About this Event
Presented by the Buildings of Ireland Charitable Trust in partnership with Sligo County Council and in association with Architecture at the Edge.
Attendance is free but booking is essential as numbers are strictly limited.
RIAI CPD points are available for attendance.
Agenda
🕑: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
WALKING TOURS (booking essential/max. 25 attendees per tour)
Info: Please note: ALL walking tours will depart from City Hall, Quay Street, Sligo, F91 PP44.
🕑: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Tour 1 - Architectural Walking Tour of Sligo Town
Info: Sean Martin, former Senior Architect, Sligo County Council
🕑: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Tour 2 – Inspired: The Churches and Steeples of Sligo Town
Info: Nicholas Prins, Heritage Building Contractor
🕑: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Tour 3 -Guided Tour of Sligo Abbey, a 13th-century Dominican Friary
Info: Roger Stalley, Chairperson, Buildings of Ireland Charitable Trust
🕑: 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
LUNCH, City Hall, Sligo (main foyer)
🕑: 01:30 PM - 05:00 PM
SYMPOSIUM, City Hall, Sligo
🕑: 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Registration
🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:15 PM
Welcoming Remarks
Info: Councillor Dara Mulvey, Cathaoirleach, Sligo County Council and
Roger Stalley, Chairperson, Buildings of Ireland Charitable Trust
🕑: 02:15 PM - 02:45 PM
The Pevsner Guide for North Connacht
Info: Una Sugrue, Conservation Architect and Author
🕑: 02:45 PM - 03:15 PM
Architecture of Sligo
Info: Derry O’Connell, former Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, UCD
🕑: 03:15 PM - 03:45 PM
Hazelwood House
Info: Lucy O’Connor, Conservation Architect and Director, Howley Hayes Cooney Architects
🕑: 03:45 PM
Comfort break
🕑: 04:00 PM - 04:45 PM
Panel Discussion: Pevsner on the Ground
Info: Michael O’Boyle, Buildings of Ireland Charitable Trust, Chair; Charles Duggan, Heritage Officer, Dublin City Council; Deirdre Greaney, Lecturer in Architecture, ATU Sligo; Duncan McLaren, Conservation Architect, Dedalus Architecture;
Siobhán Ryan, Acting Senior Heritage Officer, Sligo County Council
🕑: 04:45 PM - 05:00 PM
Q & A followed by Closing Remarks
Event venue & nearby stays
Sligo City Hall, Quay Street, Sligo, Ireland
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