2019 Shortlist & Winners
2019 Awards
Congratulations to the five winners of the 2019 Heritage Angel Awards and also to the two additional Northern Ireland only category winners. Please see below video on each of the 2018 winners, categories 1-5.
Category 1: Martin & Melanie Hamill: Strangford Presbyterian Church
Best Rescue of a Historic Building or Place for Projects under £2m
Category 2: Richhill Buildings Preservation Trust: Regeneration of Richhill
Best Major Regeneration of an Historic Building or Place – Over £2m
Category 3: Children of the Heartland Project: Heartland
Best Contribution of a Heritage Project by Young People
Category 4: Andrew & Brian Rooney: Mourne Wall Restoration
Best Craftsperson or Apprentice on a Heritage Rescue or Repair Project
Category 5: Carnlough Heritage Volunteers: Carnlough Heritage Hub
Best Heritage Research, Interpretation or Recording
Peoples’ Vote: Pupils of Holy Trinity Primary School, Enniskillen
Northern Ireland, Our Shared Past, Present and Future
Liftetime Achivement Award: Primrose Wilson, Heritage Advocate
Shortlist 2019:
The shortlist includes 15 entries, over 5 categories, expand to find out more:
This award recognises volunteers and professionals, individuals and groups who have within the last ten years rescued a historic building, place, landscape or site.
Melanie & Martin Hamill: Strangford Presbyterian Church
Downpatrick & County Down Railway: Bundoran Signal Cabin
Hearth Historic Buildings Trust & Clanmill Hearth Heritage Division: McMaster Street
This award recognises projects completed within the last ten years that have seen large scale investment, put into saving, rescuing or regenerating a building or place.
Richhill Buildings Preservation Trust: Regeneration of Richhill
Jon Kerr: Mount Stewart Conservation Project
Estates Directorate, Queen’s University Belfast: Lanyon Conservation & Restoration Project
This award will recognise the contribution to heritage projects by young people up to the age of 25.
Eoin Boyle: Donaghmore High Cross Guide Booklet
Children of the Heartland Project: Heartland
Pupils of Holy Trinity Primary School: Northern Ireland, Our Shared Past, Present & Future
This award will recognise Craftspeople who have used their skills to work on heritage restoration projects.
Michael Hoy: Remembering T P Flanagan
This award recognises those who have helped people understand and enjoy a heritage based project.
Philip Smith: Buildings of South County Down Publication