This year's meeting will consist of five days of excursions, evening talks and a conference with the theme Amateur Recording in Ireland. The meeting is open to members of all natural history organisations and the excursions will cover all four disciplines of botany, zoology, round tower and crosses, Creevykeel court tomb, Crevelea Abbey. Carrowmore megalithic cemetery, Maeve's cairn, Parke's Castle and Lissadale House. A full programme and booking form are now available. The estimated cost for event is in the region of 60- 80.
Various options are available, including attendance for the weekend only, and for the full days.
The cost includes all excursions, evening lectures and conference buffet, but excludes accomodation. Time Quest - A Time Trail to the Millenium, which traces the develpment of Irland's buildings from the earliest days of the last two millenium into the newer millenium. The trail, which the Council hopes will raise awareness of the need for both conservation and imaginative new development, begins at a circular hill fort in Donegal and ends in a circular modern building in Belfast, but any part of the trail can be used as a starting point. There are admission charges to some sites. As part of Time Quest the Historic Buildings Council has organised a series of guided tours around historic sites which can be visited at any time of the year, but which are usually unmanned.