Funding Advice Centre

FAQs

Can I get funding for my heritage project from Louth County Council?

Louth County Council does not, as some other county councils do, operate a community heritage grant scheme for voluntary groups. The Heritage Council and Louth LEADER do have roles in providing grants to community heritage projects. These would include payments for interpretation materials (e.g. heritage or wildlife panels), for publications or for holding public heritage events. Please contact the heritage office if you have a similar project in mind that you would like to discuss with the heritage officer.

Can I get funding for my forthcoming book on Louth's heritage?

See above and also the information on Heritage Council grants below. In previous years Louth County Council ran a grant scheme called 'PublishLouth'. It was closed down due to the fiscal crisis.

Can I get funding from Louth County Council to help manage a graveyard?

The Environment Section of Louth County Council traditionally employed some caretakers and also provides occasional small grants to a few local, community-based groups to help them to manage local graveyards, burial grounds or cemeteries.

Can I get funding for my heritage project from the Heritage Council?

The Heritage Council usually runs an annual community grant scheme. Click on the link below to open the grants page on this website : Funding Open for Applications.

 Heritage Council grants are available for projects under three themes: Currently these are:

• Heritage Research
• Heritage Management
• Heritage Education, Community and Outreach

Can I get funding to repair my house, my thatched roof, an old church?

Protected Structures
If you own a building which the elected members (the Councillors) have added to the 'Record of Protected Structures' (RPS) in the relevant local (County or town) development plan, you may be able to get a conservation grant from Louth County Council. Protected Structures are listed in either the county or the relevant town development plan. For further information, please contact the Louth conservation office, on 042 939 2932 or by email at conservation@louthcoco.ie. Grants are not normally available for buildings that are not listed on the RPS.  

Thatch Grants
The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government runs a grant for owners of those thatched structures which are permanently lived in as primary dwellings (i.e. not pubs or holidays homes etc.). For further details contact the Housing Grants Section, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Government Buildings, Ballina, Co. Mayo. Tel: 096 24200 and ask for a HA2T Memorandum and the HA1/90 Application Form.