Heritage Project
In September 2007 PRG were invited to deliver some elements of a cross border, cross community heritage project in counties Fermanagh and Cavan. This provided the inspiration for one of our most recent projects, which we will be delivering in partnership with the Donegal Education Centre.
The border areas have suffered particular difficulties during the conflict and sharp divisions still remain in the area, both in the form of the physical border, but also socially, culturally and economically. This project aims to address this through the concept of a shared heritage and promote the idea of a shared future by allowing participants to feel part of a wider community without the barrier of the border. The project will help to build trust and respect for each others cultures and create opportunities to explore the shared and diverse culture and heritage of the border region.
8 primary schools have been recruited as participants on this project, 4 in the Derry/Londonderry area and 4 in Donegal. The schools are paired cross community and cross border and each group has selected their own heritage trail to collaborate on over an academic year.
Following an introductory meeting, the groups then begin work together on their chosen trail. A key element of these trails is the active participation of the teachers involved and each trail can be tailored to suit the needs and desired learning outcomes of the participating schools.
All the trails will involve creating a creative piece of work which will demonstrate what the group has learnt from the project. On the final day of each of the trails, the group will visit either Donegal County Museum of the Tower Museum in Derry, where their work will be exhibited, or in the case of dvds, screened.
This project will also include the the creation of teaching resource packs to accompany all the trails and a training programme to enable teachers to deliver the trails independently.
As this is a cross border, cross community heritage project, and in the planning and delivery of all trails, the utmost effort is made to divide attention as equally as possible between both sides of the border and between both communities, clearly demonstrating both the shared heritage of the area and our unique and defining cultural heritage.
See our News & Events section for details of the project as it happens
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This project is supported by PEACE III Programme managed for the Special EU Programmes Body by Donegal County Council.
