Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 13 Feb 1996

Vol. 461 No. 4

Written Answers. - Barnwell Tombstone.

Mary Wallace

Question:

106 Miss M. Wallace asked the Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht the current position regarding the Barnwell Tombstone that was removed from Crickstown Graveyard, Ashbourne, County Meath, in June 1995; and the steps, if any, the Office of Public Works has taken over the past eight months regarding the return of the stone to the graveyard. [2945/96]

Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht (Mr. M. Higgins)

Following consultations with interested parties, including the local authority, arrangements are at present being made for the return to and reinstatement of the Tombstone at Crickstown graveyard.