Grant scheme funding available now for heritage projects in Tipperary

The Heritage Council is now accepting applications from voluntary or community groups and not for profit non-governmental organisations in Tipperary for its Community Heritage Grant Scheme 2025.

In 2024, the scheme funded theGaltee-Vee ValleyHeritageGroup to restore Leahy's Bar in Ballyporeen to create an information hub forheritageof the Galtee-Vee Valley, it supported the Sliabh-Ardagh Local Interest Mining Committee Group to undertake conservation works at the Copper Steeple (a mining ventilation shaft/chimney built in 1863) and the Friends of Bianconi Group in Tipperary received funding to conserve Charles Bianconi's Mortuary Chapel in Boherlahan village.

A broad range of project types are eligible for funding under the scheme including:

• Conservation works to collections, objects or places, including naturalheritageprojects e.g. control of invasive species or habitat restoration works; conservation works to buildings, including churches; stabilisation works to ruined structures;
• Surveys, reports, plans, and audits to inform the future management of buildings and monuments, habitats, collections, or objects.
• Accessibility projects that make heritage activities more accessible for people with disabilities e.g. building ramps, automatic doors, handrails, tactile interpretation
• Projects that help people engage more with theirheritagee.g. interactive maps, videos, virtual exhibitions, podcasts, websites
• Purchase of specialised equipment e.g archival boxing for vulnerable documents, monitoring equipment for humidity or light, interpretation/multimedia equipment, specialised software
• Projects that address theheritageof minority groups e.g an oral history project documenting Travellerheritage
• Training in traditional skills and crafts e.g. workshops on skills such as roofing, thatch, dry stone walling etc.
• Citizen science projects on environmental conservation

The minimum grant that can be requested through the scheme is €500. The maximum is €25,000.

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The variety of applicants who successfully secured funding in 2024 demonstrates the positive impact the scheme has across theheritagespectrum.A full list of projects funded last year is available from below:

https://www.heritagecouncil.ie/content/images/2024_Community_-Grants_Offer.pdf

A full overview of eligibility criteria and other relevant details are available from theHeritageCouncil’s website below:

https://www.heritagecouncil.ie/funding/community-heritage-grant-scheme-2

The closing date for applications is Friday, 14th of March 2025 at 11pm. Applications must be made via the Heritage Council’s online grants management system. Funded projects must be completed by 14 November 2025. 

The Heritage Council will host a Zoom information webinar on the scheme at 12 noon on Friday the 7th of February with general application advice followed by a question and answers session. The event will be recorded and available on our website for viewing afterwards. Registration details are available here.