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Bonane Heritage Park

The Bonane Community Development Co-operative Society was formed with the prime objective of preserving the historical and archaeological sites of Bonane.  The current task being undertaken is the development of the Bonane Heritage Park at Dromagorteen. The site contains a significant number of diverse archaeological monuments including a stone circle with a boulder burial, fulacht- fia, a large ring fort, the ruin of a famine house and traces of field systems. Progress to date has seen the construction of a road that leads onto a circular pathway which guides you on a journey to the various monuments. The information signs will inform the visitor on the detail of each monument thereby guiding you through the pages of time in a unique and personal way that unfolds the richness of the landscape and the people.

Over time we are confident that the Bonane Heritage Park will develop into a visual experience that will provide the visitor with a unique insight into the habitation of Bonane from pre-history to modern times.

The vision of the committee has always been that the Bonane Heritage Park should be owned and controlled by the community. To ensure that this objective is achieved and to provide funding for the project, the people of the parish and those connected with the parish are invited to subscribe for shares in the co-operative society. The shares are priced at €1 per share, so nobody need feel excluded, we are hopeful that people will subscribe more than the minimum thereby availing of the opportunity to be involved in the development of a unique feature in the parish. Visit our Photo Archieve find friends and relations already in the parish.

A summary of the public presentation regarding the development of the

Bonane Heritage Park can be viewed by clicking here.

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