2022 IGS conservation grant pledges clockwise from top left: Dromdiah House, Co. Cork; Larchill Arcadian Gardens, Co. Kildare; St Eugene's Church, Co. Tyrone; Temple House, Co. Sligo; and Termon House, Co. Donegal.

The Irish Georgian Society is inviting applications for its Conservation Grants Programme 2023 with submissions accepted until Monday 20st February. A total of €45,000 will be available which will comprise €35,000 from IGS London and €10,000 through the Homan Potterton Conservation Grant.

Structures of architectural interest from across the country are eligible for funding from IGS London while the Homan Potterton Conservation Grant is available only to Georgian buildings of architectural merit anywhere in the counties of Meath or Westmeath.

Since 2014 the Irish Georgian Society’s Conservation Grants Programme has been funded by IGS London during which time support has been given to over fifty conservation projects. These have included country houses, thatched cottages, townhouses, architectural follies, and churches with grants awarded for repairs to roofs, windows and rainwater goods, support for conservation plans and building appraisals, and for other essential conservation works.

In 2022 the Society pledged grants for the following projects:

IGS London grants

• Clonalis House, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon: €4,000
• Beaulieu House: Drogheda, Co Louth: €1,340
• Kilrush House, Freshford, Co Kilkenny: €4,000
• St Philip’s Parochial Hall, Temple Road, Dartry, Dublin 6: €2,500
• 7 Arch Bridge, Trim, Co Meath: €3,000
• Jamesbrook Hall, Midleton, Co. Cork: €1,000
• Kildrought House, Celbridge, Co Kildare: €3,000
• Myrtle Grove, Youghal, Co Cork: €2,000
• Saint George’s Arts & Heritage Centre, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork: €3,000
• Bantry House, Bantry, Co. Cork: €4,000
• 34 Main Street, Chapelizod, Dublin 20: €2,500
• Russborough House, Blessington, Co. Wicklow: €1,000
• Headfort House, Kells, Co. Meath: €4,000

Homan Potterton Conservation Grants 2022

• St Mary’s Church, Navan, Co. Meath: €3,000
• Tullynally Castle, Castlepollard, Co Westmeath: €5,000
• Malone Mausoleum: Kilbixy, Co. Westmeath: €2,000

Applications for the 2023 grants programme must be submitted by 5pm on Monday 20th February with forms available to download here.

For articles on previous grants recipients, please click  here.

Decisions on the allocation of grants will be made by mid April at which time applicants will be informed.