County Wicklow Heritage Plan
Nov. 2015
The County Wicklow Heritage Plan is a 5 year strategic plan with targeted actions to
enhance the protection, appreciation and knowledge of our natural, cultural and
built heritage. It is a partnership plan, initiated and co-ordinated by Wicklow County
Council through the Wicklow Heritage Forum and reliant on the input of many
stakeholders for its implementation. As part of the process of preparing a new Plan
we would love to get your views by completing and returning this questionnaire.
Alternatively you can contact us directly with your submission (details at end)
1. By definition ‘heritage’ includes; Monuments, archaeology, heritage objects,
architecture, flora, fauna, wildlife habitats, landscapes, seascapes, wrecks,
geology, heritage gardens and parks and inland waterways.
Q Which types of heritage are you most interested in?
Q Are there other aspects of heritage, of importance to county Wicklow, that are not
listed above? If so please list
2. The actions in the existing Heritage Plan are grouped under the following four
themed objectives;
 Gathering information about Wicklow’s Heritage in order to better understand
it
 Raising Awareness and promoting appreciation of Wicklow’s Heritage
 Enhancing the protection of Wicklow’s Heritage through Best Practice and
practical actions
 Encouragement of partnership and greater community participation
Q Are there additional objectives that you would like to see included in the next
Heritage Plan? If so please state.
3. Gathering information about Wicklow’s Heritage:
Q Are we lacking information about any aspects of our heritage in Wicklow? If yes,
please elaborate
Q Who do you think has a role to play in compiling information about Wicklow’s
heritage(Please rank in order of importance with 1= highest)
Interested individuals
Older people
History Societies
School children
Environmental groups
Hiking / Walking Groups
Wicklow County Council
Academics/ Experts
Tidy towns groups
Tourists
Sports clubs
Chambers of commerce
Local Businesses
Wicklow County Tourism
State Bodies
Any others? please name
Q Can you suggest any ways that the next Heritage Plan can help to compile more
information about heritage in county Wicklow?
4. Raising Awareness and promoting appreciation of Wicklow’s Heritage
Q From which of the following sources do you receive information about Heritage in
County Wicklow (please tick)
Local Library
TV programmes
Talks/ Lectures/ Conferences
National institutions
Local Radio
Local publications
Exhibitions
Websites / Facebook/ Twitter etc
National Radio
Word of Mouth
National newspapers
Training Courses
Wicklow newspapers
Parish/ residents newsletter
Local Journals
Museums & Heritage Centres
Others? please list
Signage at Heritage Sites
Q Would you like to have more access to information about heritage in county
Wicklow?
Q Can you suggest any ways that the Heritage Plan can help to make heritage
information more accessible to all?
Q Do you use social media? If so which platform/s are you most likely to use to get and
share news about heritage in Wicklow.
5. Enhancing the protection of Wicklow’s Heritage through Best Practice and
practical actions
Q Which of the following do you think is most important when it comes to increasing
the protection of heritage in Wicklow? (Please rank in order of importance with 1=
highest)
Public awareness
Community involvement
Legislation
County Development Plan
Funding
Professional Heritage Expertise
Signage
Research
County Heritage Plan
Enforcement of existing legislation
Guidance on best practice
Education
Other? Please elaborate.
6. Encouragement of partnership and greater community participation
Q Would you like to participate more actively in promoting and protecting heritage in
County Wicklow? If yes, please tick any of the following that describes best how you
would like to participate
Help to organise heritage related events in my local area
Support heritage events (talks/walks) in Wicklow
Attend heritage related training and education courses
Participate on heritage committees
Develop a new project in my local area
Contribute information to an online heritage archive
Become better informed generally about heritage in Wicklow
Give public talks on heritage
Report damage to heritage sites to statutory bodies
Carry out my own research to compile information about local heritage
Volunteer my time regularly (1-4 times per month) for activities with a local group
Volunteer my time occasionally (1-4 times per year) to help a particular project (e.g. festival/ event0
Share my knowledge with local schools
Q Are you currently actively involved in promoting and protecting your local heritage?
If yes, please tell us more,
Thank you for taking the time to submit your views for consideration in this stage of
the County Wicklow Heritage Plan preparation. If you have any other comments,
suggestions or ideas that you would like to include, please let us know below (please add
additional sheets as needed)
Please return this completed to: dburns@wicklowcoco.ie or to County Wicklow Heritage Plan,
Heritage Office, Wicklow County Council, County Buildings, Wicklow Town, Co. Wicklow.
Contact: Deirdre Burns, Heritage Officer dburns@wicklowcoco.ie T: 0404 20100
For more information about Heritage in Wicklow and actions of the Heritage Plan please see
www.wicklow.ie / heritage or www.countywicklowheritage.org .
If you would like to receive correspondence from the Heritage Office of Wicklow County Council
on this matter in the future please include your contact details below:
Name:________________________________________
E- Mail_____________________________ Postal Address____________________