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SUMMARY:Recording milk churn stands for Ireland's National Heritage Week 2
 023
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DTEND:20230821
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DESCRIPTION:**There will be a workshop in Castlecomer Library. See [this e
 vent](https://osmcal.org/event/2161/).**\n\nDespite being disused since th
 e 1970s with the introduction of milk lorries\, [milk churn stands](https:
 //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_churn_stand) can still be found along Irish r
 oadsides\, especially in counties like Kilkenny\, Tipperary and Cork. They
  were used since the introduction of co-op creameries by farmers who left 
 their full milk churns on them to be picked up on the way to the local cre
 amery. Later\, the churns were returned with skimmed milk\, other co-op pr
 oducts and the latest gossip from the creamery.\n\nSurviving milk churn st
 ands in Ireland are in all sorts of states ranging from lovingly restored 
 with milk churns on top and explanation panels on the side to completely o
 vergrown.\n\nSince March 2023\, international crowdsourced efforts have be
 en made by volunteers on the open data platforms OpenStreetMap and Wikimed
 ia to record them in countries like Ireland\, Finland\, Germany\, Sweden\,
  New Zealand and others. This is a great way to be part of a world wide pr
 oject and to record everyday history of rural Ireland. Maybe we can even p
 ush the records in Ireland beyond the over 400 already recorded in Finland
 !\n\nLearn how you can record photographs of heritage sites on Wikimedia\,
  using the example of milk churn stands. You can help by following the vid
 eo tutorial linked on the Event Website.<br/>\nAhead of the workshop\, you
  can collect a hi-vis vest\, pencil and survey sheet at Castlecomer Librar
 y. Alternatively\, you can always download the survey sheet from [this art
 icle](https://kilkennylibrary.ie/eng/news/latest-news/milk-churn-stand-sur
 vey-heritage-week.html). To record more information you can bring extra pa
 per\, or record notes on your mobile phone.\n\nOrganised by [Anne-Karoline
  Distel](https://twitter.com/BUnicycling) (OSM: [b-unicycling](https://www
 .openstreetmap.org/user/b-unicycling))\, Director and blog writer at [Open
 StreetMap Ireland](https://www.openstreetmap.ie/)\, OpenStreetMap contribu
 tor\, self-employed professional musician and publisher of books on Irish 
 nature and history under [Distel Publishing](https://www.facebook.com/dist
 elpublishing). Former Webmaster\, Content Manager\, blog writer and podcas
 ter at [Kilkenny Archaeological Society](https://kilkennyarchaeologicalsoc
 iety.ie/).<br/>She promotes the possibilities of OpenStreetMap as open sou
 rce mapping tool for everyone\, but especially people with an interest in 
 history and heritage\, through her YouTube channel [OSM for History Buffs]
 (https://www.youtube.com/@OSM4HistoryBuffs).<br/>She is a supporting membe
 r of the recently founded local group Kilkenny History Mappers.\n\nPart of
  National Heritage Week\, a nine-day celebration of Ireland’s natural\, 
 built and cultural heritage coordinated by [The Heritage Council](https://
 www.heritagecouncil.ie/). The main aim of the week is to promote awareness
  of our heritage\, thereby encouraging its conservation and preservation. 
 It is part of [European Heritage Days](https://www.europeanheritagedays.co
 m/)\, a joint initiative of the Council of Europe and the European Union.\
 nEvent Website: https://www.heritageweek.ie/projects/recording-milk-churn-
 stands
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