History
The office was created on 15 October 1831, initially it was known as the Board of Works. It was formed out of the merger of the Office of the Surveyor-General for Ireland, the Barracks Board, and Navigation Board. The OPW had responsibility for the majority of heritage sites in Ireland prior to 1996. In 1996 the management of most of these sites was transferred to a separate agency, DĂșchas - The Heritage Service, which adopted a stylised version of the traditional OPW logo, with the OPW changing its logo to match its new focus on its buildings and maintenance functions. In 2003 DĂșchas was wound up and most of its functions are now operated by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). Functions not transferred to NPWS reverted to being OPW functions, which mainly relate to built heritage sites.
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