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‘Resurrecting Harry Clarke’: Breathing Life Into Stained Glass Tourism In Ireland, Tony Kiely

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

Internationally, the exponential demand for ‘cultural/heritage’ tourism is increasingly being viewed by tourism stakeholders as an opportunity for value adding revenue generation, wherein both specialist and ‘media programmed’ tourists can seek out designated cultural attractions to satisfy their respective quests for authentic, and/or emotionally charged experiences. Indeed, this international ‘demand’ re-alignment is exemplified in the growth of churches and cathedrals who openly promote their artistic content as ‘must see attractions’. However, despite such utilitarian attractiveness, one wonders if the counter-influences of indifference, protectionism, or fear of heritage commodification, might act to scupper an opportunity to re-envision Harry Clarke’s iconic stained …

The Use Of Networking In Developing And Marketing The Irish Ecclesiastical Product, Kevin Griffin, Catherine Gorman, Jane Stacey, Elaine O'Halloran

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This project seeks to explore the development potential of trails and networks, focusing on ecclesiastical sites in the Republic of Ireland.

Two concurrent strands were undertaken:

• Investigation of visitor markets and their requirements
• The ecclesiastical / tourist resource and the experience it has to offer to the visitor.

The following considerations were taken into account;

• Richness and range of the ecclesiastical product inIreland
• Issues of access, structure, interpretation and management
• Advocation of a market oriented approach using factors and requirements as parameters to segment the markets

The approach to the project included the following:

• Development of a series of geographical …