Friends of An Taisce

Heritage Property in Co. Meath. Battered walls and a possible earthen construction. Once you start looking you can't un-see them, they are everywhere! (Photo Credit: Kevin Duff/An Taisce)
#antaisce #friendsofantaice #irishheritage #traditionalskills #historichousesofireland #buildingsatriskregister

A traditional Irish Cottage with a beautifully maintained thatch roof. These cottages are stunning beautiful if cared for and feel like an ode to our ancestors. (Photo: Karl MPhotography/Pexels) #antaisce #friendsofantaisce #protectirshheriatge #irishdiaspora

Decline in number and quality of saltmarshes in Ireland Saltmarshes are in decline all over the world, including in Ireland, which is seeing the size of its wetlands decreasing as well as a significant decline in the quality of the ecosystems.

Fantastic work done by amazing groups safeguarding these habitats, interviewed are incredible An Taisce volunteer Rebecca Jeffares on Booterstown Nature Reserve Dublin & in Cork, Jim Wilson on Harper's Island Wetlands. Clean Coasts is a proud supporter of their projects.

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Rugged Irish landscapes and beautiful stone heritage buildings. It is easy to forget how important these buildings would have been to our ancestors. Help us to protect our heritage and the environment! (Photo credit: Bob Jenkin, Pexels) #antaisce #friendsofantaisce #irishheriatge #culturalmemory

A beautiful derelict cottage in Ireland, you can see where each stone was carefully chosen to fit with its neighbor, and the old thatch is quietly dissolving back into nature. (Photo Credit: Liam Shannon/Pexels)
#protectirishheritage #antaisca #friendsofantaisce #IrishHeritage #CulturalMemory

#BuiltHeritage
The roof, sails and the milling machinery are long gone but the ruined stone drum of this windmill remains in a high-up location near Nobber, Co Meath, providing a reminder of wind-powered local food production of the past.

#HistoricIrishWindmills
#MeathHeritage
#IndustrialHeritage

Now seeking a full-time Communications Officer for An Taisce National Spring Clean.

This can be a hybrid role based out of our Dublin office or remote-working depending on the successful candidate.

Full details:
www.antaisce.org/vacancies

#environmentaljobs
#NationalSpringClean

Our first blog post of 2026 is up on our website to read - link in our bio! Read all about the importance of preserving Irish heritage and how the Irish American community can contribute.
#antaisca #friendsofantaisce #IrishDiaspora #irishamerican #IrishHeritage #protectirishheritage

There is so much beauty waiting for us across Ireland! Help us to bring derelict Traditional Irish Cottages to life again! Like, share, comment on our posts so we can reach the people who want to help! (Photo: Annie Japaud/Pexels) #antaisce #friendsofantaisce #saveirishheritage #saveirishcottages

This modern looking cottage style building sits derelict within the landscape, although charming, it reveals the problem of dereliction throughout the Irish countryside. Help us save them all! (Photo Credit: Jonathan Borba, Galway)
#antaisca #friendsofantaisce #IrishHeritage #protectirishheritage

Reflecting on 2025 and looking ahead at a new year of exciting projects at An Taisce An Taisce CEO Gary Freemantle reflects on a year defined by progress, vigilance, and renewed national attention to Ireland’s environment and heritage. Never has An Taisce's role as guardians of Irelan...

Our CEO, Gary Freemantle reflects on a year defined by progress, vigilance, and renewed national attention to Ireland’s environment & heritage. Never has An Taisce's role as guardian of Ireland's natural and built heritage felt more urgent or more visible.
www.antaisce.org/news/reflect...

