Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 26 Jun 1962

Vol. 196 No. 5

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Laois and Offaly Monuments.

128.

Mr. O.J. Flanagan

asked the Minister for Finance if in respect of the counties of Laois and Offaly he will give details of monuments which were taken over as national monuments, the location of each and the amount of money spent on same over the past five years.

Mr. O'Malley

The following are the monuments in State care in Laois and Offaly:

County	Parish	Townland	Monument
Laois	Rathdowney	Errill	Church, Monastery and Cross.
,,	Fossy or Timahoe	Fossy Lower	Church
,,	Killeshin	Killeshin	Church.
,,	Sleaty	Sleaty	Church and two Crosses
,,	Fossy or Timahoe	Timahoe	Round Tower and Abbey (Gateway).
Offaly	Seir Kieran	Churchland	Site of early Christian settlement.
,,	Clonmacnoise	Clonfinlough	Clonfinlough Stone.
,,	Clonmacnoise	Clonmacnoise	Churches, Round Towers, Crosses and Slabs.
,,	Durrow	Durrow Demesne	High Cross and Tomb Slabs.
,,	Rahan	Rahan Demesne	Two Churches.

During the five years ended on 31st March, 1962, an expenditure of £5,499 18s. 2d. was incurred on works at Clonmacnoise and £872 on the acquisition of Sier Kieran. Routine maintenance works were carried out at some of the other monuments—the amount in any one case did not exceed £15.