Yesterday, 8th May, President Michael D. Higgins, Taoiseach Simon Harris and Tánaiste Micheál Martin hosted the 100th Annual State Ceremony at Arbour Hill to commemorate the Easter Rising and the executed leaders of 1916 who are buried in the grounds of the Church of the Sacred Heart. This year will mark the 100th State Commemoration of the Arbour Hill Ceremony.

The Office of Public Works is delighted to announce the reopening of heritage sites across Ireland from 16 March 2024. The new season offers a great opportunity for visitors to rediscover the rich and diverse cultural heritage of their local areas.

A public consultation has been launched today inviting members of the public and interested stakeholders to participate in the development of the first World Heritage Strategy for Ireland. A ‘Strategy for World Heritage in Ireland 2024-2034’ will set out a vision for World Heritage in Ireland with an aim to ensure that it is developed and managed in line with the requirements of the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention.

When the Public Record Office of Ireland was reduced to rubble and ashes in the Irish civil war, seven centuries of precious historical documents were lost. Exactly 100 years later, the public…

The Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin, published online a significant Decade of Centenaries Programme for 2022. The Government allocated €5 million to the…

Pictured above: Tomás Mac Curtain and Terence MacSwiney On Friday 11th June, 2021 at 3.00 p.m. the Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Joe Kavanagh, will host a Special Ceremony online…

Looking at images of times past gives an insight into history – we can see where we came from, and marvel at how different life was. The images can also…