Lough Gur bid for World Heritage status

ONE of Ireland’s leading archaeological locations, Lough Gur, in Co Limerick, could soon be designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

We already have two such sites – Skellig Michael, off the south Kerry coast, and the collection of archaeological treasures around the River Boyne, in Co Meath.

To achieve such a status, a site has to be of “universal” importance and Lough Gur, close to Bruff, is regarded as one of the most important places of its kind in north-west Europe.