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Teagasc Promote the Built Heritage on Irish Farms 27 August 2012 As part of National Heritage Week, Teagasc in conjunction with The Heritage Council held a number of Countryside Management Events on the topic of Traditional Farm Buildings and their maintenance. This year, National Heritage Week focused on Built Heritage. The agricultural landscape is rich in built heritage from archaeological sites to traditional farm buildings. At an event in Galway, Catherine Keena, Teagasc Countryside Management Specialist stressed the importance of traditional farm buildings as landscape features, habitats for bats and birds such as owls, swallows and swifts and an important part of the history of the farm, linking farmers to past generations. Tom Walsh, Teagasc adviser who organised the Galway event said there was great interest from local farmers who take pride in the traditional farm buildings on their own farms and are keen to learn more about their maintenance. This was evident from the large turn-out on the farm of David and Violet Satchwell, Mountmary, Creggs, Co Galway. A grant scheme available to farmers in REPS 4 encourages the conservation and repair of the exterior of these buildings. The grant scheme is administered by The Heritage Council and funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Approximately 40-50 grants of between €5,000 and up to €20,000 at a rate of 75% are available each year to carry out conservation and repair works. Application forms are expected soon for this year. This scheme benefits craftspeople with traditional skills such as blacksmiths and others involved in lime renders, wood conservation and slates. Ireland’s landscape is enriched by its heritage of farmhouses and outbuildings. In the past people made clever use of materials available locally and traditions followed were based on experience of the local climate. Thus these buildings appear very much in harmony with their local setting. Regional differences in walling or roofing material used in buildings are echoed in features of the farmed land. The materials and craftsmanship displayed in the buildings, gates and walls are a testament to the ingenuity of our forebears in making the most of the resources available to them. A people without a past, is like a man without a memory. In order to plan the future it is vital to understand the past.
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Spreagann Teagasc an Oidhreacht Thógtha ar Fheirmeacha na hÉireann 27 Lúnasa 2012 Mar chuid den tSeachtain Oidhreachta Náisiúnta, reáchtáil Teagasc roinnt Imeachtaí Bainistíochta Tuaithe i gcomhar leis an gComhairle Oidhreachta, a bhí dírithe ar Fhoirgnimh Feirme Traidisiúnta agus conas iad a chothabháil. I mbliana, is ag díriú ar Oidhreacht Thógtha a bhí imeachtaí na Seachtaine Oidhreachta Náisiúnta. Tá neart oidhreacht thógtha le fáil sa tírdhreach talmhaíochta, idir láithreáin sheandálaíochta agus fhoirgnimh feirme traidisiúnta. Ag imeacht a reáchtáladh sa Ghaillimh, leag Catherine Keena, Saineolaí Bainistíochta Tuaithe Teagasc, béim ar an tábhacht a bhaineann le foirgnimh feirme traidisiúnta mar ghnéithe tírdhreacha, gnáthóga d’ialtóga agus d’éin cosúil le hulchabháin, fáinleoga agus gabhláin ghaoithe agus mar chuid thábhachtach de chúlra na feirme, bealach chun nasc a chruthú idir na feirmeoirí agus na glúine a chuaigh rompu. Dúirt Tom Walsh, comhairleoir Teagasc a d’eagraigh an t-imeacht sa Ghaillimh go raibh an-spéis ag feirmeoirí áitiúla san imeacht, feirmeoirí ar chúis bróid dóibh a bhfoirgnimh feirme traidisiúnta ar a gcuid feirmeacha féin agus feirmeoirí ar spéis leo níos mó a fhoghlaim faoi chothabháil na bhfoirgneamh feirme sin. Fianaise air sin ba ea an slua mór a thug aghaidh ar fheirm David agus Violet Satchwell, i Mountmary, Na Creaga, Co. na Gaillimhe. Ábhar spreagtha é scéim deontais atá ar fáil d’fheirmeoirí atá páirteach i scéim REPS 4, a bhfuil sé mar aidhm léi tacú le caomhnú agus le deisiú bhallaí seachtracha na bhfoirgneamh seo. Tá an scéim deontais á riar ag an gComhairle Oidhreachta agus á maoiniú ag an Roinn Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara. Bíonn tuairim is 40-50 deontas ar fiú idir €5,000 agus €20,000 ar fáil ag ráta 75% gach bliain chun oibreacha caomhnaithe agus deisithe a chur i gcrích. Táthar ag súil leis na foirmeacha iarratais do scéim na bliana seo a eisiúint go luath. Téann an scéim seo chun tairbhe ceardaithe a bhfuil scileanna traidisiúnta acu, gaibhne dubha mar shampla, mar aon le daoine a bhíodh ag obair i réimsí dála rindreáil aoil, caomhnú adhmaid agus sclátaí. Cuireann oidhreacht na dtithe feirme agus na bhfoirgneamh allamuigh go mór le tírdhreach na hÉireann. Blianta ó shin bhain seiftiúlacht leis an úsáid a bhain daoine as na hábhair a bhí ar fáil acu go háitiúil agus bhíodh sé de nós acu cloí go dílis le traidisiúin na háite. Dá réir sin, tá an chuma ar na foirgnimh seo gur cuid den tírdhreach féin iad. Is léir trí shúil a chaitheamh ar an talamh feirme go raibh ábhair dhifriúla in úsáid i réigiúin dhifriúla chun ballaí agus díonta a thógáil. Teist iad na hábhair a úsáideadh agus ceardaíocht na ndaoine a thóg na foirgnimh, geataí agus ballaí seo ar a n-oilteacht an méid tairbhe agus ab fhéidir a bhaint as na hacmhainní a bhí acu. Is ionann daoine gan chúlra fada, fairsing agus fear gan chuimhne. D’fhonn na mblianta amach romhainn a phleanáil ní mór dúinn tuiscint a bheith againn ar na blianta atá sleamhnaithe tharainn.