Key facts about Ireland and UNESCO

This page lists the UNESCO Conventions ratified by Ireland over the last fifty years. It provides an overview of World Heritage Sites and other ecological projects in Ireland.

Ireland and UNESCO

• Membership of UNESCO: 3 October 1961
• Irish National Commission: Department of Education and Skills
• World Heritage Sites on the island of Ireland:
  • Brú na Bóinne (1993)
  • Sceilg Mhicíl (1996)
  • Giant’s Causeway and the Causeway Coast (1986)
• Memory of the World Register:  Book of Kells (inscribed in 2011)
• Geoparks:
  • The Marble Arch Caves Global Geopark (cross-border counties Fermanagh and Cavan)
  • Copper Coast Global Geopark
  • Burren and Cliffs of Moher Global Geopark
• Biosphere Reserves: 2 sites
  • Dublin Bay(1981)
  • Kerry (1982)