COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, June 20, 2016
HEADED ITEM NO. 5
HEADED ITEM: C. Performance and Change Management Directorate
REPORTS REQUESTED BY AREA COMMITTEES
Item 49868 submitted by Cllr D O Donovan at the Rathfarnham Templeogue/Terneure ACM stated as follows:- (That the Chief Executive seriously considers the availability of Orlagh House and premises as an amenity for the Council area and as a new Interpretative Centre for tourism and the Mountains. And please outline what planning opportunities there are for proposed purchasers to develop the site.) Following discussion by the members at its June ACM if was agreed to bring this matter to the full Council requesting that a special meeting be agreed to discuss the option of the purchase of Orlagh House, Old Court Road, Dublin 16.
REPLY:
Orlagh House is an extended Georgian house dating from 1790. Comprising 31 bedrooms, reception rooms, Oratory and kitchen facilities, it was until recently managed by its owners the Augustinian Order as a retreat centre. It is a protected structure the uses for which are limited and acknowledged by the vendor. It is not appropriate for the Council to engage in public debate about the value or otherwise of a property for sale, beyond the information contained in the vendors sales marketing material. In the context of this Council’s tourism aspirations for the Dublin Mountains I will arrange for the potential of the property to be further assessed.