to progress the nomination of sites on Ireland’s UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List.

The publication is the first in a new World Heritage Advice Series to assist members of the public and key stakeholders in understanding the various World Heritage processes and requirements within an Irish context.

Sceilg Mhichíl World Heritage Property Management Plan 2020–30: Action Programme – Progress Tracker (March 2023)

Published on 31 July 2023

This report, dated March 2023, tracks the progress of implementing the action programme of the Sceilg Mhichíl World Heritage Property Management Plan 2020–30.

Summary of the Attributes for Ireland’s two existing World Heritage Properties - ‘Brú na Bóinne’ and ‘Sceilg Mhichíl’

Published on 28 July 2023

This report provides the methodology for the extraction and distillation of the attributes of the World Heritage Properties of Brú na Bóinne and Sceilg Mhichíl from their Statements of Outstanding Universal Value in the context of UNESCO’s Third Cycle Periodic Reporting for Europe and North America.

Sceilg Mhichíl Works Report 2022

Published on 4 May 2023

The Sceilg Mhichíl Works Report 2022 aims to outline the repair works completed on the UNESCO World Heritage Property of Sceilg Mhichíl in the season of 2022.

World Heritage Tentative List Technical Evaluation

Published on 25 November 2022

The World Heritage Tentative List Technical Evaluation sets out how each Tentative List application was evaluated and outlines the basis for inclusion in Ireland’s new (2022) World Heritage Tentative List.

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