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Wicklow Mountain Views – The Newsletter of the Wicklow Uplands Council.
Issue No. 28.
Celebrating Heritage in West Wicklow
In March, the Baltinglass Courthouse provided the landmark setting for a celebration of Wicklow’s heritage. Organised by the Heritage Office of Wicklow County Council in association with the Baltinglass Town Renewal Group and the Baltinglass Municipal District, the event saw the official launch of the County Wicklow Heritage Plan 2017-22 and the launch of three new Heritage Trail brochures for West Wicklow.
The production of three Heritage Trail brochures highlighting the heritage ‘points of interest’ that could be visited along three driving/cycling routes; Blessington Lakeside area, West Wicklow and South West Wicklow was carried out as an action of the Wicklow Heritage Plan and co-ordinated by the Heritage Office through a heritage local recording project.
Michael Starrett, CE Heritage Council, Cllr. Edward Timmins, Deirdre Burns, Noel Keyes, Enda Mullen, Joan Kavanagh, Catherine Wright, Dr. Keith Smith, Niamh Fitzgerald, Cllr. Vincent Blake and Frank Curran, CE Wicklow County Council.
Michael Starrett, Chief Executive of the Heritage Council, spoke at the event and highlighted the important role that local communities and individuals have in telling the stories of their local areas. He praised the Plan and the Heritage Trails and re-iterated the Heritage Council’s commitment to supporting ongoing heritage activity in Wicklow.
Copies of the brochures are now available in tourist offices and local venues. To read more about these projects, please visit Wicklow’s community heritage website: www.countywicklowheritage.org
Deirdre Burns, Heritage Officer, Wicklow County Council
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