Background

Understanding Our Area – People and Places was a cross-community project supported by the European Union’s PEACE IV Programme. It set out to increase the understanding and expression of our culture and history, our people and places, through museum collections, historic sites and cultural heritage using interpretation, arts and multimedia to create a peace building legacy. The initiative is part of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council’s PEACE IV Local Area Action Plan, funded by the European Union’s PEACE IV Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body, which is providing £3.8 million for community projects across the borough.

Between 2017 and 2020, Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council Museum Services supported a range of community-led projects, along with a range of events, showcases and resources exploring the history of the Causeway area.

Hervey Heritage Trail

Hervey Heritage Group produced a heritage trail and booklet identifying sites associated with the Earl Bishop Frederick Hervey. They also created two interpretive information panels which were installed at Tamlaghfinlagan Parish Church, Ballykelly, and St Aidan’s Church, Magilligan. Their research has provided an opportunity for people, locals and visitors alike, to learn about this colourful eighteenth century character.

Hardcopies of the Hervey Heritage Trail booklet are free and can be picked up from Visitor Information Centres across the Borough, or by contacting Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council Museum Services through this website.

A digital copy of the Hervey Heritage Trail booklet and interpretive panels may be downloaded from RESOURCES.