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OPW flag. The Office of Public Works (OPW) (Irish: Oifig na nOibreacha Poiblí) (legally the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland) is a major Irish Government agency, which manages most of the Irish State's property portfolio, including hundreds of owned and rented Government offices and police properties, oversees National Monuments and directly manages some heritage properties, and is ...
The Office of Public Works (OPW), together with the National Parks and Wildlife Service of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media are responsible for the a number of heritage sites of Ireland. They undertake protection and conservation of Ireland's heritage (specifically buildings and historic sites).
The Magill family acted as residential caretakers, in particular, Joe Magill who worked on the restoration of the gaol from the start until the Gaol was handed over to the Office of Public works. [18] It now houses a museum on the history of Irish nationalism and offers guided tours of the building. An art gallery on the top floor exhibits ...
Historical sites within Glendalough are protected by the Office of Public Works. Conservation in the Republic of Ireland is overseen by a number of statutory and non-governmental agencies, including those with responsibility for conservation of the built environment and conservation of the natural environment in Ireland. Conservation has ...
Doneraile Court is a late-17th century country house near the town of Doneraile in County Cork, Ireland. It stands in 160 hectares (400 acres) of walled parkland known as Doneraile Park or Doneraile Estate. [1] The house remained the seat of the St Leger family from the time of construction until the mid-20th century.
An Office of Public Works worker began the clean-up of graffiti on the Lia Fail standing stone on the Hill of Tara in County Meath after it was vandalised in February (Niall Carson/PA)
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