Tipperary Town Revitalisation Heritage Group in collaboration with The Museum of Childhood Ireland and the CTCHC & The Heritage Council (Collaborative Town Centre Health Check) programme has been named as a National Finalist in the 2023 The National Lottery Good Causes Awards.

Financial support from The Heritage Council Community Heritage Grant Scheme enabled this project to run a series of sustainable heritage workshops, encouraging young people to engage with their built environment and inspiring them to reimagine a future for themselves and their town. This community project also highlighted the ability of a towns Architectural Conservation Area to capture a place’s distinctive special quality and allowed us the opportunity to produce a film documenting the towns rich Glove Industry.

The film is scripted and narrated by Dr. Denis G. Marnane and produced by Mary Alice O’Connor and was launched to a capacity audience at Tipperary Excel in August of 2022. The film can be viewed on YouTube under Tipperary cultural films.

The project will now go forward to a special awards ceremony Gala event in Killashee House Hotel in October as one of 34 National Finalists.

Well done to project leads Mary Alice O’Connor Annemarie Ryan Cllr, Majella McAllister (MOCI) and Alison Harvey (Heritage Council CTCHC) and to our extended Heritage Subgroup including Sylvia Green, Martin Quinn, Jacqui Kinahan Finnan, Mary-Margaret’s Photos and Katherina Ryan and thanks to Róisín O’Grady and the Tipperary Heritage Office for their continued support.