RTE reports that Cork City Council is to acquire the former counting house of the erstwhile Beamish & Crawford Brewery in Cork City, with plans to redevelop the building as the city library.
Category: IH News 2026
Industrial heritage news for 2026
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Island of Geese, Tralee
Formerly home to the Denny bacon factory, the Island of Geese area of Tralee, Co. Kerry is now a public open space in the centre of Tralee, the site having been gifted to the people of Tralee in 2014.
The Kerryman reports that an artwork reflecting the site’s industrial heritage past has been commissioned and installed near the redbrick chimney of the former factory.
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Historic Structures Fund
The Historic Structures Fund awards for 2026 have been announced. The only property of IH significance in receipt of grant funding in 2026 is the National Sculpture Factory in Cork, which is located in the former Cork City Tramway powerhouse and depot.
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Galway canals funding
RTE reports that Galway City Council has secured funding from the EU to undertake the installation of three small hyrdo electric turbines along the underused waterways of the city.
It is an interesting initiative, especially in light of legislation requiring historic mill owners to pay for water abstraction for water removed from a watercourse to pass through their mill, notwithstanding that the water is returned to the watercourse in full a short distance later.
In addition, the wholesale destruction of mill dams will be undertaken in due course on foot of State instructions to prioritise fish.
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Storm Chandra
With Storm Chandra having passed over and caused extensive flooding, the clean up operation is underway and RTE have a news article with an excellent photograph, taken from the Island Road overbridge in Enniscorthy, showing an Irish Rail crew at work removing debris from the railway bridge over the River Slaney with a road rail excavator.
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Elphin Windmill update
I reported previously on the damage caused to Elphin Windmill caused during Storm Eowyn in early 2025.
I am happy to report that funding to the tune of EUR35,000 has been awarded under the Heritage Investment Scheme to the group behind the scheme at Elphin towards its restoration.