€96,000 has been allocated to Laois County Council for 12 projects under the Built Heritage Investment Scheme 2022.
Tenakill House in Raheen received the highest sum as their €15,000 is to be spent on masonary repair works.
Emo Court and Lea Church in Portarlington also did very well as they received €12,500 each.
In Emo Court, the money is to be spent on the proposed protection and repair of a protected structure sitting outside the gates.
While Lea Church will have repairs at chancel end, pointing repairs to the coping of the bell tower.
€7,000 is also going to O’Connell House in Mountmellick and St Paul’s Church in Portarlington.
Remedial works will be carried out on the front entrance and front door of O’Connell House while historic windows will be preserved in St Paul’s Church.
€8,000 is going to the old Vicarstown National School for lime rendering while €5,000 is off to Protrane House in Portlaoise for window preservation.
€6,000 is going to Preston House Boutique in Abbeyleix for rainwater goods repair/replacement and works to historic protected single glazed windows.
While houses in Ballacolla (€6,900), Rathleague (€6,900) and Rosenallis (€8,750), as well as Cullahill (€450), received funding for thatching works.
Minister for State at the Department of Finance, Sean Fleming, welcomed the news.
He said: “Our built heritage is one of the main attractions for visitors to Ireland so its conservation also reinforces and promotes our tourism industry as well as contributing to the regeneration of urban and rural areas.
“It contributes to the vitality of our towns, villages and countryside, instils a sense of pride of place, and enhances the quality of our everyday lives.
“We have some wonderful examples of heritage buildings in Laois and this funding in addition to conserving these buildings will give employment to the many small businesses, skilled conservation specialists and tradespeople involved in heritage-related construction activity.”
