Applications open for community ‘Adopt A Monument scheme
AS with the potential of the Business to Arts Scheme, good partnership can be key to so many productive and worthwhile endeavours that involve and speak to local communities.
Another partnership that may interest local communities is the Heritage Council’s 2019 Adopt a Monument Scheme.
For communities, the Adopt a Monument Scheme offers a way of promoting pride in local historical monuments, sites and buildings.
It also offers opportunities to develop and understand the story of one’s locality and to work collaboratively.
From mentoring and training to assistance with funding applications and community events, the Heritage Council works in partnership to help to develop a deeper understanding of the monument and its place in the landscape and the team work with the communities to create and implement bespoke plans for each monument.
For those groups interested in applying, application forms must be submitted to adoptamonument@heritagecouncil.ie by Thursday, February 28.
For for further information visit www. heritagecouncil.ie/projects/adopt-a-monument. Few top tens from the era better illustrate the state of flux in music in the late seventies/early eighties than this UK chart from the second week of February, 1980. Country, ska, pop, post-punk, rock ballad, soul, and novelty songs battle for position in a top ten that reflects changing times and tastes at the start of the eighties.
One of the best selling artists of all time, country singer Kenny Rogers was 41 when ‘Coward of the County’ gave him his second UK number one (he had already been to the top with ‘Lucille’ in 1977). A major crossover hit in many countries, it was particularly popular in Ireland where it stayed at number one for six consecutive weeks.
‘I’m In The Mood For Dancing’, a half million-plus seller for The Nolans, marked the start of a couple of years of chart success for the Irish sisters. On the other hand, the Boomtown Rats were coming to the end of their glory days and would enjoy just two more UK top ten hits.