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s headquarters are in dublin s oldest surviving guildhall the tailors hall which it helped to restore development edit foundation edit a public meeting to consider the need for a national trust was held in the mansion house in september 1946 convened by the royal irish academy the royal society of antiquaries of ireland an óige the geographical society of ireland the dublin naturalists field club and the irish society for the preservation of birds 5 the meeting resolved to create such a body and elected both a provisional committee and a council of 16 plus 4 co opted members who secured bankers auditors and solicitors after extensive debate the two part name was chosen and application was made to form a not for profit company 6 20 special approval was sought from the minister for trade and commerce for charity appropriate memorandum and articles adhering to the association not for profit section of the then companies act 7 with a prohibition on distribution of surpluses and for permission to omit the word limited from the company name 8 an taisce was an indirect successor to the all island national trust committee which had ceased to exist in 1946 citation needed after the passing of the national trust act northern ireland 1946 9 the organisation was duly incorporated as a company limited by guarantee on 28 june 1948 the initial constitution was modelled on that of the national trust for scotland the first official meeting of the company was held on 15 july 1948 at the royal irish academy s headquarters academy house on dawson street and the first annual general meeting was convened on 23 september of the same year with formal greetings from the national trust and the national trust for scotland 6 20 21 notable founder directors and council members included robert lloyd praeger james sleator the earl of rosse patrick g kennedy arthur cox george francis mitchell and co opted cearbhall ó dálaigh seán macbride and colm ó lochlainn 10 praeger was elected as the first president of the organisation and professor felix hackett as chairperson praeger made an opening address which was subsequently broadcast nationally by raidió éireann 6 21 early years edit an taisce was concerned with questions about properties such as muckross house kanturk castle and derrynane house plans for north bull island and other nature reserves and saint anne s park tree preservation and the work of the electricity supply board and bord na mona in 1951 the uk national trust agreed to lease kanturk castle to an taisce the organisation supported the extension of the powers of bord failte to protect historic properties and places of scenic or other special interest in 1952 which was also the year it considered the question of what would much later become its headquarters the tailors hall 6 22 26 in 1954 an taisce joined the international union for the conservation of nature iucn and with a northern irish government department submitted a list of irish nature reserves to that body it also took part in discussions about ireland s potential first national park and the possible preservation of example bogs submissions on dublin planning were acknowledged and acted on and plans for what would later become the wood quay civic office complex were thought to have been set aside the range of bodies invited to nominate members to the council of the organisation was extended and now included the royal institute of the architects of ireland 6 26 28 the 1960s edit the question of preservation of the natural environment of the burren was addressed multiple times by the organisation which also took part in discussions about preventing waterbody pollution and opposed a plan to infill part of the grand canal in 1961 campaigning by an taisce and the new irish georgian society led to a promise by dublin corporation not to demolish the tailors hall in 1962 it received a ministerial request to agree to be formally consulted on questions of nature and amenity conservation and in 1964 it was given an advisory role supporting local authorities which had defunct quarries in their areas an taisce was given a seat on the advisory council of an foras forbatha and received some clerical support from that agency 6 29 32 by 1965 the organisation was becoming involved in more planning and development referrals both impacting natural sites from the bourne vincent memorial park and the cliffs of moher to booterstown marsh and bull island and the built environment such as around mountjoy square in dublin in 1966 membership surged from 450 to over 1100 after an exhibition and the release of a booklet on preservation of heritage while an amenity study for parts of dublin sold well the following year the routine administration of the organisation moved from volunteers homes to offices on baggot street and it formally requested legal powers like those of the national trust in britain towards the end of the decade an taisce received 5 500 acres of land in county donegal and a lease and management rights over much of the undeveloped part of howth head and ireland s eye 6 32 36 in 1969 the organisation was heavily involved in the campaign to stop the demolition of houses on hume street dublin in what was an important moment in the battle to protect georgian dublin 11 12 by 1969 membership reached 3 600 with 18 local branches operating and the first campaign to circulate educational material in schools was launched also in 1969 an taisce was asked by charles haughey minister for finance to survey the country s major houses and gardens and also the non national museums 6 32 36 the 1970s edit the 1970s began with membership passing 5 000 for the first time and becoming majority non dublin kevin boland a planning decision maker as minister for local government while claiming to generally follow an taisce s advice in planning matters attacked what he perceived as criticism from the organisation though a reference to the georgians suggests issues with the irish georgian society also county heritage surveys were organised and an taisce joined europa nostra court action was taken to try to stop local authority usage of part of bull island as a rubbish dump and the dumping was stopped in 1971 though legal action continued for some years the booterstown marsh was taken into the organisation s care the same year an taisce s tree committee carried out a tree survey of county dublin 6 38 39 in 1972 the body sought provision for environmental impact assessments for large developments and in 1973 it appointed its first full time director and opened an office in cork erskine childers president of ireland was guest of honour at the organisation s silver jubilee celebration in 1974 a heritage gardens committee was formed and membership approached 7 400 with 27 active local associations while an taisce co founded the european environmental bureau in 1975 the organisation began planning what would become the irish architectural archive and membership passed 8 000 suggestions it made were incorporated into several pieces of legislation a heritage trust to raise funds for the body s work with a target of 750 000 pounds was founded and the offices moved to percy place 6 39 44 in 1978 financial difficulties saw staffing cut from 10 to 3 while in 1979 a damaged bog at ahascragh was swapped for mongan bog and oweninny bog and a portion of land on morehampton road were placed in an taisce s care and the irish wildlife federation was established 