Dúchas na Sionna formally lodge plans for Hastings Farmhouse redevelopment
*Hastings Farmhouse. A PLANNING application has been lodged with Clare County Council to transform Hastings Farmhouse in Shannon into a centre for community education.
*Hastings Farmhouse. A PLANNING application has been lodged with Clare County Council to transform Hastings Farmhouse in Shannon into a centre for community education.
*An aerial view of Hastings Farmhouse. DÚCHAS na Sionna hopes to create a lasting legacy for the town of Shannon which connects the industrial town to its historical foundations through the restoration of Hastings Farmhouse.
A mud wall under construction. Photograph: John O’Brien MUD and lime building workshops are to take place at Hastings Farmhouse in Shannon across the first week of October.
How a dwelling house would have been constructed in centuries gone by will be explained at a Heritage Week event jointly organised by Dúchas na Sionna and the Shannon Archaeological and Historical Society this Sunday (August 25th).
Areas of the Wetlands in Shannon have been omitted from the area’s grass cutting contract, a local representative has flagged.
A special Shannon restoration project will be launched this weekend as part of National Heritage Week and will feature an afternoon of music and storytelling.
Senior officials in Clare County Council have confirmed there has been “considerable interest” to an application to construct a biomass plant in Stonehall.
*Pictured in Moycullen at a joint meeting of the ICAN project community participants, left to right, Eric Shaw, Clarecastle Community Development Group; Congella McGuire, Heritage Officer, Clare County Council; John O’Brien, Shannon Historical Society; Olive Carey, Dúchas na Sionna A number of Clare heritage groups are partnering with the National Museum of Ireland and Clare …
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