Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 14 Oct 1998

Vol. 495 No. 2

Written Answers. - National Monuments.

Donal Carey

Ceist:

175 Mr. D. Carey asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands the number and locations of national monuments declared officially by Duchás since her appointment and their location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19712/98]

Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands (Miss de Valera)

The following Table 1 lists (a) the sites entered on the Register of National Monuments and (b) Preservation Orders made under the provisions of the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 1994, since my appointment as Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands. Broadly speaking, such individual registrations and the making of preservation orders take place where it appears to me that the sites in question may be at risk.

In addition, specifically in accordance with section 12 of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act, 1994 and regulations made on 14 November 1994, entitled the National Monuments (Exhibition of Record of Monuments) Regulations, 1994 (S. I. No. 341 of 1994), I am obliged to establish a statutory "Record of Monuments and Places" which affords legal protection to all known or suspected sites and monuments.

The record consists of a set of constraint maps with an accompanying index, prepared on a county basis, which shows the locations of "Monuments and Places" which are protected under the Acts. In order to give effect to these provisions a "Record of Monuments and Places" has been established for 25 counties and is available for inspection by members of the public at various venues, mainly local authority offices, county libraries, farm development offices and Teagasc offices during normal public opening hours.

Government notices providing information on the "Record of Monument and Places" were placed in the main newspapers as detailed on the following Table 2. These were followed by notices in the main local newspapers. During my tenure as Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands, protection has thus been extended to an additional 40,000 monuments approximately in eight counties countrywide. The Record of Monument and Places for County Cork, 15,810 sites approximately, is the only outstanding record and is scheduled for completion later this year, after which all Recorded Monuments and Places throughout the State will enjoy legal protection. The Deputy will acknowledge that this is a major achievement in its own right.

Table 1

List of Sites Registered in the Register of Historic Monuments under Section 5 of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act, 1987

(a) Register of National Monuments

Schedule (Serial No.)	Monument	Townland	Parish	County	OS 6" Map	Date of Notice in Iris Oifigiúil
Mar-97	Ringfort	Lisnafana	Lurgan	Cavan	39:02	Tue 24 June 1997
	18thC House (Bishops Palace)	Townparks	Tuam	Galway	29:15	Tue 24 June 1997
	Batchelor's Lane	Moneymore	St. Peters	Louth	24:12	Tue 24 June 1997
	Archaeological Area	Brittas	Nobber	Meath	5:12 +16	Tue 24 June 1997
Apr-97	Ringfort	Erriff	Turlough	Mayo	79:02	Tue 9 September 1997
	Portal Tuam	Crowagh or Dunneill Mt.	Kilmacshalgan	Sligo	0.75625	Tue 9 September 1997
May-97	Blarney Castle Bawn Wall	Blarney	Garrycloyne	Cork	0.66944444	Fri 26 September 1997
	Cist & Mound	Ballymaclare	Whitechurch	Wexford	34:12	Fri 26 September 1997
Jun-97	Ship Street Little, Site on City Wall	Royal Exchange A	St . Bridgets	Dublin	0.75763889	Tue 14 October 1997
	Cemetery & Enclosure	Derryvilla	Clonyhurk	Offaly	34:2	Tue 14 October 1997
Jul-97	Monastic Enclosure	Tallaght	Tallaght	Dublin	0.88333333	Fri 31 October 1997
Jan-98	2 Prehistoric Cairns	Manor West	Ratass	Kerry	29:15	Fri 6 March 1998
Feb-98	Church and Graveyard	Crumlin	Crumlin	Dublin	0.75972222	Fri 26 June 1998
	Ringfort	Kilmacumsy	Kilmacumsy	Roscommon	0.67430556	Fri 26 June 1998
	Graveyard (disused) Early Church site	Kilbraugh	Buolick	Tipperary	49:2	Fri 26 June 1998
Mar-98	Upper Court Manor	Upper Demesne	Freshford	Kilkenny	0.54375	Fri 26 June 1998
Apr-98	Enclosure	Cloghaundine	Kilmacrehy	Clare	0.91944444	Tue 30 June 1998
	Kilcoe Castle	Kilcoe	Kilcoe	Cork	140:12	Tue 30 June 1998
May-98	Ringfort	Cappalea South	Kilmaley	Clare	33:13	Tue 28 July 1998
	Ringfort	Gortaganniv	Kilmaley	Clare	33:13	Tue 28 July 1998
	Ringfort	Gortaganniv	Kilmaley	Clare	33:13	Tue 28 July 1998
	Fulachta Fiadha	Gortaganniv	Kilmaley	Clare	33:13	Tue 28 July 1998
	Fulachta Fiadha	Gortaganniv	Kilmaley	Clare	33:13	Tue 28 July 1998
Jun-98	3 Enclosures	Ballymore Eustace West	Ballymore Eustace		29:03	Tue 15 September 1998
Jul-98	Archaeological Area	Cappalea North, Cappalea South & Gortaganniv	Kilmaley	Clare	33:9 + 13	Tue 15 September 1998
	Ringfort	Keeloges	Ballynakill	Galway	0.79305556	Tue 15 September 1998
	Clogherbeg Mote	Raheennamadra	Knocklong	Limerick	41:13	Tue 15 September 1998
Aug-98	Ecclesiastical Remains	Inishkea South	Kilmore	Mayo	0.96597222	Tue 29 September 1998

Total 15 orders.

Total 28 sites.

(b) Preservation Orders including Temporary Preservation Orders

Monument	Townland	County	OS	Date
17/19 High Street (16thC towerhouse)	Kilkenny	Kilkenny	0.80902778	Tue 1 July 1997
Abbey Street	Kilkenny	Kilkenny	19:93	Tue 1 July 1997
Ship Street Little	Royal Exchange A	Dublin	0.75763889	Tue 14 October 1997
19 High Street	Kilkenny	Kilkenny	0.80902778	Wed 3 September 1997
Church and Graveyard	Clashganny	Tipperary		Thu 11 September 1997
City Wall	68/69 John Street	Kilkenny		Fri 19 December 1997
Monastic Hermitage	Illaunloughlan	Kerry	87:7	Wed 7 January 1998
Smithwicks Brewery Precinct St. Francis Abbey	Kilkenny City	Kilkenny	019:5 (25" map)	Mon 19 January 1998
Kiltinan Castle	Fethard	Tipperary	070:3 (25" OS)	Mon 19 January 1998
Cloghermore Cave Burials	Ballymacelligott	Kerry		Thu 28 May 1998
Archaeological Complex	Belpatrick	Louth		Mon 8 June 1998
Corraun Castle	Corraun	Co. Mayo		Wed 2 September 1998

Total 12 POs (including 5 TPOs).

Table 2

List of Preservation Orders including Temporary Preservation Orders made under the National Monuments Acts 1930-94

RMPs established under present Minister

County	Date advertised (main papers)	Approx. site count
Cavan	12 Dec 97	2,079
Galway	12 Dec 97	7,618
Limerick	12 Dec 97	6,373
Kerry	17 Jun 98	9,416
Roscommon	17 Jun 98	5,572
Tipperary (South Riding)	17 Jun 98	4,065
Dublin	10 Sep 98	1,258
Tipperary (North Riding)	10 Sep 98	3,024
	Total	39,405