Happy New Year to All! We are excited for what the new year holds for us in 2026 here at Friends of An Taisce, and we have so much to share with you in the coming months. Preserving the built heritage of Ireland is at the top of our list of actions!
#friendsofantaisce #antaisce #saveirishheritage

Sinead Owens & Mary Anthony exploring the world of Traditional Thatched Buildings in North County Dublin!
#antaisce #friendsofantaisce #saveirishheritage #saveirishbuildings #traditionalirishthatchedbuildings #traditionalirish

Traditional Irish Cottages - this photo c.1903 Ireland shows the thatch on a traditional cottage being repaired. Help us to support Traditional Irish Rural Buildings and Traditional Skills! (Photo: Library of Congress: stereo 1s27967)
#antaisca #friendsofantaisce #irishhistoryandheritage

Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone, we hope you get to spend time with family and friends! We are looking forward to sharing more news on preserving Irish Heritage in the coming months with you!
(Vintage Photo: Irish Family, taken from Original)

Check out the new Friends of An Taisce blog update on our website - link in profile! #friendsofantaisce #antaisce #irishheritsgenews #saveirishheritage

Our great Advocacy team were invited to attend a Joint Oireachtas Committee session on solar regulations last night, and highlighted the importance of early public participation, and ecologically-sensitive siting of solar farms

For more:
www.antaisce.org/news/an-tais...

Athy, Kildare has an impressive refurbished Emily Square market space.

The square, previously dominated by car parking, now repaved in stone, complements development of the Town Hall with new extension for rejuvenated museum, The Shackleton Experience.

#builtheritage #builtheritageconservation

Irish vernacular buildings hold a wealth of history & heritage! Help and support us to save as many as we can! #friendsofantaisce #antaisce #saveirshheritage #buildingsatrisk #americanirishsupport

#BuiltHeritage

This stone obelisk in County Meath makes a fine eyecatcher on the Dublin-Slane road near Ashbourne

Named the Brindley Memorial, it was erected in 1880 for a huntsman who lived locally and features related carvings around its base

#MeathHeritage #IrishFollies #ArchitecturalHeritage

Entrance gate to Saunderscourt, a once-grand Georgian country-house estate near Wexford Town.
Having stood disused for many years, the Palladian late-18th-century limestone-arch gate & its twin redbrick gate lodges will shortly be restored for holiday let use by
Irish Landmark Trust
#BuiltHeritage

Connaught St, once the commercial heart of the west side of Athlone, Westmeath has experienced serious urban decline over several decades & now has largescale vacancy & dereliction issues.

It requires a regeneration programme such as the Historic Towns Initiative

#DerelictIreland
#BuiltHeritage

An Taisce's Limerick Local Association held a fantastic event on the vital role of urban trees last night.

Congratulations to all involved and providing a wonderful way to showcase the huge value trees bring to the cityscape, backed by an ever-increasing wealth of evidence.

#climateactionnow

Happy Halloween/Oíche Shamhna
Halloween marks the eve of Samhain on November 1st.
Traditionally, the barrier between the 'Otherworld' of the dead & world of the living is at its most transparent. People often carved turnips into frightening lanterns to carry with them or display on windowsills.

We were delighted that our recent event in NY, introducing Friends of An Taisce to the American Irish Community, was a success! Our mission to save Irish heritage is off to a flying start! #friendsofantaisce #antaisce #1772foundation #saveirishheritage #buildingsatriskregister

@antaisce.bsky.social Mary Anthony has arrived in Dublin to support An Taisce with the Historic Properties Redevelopment Project! Follow along to see the story unfold! #friendsofantaisce #antaisce #irishheriatge #buildingsatriskregister

Celebrating National Tree Day

Trees are an indispensable part of our landscape: important for essential ecological services — from carbon sequestration to supporting biodiversity and are a primary source of the oxygen we breathe

Plant trees to build a better future

#NationalTreeDay
#TreeDay2025

RIP Dr Jane Goodall

"You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what difference you want to make."

'Treading lightly on the earth'

Talk from Éanna Ní Lamhna — educator, author & biologist, exploring our vital relationship with nature

Thursday 23 October at 7.30pm in Tailors' Hall — D08 X2A3

Book your place now:
www.eventbrite.ie/e/talk-tread...

#naturalheritage
#restorenature
#ecosystems

Dublin City Council accused of failing to register derelict sites Heritage body An Taisce seeks action on three prominent city centre locations

Dublin City Council failing to register derelict sites

An Taisce urges DCC to place three of the city’s most prominent vacant properties on the Derelict Sites Register, including a site on O’Connell Street that's been derelict since the late 1970s
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