€125,000 has been allocated to the Transatlantic Cable Ensemble in Valentia.
This is the single biggest allocation from the Pilot World Heritage Strategic Investment Fund worth €300,000.
The fund can be used for the conservation, maintenance, protection and promotion of archaeological and built heritage within the site.
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While the Transatlantic Cable Ensemble received the largest allocation, The Royal Sites of Ireland will receive €87,000, and the Passage Tomb Landscape of Sligo will receive €22,000.
The neolithic structures at Brú na Bóinne in Co. Meath will receive €3,500.
The funding allocation has been welcomed by Minister for Children, Disability and Equality and Kerry TD Norma Foley, and Kerry TD Michael Cahill.
