No progress on Dún Ailinne UNESCO bid, as call made for new applications
It's the Tentative List for consideration for World Heritage Site status, and the Kilcullen site has been in the process as part of 'The Royal Sites of Ireland' under the Cultural category. These include Cashel, Dún Ailinne, Hill of Uisneach, Rathcroghan Complex, and the Tara Complex.
There is no indication of the status of the 'Royal' sites in the process, but it is up to the submitting state party to further the application through to Nomination. In this case, the combined sites were submitted to the Tentative List by the Permanent Delegation of Ireland to the OECD and UNESCO.
Following Nomination, the World Heritage Centre would then send the completed application for review by the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). A further evaluation by the World Heritage Committee would then decide whether a site should be inscribed on the list.
Ireland has two World Heritage sites, Sceilg Mhichíl, Co Kerry; and Brú na Bóinne, Co Meath. The Giant’s Causeway in Co Antrim, Northern Ireland, is also listed.
Other Irish sites on the Tentative List include the Historic City of Dublin, Royal Tara, Georgian Dublin, the Céide Fields in northwest Mayo, Dún Aonghusa in Aran, the monastic site of Clonmacnoise and the Burren in Co Clare.
The latest call for candidate sites was made by the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Ms Josepha Madigan TD. Applications will close next year.
The site is on private property owned by the Thompson family and is not open to the public.
A full explanation of what the site is about can be seen at the Dún Ailinne Interpretive Park at Nicholastown.
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