The next conferring round of UNESCO World Heritage Sites is coming up and Four Northern Irish sites have been submitted: Malone and Stranmillis Historic Urban Landscape, a part of Belfast, Navan Fort in Co Armagh, Gracehill Conservation Area, and the Hill of Derry (otherwise known as the City Center of Belfast).
38 nominations were submitted by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, recommending each site. The process of becoming an official UNESCO World Heritage site is a lengthy one; spanning over ten years to even get onto the tentative nomination list. The current Irish tentative list includes the famous Rock of Cashel, Killarney National Park, the Historic City of Dublin, and the Ceide Fields.
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