2011 ICOMOS Ireland Annual Outing
The 2011 ICOMOS Ireland Annual Outing took place on 11 June. It included a visit to the Giant's Causeway Coast, designated a World Heritage site in 1986, with a guided tour by Prof. Bernard Smith, Queen's University. This was followed by presentations by Julia Loughnane, Project Architect with Heneghan Peng on design of the new visitor centre, and Graham Thompson, National Trust. After this, the group visited Dunluce Castle, guided by Dr Colin Breen who had recently re-commenced archaeological excavations on the site.
Past Outings
2010
The 2010 ICOMOS Ireland Annual Outing took place on 29 May. It included a visit to the ancient monastic site of Clonmacnoise, Co Offaly.
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.
