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Esri Ireland, the market leader in geographic information systems (GIS), has announced that Galway County Council has digitally mapped over 25,000 memorials, monuments, and gravestones using Esri’s ArcGIS system.

The Roundstone Community Centre buzzed with excitement last week as it hosted the Roundstone’s Hidden Heritage 1824 - 2024 Conference, an event that saw people from all parts of the county and the local community gather in remarkable numbers to celebrate a significant bicentennial milestone.

A conference commemorating Alexander Nimmo’s founding of Roundstone and Hely Dutton’s Statistical Survey of Galway will be held next week. The event on Wednesday July 24 at Roundstone Community Centre, Roundstone, Co. Galway H91 C99W is titled Roundstone’s Hidden Heritage, 1824-2024.

The heritage of Galway’s agricultural and veterinary development will be celebrated and explored in-depth at the upcoming conference titled “Harvesting our Heritage.” This insightful event will take place from 9am to 5pm on Thursday, July 11, at Mountbellew Agricultural College, Mountbellew, Co Galway (H53 WE00).

The Heritage Council has allocated almost half a million euros to specific projects across County Galway aimed at ensuring local historical, archeological and biodiversity initiatives may continue.

The new exhibition, Surrounded by Stone, Galway: 1100 BC – AD 1750 was last week officially launched at Galway City Museum. The opening was performed by Lynn Scarff, Director of the National Museum of Ireland. Other speakers at the event included the Mayor of the City of Galway, Cllr. Eddie Hoare, Chief Executive of Galway City Council, Leonard Cleary and the Director of the Galway City Museum, Eithne Verling.

History enthusiasts and community group representatives from across County Galway have participated in a whistlestop bus tour of some of East Galway’s most intriguing built heritage sites.

An exhibition of photographs of wrought iron gates is currently on display in the Atrium of the Athlone Civic Centre and shall remain open to the public until February 23.

A special Heritage Council publication featuring stories from heritage officers in every county is being launched today to mark 25 years since the Heritage Officer Network was founded. The booklet, ‘Opening the door to Ireland’s heritage’ details one key heritage project from each local authority from the last three years which collectively, highlight the enormous contribution the Network has made to the preservation of our heritage over the last quarter of a century.

A quartet of entries from within the local community were duly recognised at the inaugural Greener Spaces Awards ceremony hosted by Roscommon County Council prior to Christmas.