image, Histroic representation of Le Chateau Beaumont, La Mure, Grenoble, France OPEN CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST I f you are between 18 and 30 and are interested in getting involved in our Erasmus+ Conservation Volunteer program in 2026 please feel free to contact us. We would love to hear from you! PLEASE CONTACT US AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IF YOU OR A FRIEND OR GROUP YOU KNOW ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING. To do so please Email us at info@dswai.ie and put ERASMUS+ 202

DSWAI members will be demonstrating drystone walling at the Ulster Folk Museum, Traditional Skills Day on August 8th. Our demonstration site is in the field below the national school building. Please do come along and meet some of our members and demonstrators, who will be delighted to meet and discuss dry stone walling with you during the event.

An EGM of The Dry Stone Wall Association of Ireland will be held online on Tuesday 19th May 2026. It will be an online EGM. DSWAI EGM Tuesday 19th May ONLINE (via teleconference) from 7pm AGENDA and link will be circulated in advance. Please rsvp by email to info@dswai.ie if you can join us

OPEN CALL for summer school in Greece, 15.6. - 3.7.2026. INFO: https://shorturl.at/8pRJz Applications are open until 19.4. Our good friends in Boulouki invite you to join them for a three-week workshop involving the renovation of a schoolhouse, in the Tzoumerka Mountains. Boulouki have been working hard to convert the site to a center for traditional building methods. Part of the program is run by us, and also the amazing team from The 4 Grada Dragodid as part of the ECHOES

The Dry Stone Wall Association of Ireland (DSWAI) is preparing to hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM), on Saturday January 24th 2026 at 10.30am, via online video conference. National Built Heritage Service of Ireland & DSWAI Workshop, Connemara, November 2025 When and Where the AGM Will Take Place The AGM is scheduled for Saturday, 24th January 2026, and will be held online. The meeting will begin at 10:30 AM. It will be followed by a subscriber members’ meeting which is

• Ireland’s practice of Dry Stone Construction has been officially inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity • Ireland now has five cultural practices inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List UNESCO has officially inscribed Ireland’s practice of Dry Stone Construction on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The inscription was officially announced today during the 19th session of t

The AGM of The Dry Stone Wall Association of Ireland will be held online on Saturday 14th December at 11.30am. It will be an online AGM....

Thank you to all the communities around Ireland who continue to safeguard the practice of dry stone construction, keeping it a.part of...

New nomination on an extended basis for UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: Art of Dry Stone...

An t-Ontariánach Culture, clochaireacht and craft beer with Dry Stone Canada Words and photos by Theo Burke I was lucky enough to receive...