Fiona MacGowan, Ecologist; Roghan Headen, committee chairman; Mary O'Dwyer and Anne Duff, committee members; Margaret Quinlan, Conservation Architect; Tom Nelligan, Historian; Michael Parsons, Heritage Council chairman and Laois Heritage chairman; Catherine Casey, Laois Heritage Officer and committee member Catherine Duff at the launch of the Timahoe Conservation Plan in Timahoe Heritage Centre.
Picture: Alf Harvey.
The Timahoe Conservation Plan launched Sunday August 19 as a part of Laois Heritage Week.
Historian Tom Nelligan of The Standing Stone launched the plan on the night.
The plan was written by Margaret Quinlan and constructed alongside ecologist Fiona McGowan, archaeologist Dave Pollock and art historian Rachel Moss.
The plan was done in partnership with Timahoe Development Association, led by Roghan Headen.
The Heritage Council were represented at the launch by Chairman Michael Parsons, who funded the plan.
Eoin Barry, labour area representative tweeted; “Attended the launch of the Timahoe Monastic Site conservation plan this evening.
“Great work has gone into the plan from the local community. The site is definitely worth a visit if you’re traveling in Laois.”
Copies of the plan can be purchased at Timahoe Heritage Centre, and an electronic version will be on Laois.ie shortly.
Alf Harvey went along to take some photos and you can see them below:
Committee members Anne Duff, Mary O’Dwyer and Catherine Duff at the launch of the Timahoe Conservation Plan in Timahoe Heritage Centre. Picture: Alf Harvey.John Delaney, Roghan Headen and Noel Ramsbottom at the launch of the Timahoe Conservation Plan in Timahoe Heritage Centre. Picture: Alf Harvey.Kevin and Teresa O’Leary, Clondalkin History Society at the launch of the Timahoe Conservation Plan in Timahoe Heritage Centre. Picture: Alf Harvey.Peter Bennett and Kate Doyle at the launch of the Timahoe Conservation Plan in Timahoe Heritage Centre. Picture: Alf Harvey.Roghan Headen, committee chairman; Fiona MacGowan, Ecologist; Catherine Casey, Laois Heritage Officer; Michael Parsons, Heritage Council chairman and Laois Heritage chairman; Margaret Quinlan, Conservation Architect and Tom Nelligan, Historian at the launch of the Timahoe Conservation Plan in Timahoe Heritage Centre. Picture: Alf Harvey.Michael Parsons, Heritage Council chairman and Laois Heritage chairman; Margaret Quinlan, Conservation Architect; Catherine Casey, Laois Heritage Officer; Fiona MacGowan, Ecologist; Roghan Headen, committee chairman and Tom Nelligan, Historian at the launch of the Timahoe Conservation Plan in Timahoe Heritage Centre. Picture: Alf Harvey.The launch of the Timahoe Conservation Plan in Timahoe Heritage Centre. Picture: Alf Harvey.Fiona MacGowan, Ecologist; Roghan Headen, committee chairman; Margaret Quinlan, Conservation Architect; Tom Nelligan, Historian and Michael Parsons, Heritage Council chairman and Laois Heritage chairman at the launch of the Timahoe Conservation Plan in Timahoe Heritage Centre. Picture: Alf Harvey.