6 46 48 publications included several reports concerning trees a study of the fairview to sutton part of dublin bay and another of the impact of sewage in galway bay along with guides to slane adare clonmel and rathmullan a study of dublin street furniture and another of lough ine in county cork 6 29 47 the 1980s edit in 1981 an taisce made contact with a number of northern ireland bodies on the topic of heritage gardens and discussions expanded into other areas of mutual interest in 1982 a joint conference with the ulster architectural heritage society was organised also in 1982 an taisce was formally recognised as a charity by the irish revenue commissioners and the six local associations operating within the city and county of dublin formed an umbrella body by 1983 the heritage trust founded to fund an taisce projects had defined new purposes and subsequently became the irish resource development trust focused on community development and local employment an taisce moved to temporary offices and put staff on reduced hours the organisation was given a role in the appointment in the members of an bord pleanala 6 48 52 57 in 1983 an taisce obtained an injunction against the owners of allenton house in tallaght after the facade of the listed georgian house was partially demolished 13 the property was further damaged by fire later in the year and was finally fully demolished in august 1984 14 15 also in 1984 an taisce moved to tailors hall but with just two employees and restoration work commenced in 1985 and continued for several years also in 1984 the organisation was awarded the national heritage award and at a seminar of the trees committee the tree council of ireland was launched in 1985 a special agreement type provided for under planning legislation in which an taisce acted as guarantor for the preservation of a heritage property was enacted for the first time to preserve castlehyde near fermoy for at least 35 years 6 52 55 the 40th anniversary of the founding meeting was marked in 1986 and a restoration project begun at drimnagh castle while in 1987 eec funding was secured for several projects and publications and in 1988 tailors hall was officially opened by the taoiseach charles haughey and the lord mayor of dublin carmencita hederman in 1989 an taisce played a key role in the launch of conservation volunteers ireland though the two organisations severed links just three years later 6 55 58 the 1990s edit in 1990 a letter on a topic which had concerned an taisce over many years that of fota house and estate resulted in a suit by the chairman of the fota trust was settled out of court with a payment from the organisation a policy document on forestry was produced and a conference on the topic hosted resulting in a further publication the following year while the organisation continued active engagement on the future of irish bogs both an environment resources management officer and a planning officer were employed 1990 also saw significant action in opposition to what an taisce and others deemed to be unsuitable plans for interpretative centres for mullaghmore in the burren the rock of cashel dunquin and luggala the mullaghmore and luggala topics ran until 1994 1992 saw the foundation of the dublin civic trust driven by a member of long standing geraldine walsh 6 58 61 1993 was the year when the organisation was asked by the state to take over the blue flag system for irish beaches and the second an taisce conference on aquaculture was also held that year with papers published in 1994 a joint project of an taisce the irish georgian society and the irish tree society supported the irish government in purchasing coolattin wood of ancient oaks in county wicklow while a local association in northern wicklow was suspended after a hostile takeover and dissolved in 1993 in 1994 the major county donegal property was placed on a long lease with the irish government to be operated as part of glenveagh national park until at least 2093 in a joint arrangement with the national trust a scheme of visit concessions was introduced as a membership benefit in 1995 the dublin city local association was suspended for a year due to internal fighting 6 61 64 in 1996 an taisce launched training on environmental matters for industry with ibec ireland s environmental protection agency and a clean technology advisory unit and also launched the green schools programme in ireland a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the founding meeting was held on 26 september 1996 with a reception for members and guests with the president of ireland mary robinson an ecumenical service of thanksgiving at st patricks s cathedral as well as the planting of 50 oak trees in the phoenix park also formed part of the commemoration celebrations continued through 1997 including a joint event with the national trust and a closing function with the taoiseach bertie ahern attending as the guest of honour 1997 also saw the launch of litter surveying by an taisce for irish business against litter which continues to the present 6 64 65 the office of public works agreed in 1998 to maintain tailors hall in return for up to 100 days of use each year of its function rooms to be administered by the dublin castle conference centre unit the annual national spring clean was launched with 155 000 participants across 1 732 events also launched was a first university branch in university college dublin while one formerly very active local association closed in fingal and two others were revived conflict emerged within an taisce s governing council as many members wanted to pursue what they saw as a more active agenda promoted by a new ngo friends of the irish environment an taisce appealed successfully against an extension plan for the national gallery of ireland which would have resulted in the loss of a georgian building and worked with the gallery on a new plan which proceeded in 1999 kanturk castle was fully made over to an taisce by the national trust while major planning applications addressed included what would later become the trump golf resort at doonbeg the government provided a three year guaranteed major grant and this with two significant bequests left an taisce on a strong financial base meanwhile there were major changes in both staff and leadership with michael smith a barrister by training taking over as chairperson 6 65 68 16 mission and scope edit an taisce s work and expertise deals with the republic of ireland s natural built and social heritage it seeks to educate inform and lead public opinion on the environment to advocate and influence policy and to manage a portfolio of heritage properties 17 despite the national trust element of its full name the organisation never secured legislation giving it property receiving in perpetuity rights like those of the uk national trusts and this was a point of discussion and lobbying many times across its history statutory roles edit the planning acts provide for an taisce and about 20 other prescribed bodies all others being state sponsored to be informed of all planning applications in areas of scenic beauty or high amenity significance or where architectural archaeological or environmental issues need to be considered local authorities are required in certain defined circumstances under the planning development regulations 18 to consult an taisce on development proposals 19 structure edit the organisation comprises several thousand members with a range of membershi...