A centre which has played a significant role in scientific, religious, learning, and economic life through the ages is set to celebrate 25 years of Heritage Town status.

THE gallery space in Lismore Castle is certainly one of the country’s most striking, based as it is in the 19th-century west wing of the castle. But to mark the gallery’s 10th anniversary this year, the summer exhibition will go beyond the thick castle walls and into the grounds, the town, and its other landmark, St Carthage’s Cathedral.