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If you miss last nights #RTENationwide focusing on the tradition of drystone walling in Ireland & the collaborative efforts in Cappoquin, Co Waterford to address dereliction, Go to shorturl.at/y4wAJ now @WaterfordHour @DSWAI2 @HeritageHubIRE @WaterfordCounci @LoughBooraPark

We are in Cappoquin to hear how the town is rising to the challenge of dereliction & we hear about the dry stone walling tradition & visit The Gathering of Stones project in Offaly on #RTENationwide Monday 24th March @RTEOne 7pm @LoughBooraPark @DSWAI2 @DeptRCD @DungarvanObserv

Ken Curran from @DSWAI2 explains the 4 different styles of dry stone wall to be seen at The Gathering of Stones in @LoughBooraPark in Offaly. Míníonn Ken Curran dúinn faoin 4 chineál claí cloch atá le feiceáil ag The Gathering of Stones i Lough Boora, Co. Uíbh Fhailí.

Dry stone construction has been practised in Ireland since the Neolithic period. Today it was recognised as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO, something warmly welcomed by practitioners @DSWAI2 @LoughBooraPark @WicklowUplands @IRLOECDUNESCO

Dry Stone Workshop with Eoin Madigan coming up next weekend. Contact one of Eoin's team for further information.

Great to see the Mulranny Stone Wall Festival featuring as one of the case studies 😊 #heritage #drystonewalls @DSWAI2 @HeritageHubIRE @MayoCoCo

@HeritageWeek, @HeritageHubIRE, @DSWAI2

Tá Seachtain na hOidhreachta #HeritageWeek2023 faoi lán seoil Téigh go heritageweek.ie le fáil amach cad atá thart ort chun ár n-oidhreacht chultúir dholáimhsithe a chaomhnú agus a chur chun cinn @HeritageWeek @HeritageHubIRE @DSWAI2

The extension nomination for Dry Stone construction to include Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Ireland and Luxembourg has now officially been signed and delivered to UNESCO. dswai.ie/single-post/ex… @DeptCulturelRL #intangibleculturalheritage #unesco #dswai #drystonewalling #DRYSTONE

Started a busy day this morning @unesco to submit a joint nomination to add Dry Stone Walling to the List of Intangible Cultural Heritag -🇦🇩 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇱🇺 & 🇮🇪 joining 🇭🇷 🇨🇾 🇫🇷 🇬🇷 🇮🇹 🇸🇮 🇪🇸🇨🇭

Still a few places remaining on our Wicklow introduction to Dry Stone Walling Workshop this weekend nots.ie/events/dry-sto…

We're getting ready for our virtual event! 🥳 Rural Skills Hub Coordinator, Carrie, is taking over our social media TOMORROW to share info about the Hub & answer your questions live. Visit our page 11am-3pm to join the discussion #ruralskills #careers #GreenRecoveryChallengeFund

It been a busy day for our participants and our workshop leaders Fergus Packman ...all of our sections completed. #Drystonewalling #Merlinwoods #Galway

Thank you to EVERYONE who entered our Miniature Dry Stone Wall competition. Lots of great entries from all over the world. You can now see all the entries for this years mini walling festival on our website dswai.ie/miniature-wall… #miniaturewalls #féilenagcloch

Thanks to Cllr @OwenHanleyLives for his LIS scheme contribution of 3000 euro , we can work with @GalwayCityCo to continue the #MerlinWoods Conservation Project restoring our dry stonewalls through a number of workshops under the guidance of our expert Fergus Packman

@imagineterrain Hey @imagineterrain how is your miniature dry stone wall coming along. Just a few days left to enter now 😁 competition is heating up!

A miniature stone wall-building contest, run by the Dry Stone Wall Association of Ireland. This is oddly compelling. dswai.ie/miniature-wall…

You don’t need stones or even land under your feet to join our #miniaturewalls competition! Here is a mini arch sent to us by Sara Kaye on the US Coastguard research ship the USCGC Healy. Made of printer cartridge packing foam and Candy. #FeilenagCloch #miniaturewalls

Some great miniature walls starting to come in for our competition To enter your wall in the competition post you photos or videos online using the hashtags #FeilenagCloch #miniaturewalls #drystonewall or email info@dswai.ie Closing date for entries 10th of Oct 2021.

Just a reminder that Féile na gCloch virtual 2021 will primmer today at 1pm Irish Time on the @GalwayBeoOnline Facebook page. facebook.com/events/s/feile… #FeilenagCloch #FeilenagCloch2021