Over €110,000 in funding has been allocated for the protection of heritage sites across the Shannonside Northern Sound region.
The funding, under the Community Heritage Grants scheme, will help safeguard and improve 13 sites across the region.
In the Shannonside region, Roscommon receives €34,000 for four projects, 11-thousand of which will go towards conservation works at Ryefield Church.
In Longford, over €11,000 will be put towards the Edgeworth Archive Digitization Project and in Leitrim €2,700 will be used for The Ice House Survey and Conservation Plan.
The funding was confirmed to local Minister Heather Humphreys by Minister of State for Heritage Malcolm Noonan.
Leitrim: Kinlough Tidy Towns - The Ice House Survey and Conservation Plan, €2,700
Longford: Edgeworthstown District Development Association Clg - Edgeworth Archive Digitization Project: To provide access to the rich archival material relating to the enlightenment figure Maria Edgeworth 1768-1849, €11,250
Roscommon: Irish Heritage Trust (Strokestown Park) - The aim of "The Treasures of the Strokestown Famine Archive Virtual Exhibit" is to digitize, make accessible and interpret a selection of its archival records with accompanying educational videos, €3,980
Mote Park Conservation Group - Preparation of a Conservation Report in accordance with ICOMOS guidelines and Schedule of Conservation
Works on the mediaeval structures of Kilmaine Church and Mausoleum at Mote Demesne, Co Roscommon, €8,000
Elphin Area Community Enterprise - Conservation report and stabilisation repairs of the ruins of Ryefield Church; a small, unique 18th. C 'barn' church, €10,780
Palynology Gramatan Heritage Group - Palynology Crannog Digital Interpretative Project, €11,400
