{"id":41295,"date":"2026-05-11T15:51:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T14:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/event\/land-commission-cottages-desktop-survey\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T15:51:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T14:51:51","slug":"land-commission-cottages-desktop-survey","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/land-commission-cottages-desktop-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Land Commission Cottages \u2013 Desktop Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN-IE\">Meath County Council proposes a research project to develop a comprehensive understanding of Land Commission cottages across County Meath. These modest rural dwellings, built as part of Ireland\u2019s 20th\u2011century land reform programme, form an important but under\u2011documented part of the county\u2019s architectural and social heritage. The project will be a <strong>desktop\u2011based study<\/strong>, drawing solely on documentary, cartographic, and digital sources, and will strengthen the Council\u2019s evidence base for future conservation, planning, and policy work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-IE\">The commission will produce a full inventory and typology of Land Commission cottages, identifying their architectural characteristics, construction periods, and patterns of alteration. Using historic mapping, aerial photography, Land Commission records, NIAH entries, planning history, and publicly accessible datasets such as GeoHive and MyPlan.ie, the consultant will locate and map all surviving cottages. A GIS\u2011compatible dataset will be created, recording key attributes including coordinates, townland, typology, visible modifications, heritage status, and indicators of vacancy or risk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-IE\">The study will also provide an architectural and historical analysis of cottage types, describing typical forms, materials, and layouts, and outlining the development of Land Commission housing in Meath.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":41296,"template":"","class_list":["post-41295","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Land Commission Cottages \u2013 Desktop Survey - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Meath County Council proposes a research project to develop a comprehensive understanding of Land Commission cottages across County Meath.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/land-commission-cottages-desktop-survey\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Land Commission Cottages \u2013 Desktop Survey - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Meath County Council proposes a research project to develop a comprehensive understanding of Land Commission cottages across County Meath. These modest rural dwellings, built as part of Ireland\u2019s 20th\u2011century land reform programme, form an important but under\u2011documented part of the county\u2019s architectural and social heritage. The project will be a desktop\u2011based study, drawing solely on [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/land-commission-cottages-desktop-survey\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CreativeIrl\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@creativeirl\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/land-commission-cottages-desktop-survey\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/land-commission-cottages-desktop-survey\/\",\"name\":\"Land Commission Cottages \u2013 Desktop Survey - Creative Ireland Programme\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/land-commission-cottages-desktop-survey\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/land-commission-cottages-desktop-survey\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/land-commission-cottages-.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-11T14:51:51+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/land-commission-cottages-desktop-survey\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/land-commission-cottages-desktop-survey\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/land-commission-cottages-desktop-survey\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/land-commission-cottages-.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/land-commission-cottages-.png\",\"width\":700,\"height\":450},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/land-commission-cottages-desktop-survey\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Land Commission Cottages \u2013 Desktop Survey\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Creative Ireland Programme\",\"description\":\"The Creative Ireland Programme is guided by a vision that every person in Ireland will have the opportunity to realise their full creative potential. It is a five year all-of-Government initiative, from 2017 to 2022, to place creativity at the centre of public policy.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Land Commission Cottages \u2013 Desktop Survey - Creative Ireland Programme","description":"Meath County Council proposes a research project to develop a comprehensive understanding of Land Commission cottages across County Meath.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/land-commission-cottages-desktop-survey\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Land Commission Cottages \u2013 Desktop Survey - Creative Ireland Programme","og_description":"Meath County Council proposes a research project to develop a comprehensive understanding of Land Commission cottages across County Meath. These modest rural dwellings, built as part of Ireland\u2019s 20th\u2011century land reform programme, form an important but under\u2011documented part of the county\u2019s architectural and social heritage. The project will be a desktop\u2011based study, drawing solely on [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/land-commission-cottages-desktop-survey\/","og_site_name":"Creative Ireland Programme","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CreativeIrl\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@creativeirl","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/land-commission-cottages-desktop-survey\/","url":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/land-commission-cottages-desktop-survey\/","name":"Land Commission Cottages \u2013 Desktop Survey - Creative Ireland Programme","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/land-commission-cottages-desktop-survey\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/land-commission-cottages-desktop-survey\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/land-commission-cottages-.png","datePublished":"2026-05-11T14:51:51+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/land-commission-cottages-desktop-survey\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/land-commission-cottages-desktop-survey\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/land-commission-cottages-desktop-survey\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/land-commission-cottages-.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/land-commission-cottages-.png","width":700,"height":450},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/land-commission-cottages-desktop-survey\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Land Commission Cottages \u2013 Desktop Survey"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/","name":"Creative Ireland Programme","description":"The Creative Ireland Programme is guided by a vision that every person in Ireland will have the opportunity to realise their full creative potential. It is a five year all-of-Government initiative, from 2017 to 2022, to place creativity at the centre of public policy.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/41295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}