Limerick heritage sites including Treaty Stone awarded €282,263 in Historic Structures Funding

Historic Structures Fund 2022 allocates €47,263 for essential repairs and conservation works to the Treaty Stone pedestal.

The Treaty Stone, along with Goggin Cottage, Ballyvorneen Outbuildings and Healy’s, Kilfinane have been awarded €282,263 in funding to conserve the notable historic structures

Well-known Limerick heritage site, the Treaty Stone, along with Goggin Cottage, Ballyvorneen Outbuildings and Healy’s, Kilfinane, has been awarded €282,263 funding to conserve notable historic structures under the Historic Structures Fund 2022.

€47,263 was allocated for essential repairs and conservation works to the Treaty Stone pedestal, to secure the long-term integrity and safety of the national monument.

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The sites have been awarded funding for diverse reasons including conservation repairs and bringing back into use a previously uninhabitable heritage cottage, the restoration of Historic shopfront façades and further essential works. 

A total of €4m was awarded nationwide through the Historic Structures Fund 2022 (HSF), administered by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in partnership with the 31 Local Authorities. The announcement follows that of €4m in funding under the Department’s other built heritage grant scheme, the Built Heritage Investment Scheme, earlier this month.

In addition to supporting owners and custodians of historic and protected structures to safeguard and maintain their properties, this funding will also provide a welcome boost to conservation professionals and tradespeople, including in specialist heritage roles such as thatching and stonework. Following on from the successful introduction of the Historic Shopfront Stream last year, the HSF has again made funding available for a range of shop fronts including bars and pubs which operate in buildings of historical significance

Through grants of between €15,000 and €200,000, the HSF assists owners of heritage structures – including those on the local authorities’ Record of Protected Structures and those in Architectural Conservation Areas – to meet their obligations to care for their properties. The scheme provides assistance to a wide range of heritage structures – this year’s HSF includes awards to historic bridges, castles, churches, mills, libraries, shopfronts, and an old forge, as well as to private houses. 

Announcing the awards, Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan TD, said, “I am delighted to announce another €4m investment in our built heritage. This year’s Historic Structures Fund will assist 78 owners and custodians of historic and protected structures across the country as they carry out hundreds of conservation projects to repair and safeguard our built heritage.”

Commenting on the announcement, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, TD, said, “It is great to see the number and range of projects which will be supported by this investment of €4m under the Historic Structures Fund. These schemes help to safeguard our rich built heritage, keeping many buildings in use and helping to bring many others back into use. The awards announced today also have a welcome knock-on economic benefit by generating employment for heritage contractors and other skilled crafts and tradespeople across the country.”

Further information on supports to Architectural and Built Heritage is available HERE and HERE

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