A project involving more than 250 primary schools across Fermanagh scooped top honours at a recent heritage award.

The accolade was given to the Lough Erne Landscape Partnership (LELP) for their Fermanagh Vernacular Heritage Schools Project.

Held last week at The Braid Arts Centre, Ballymena, the award by Ulster Architectural Heritage celebrates the contributions of individuals, groups and communities who help rescue, regenerate, research and preserve built heritage in Northern Ireland.

Some of the schools that participated in the intergenerational project include St Ronan’s Primary School, Moat Controlled Primary School, St Ninnidh’s Primary School and Belleek Primary School.

A LELP spokesperson said: "Achieving this Heritage Angel Award would not have been possible without the dedication and hard work from the schools, children and their families, so really and truly this award belongs to them."

Impartial Reporter: Linda Swindle and Russel Storey, Lisnaskea Historical Society with their Highly Commeneded

Pupils were tasked to explore and understand their local heritage by gathering old photos, visiting old vernacular buildings to learn how their ancestor’s way of life in rural Fermanagh was, constructing family trees, and interviewing their elderly relatives.

The information gathered has been scanned and archived to be preserved for years to come.

The pupils' work produced more than 193 records of Fermanagh's Vernacular, social and cultural Heritage.

Other winners included Joseph O'Connor, who supervised the restoration of the Primark Bank Buildings in Belfast, and Dr Paul Logue and Ciara MacManus, recognised for their excavation and regeneration of a mid-16th century Carrickfergus property, once belonging to the Dobbin merchant family.

The Fermanagh Vernacular Heritage Schools Project received financial assistance from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Additionally, Lisnaskea Historical Society was awarded Highly Commended for their annual Old Tyme Market Day the Corn Market Yard, Lisnakea.