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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

QUESTION NO. 12

QUESTION: Councillor L. O'Toole

"To ask the Chief Executive to consider if St Finians Church, or the unused walled garden in Willsbrook would suit for an apiary? The walled gardens would be perfect as there is a microclimate there."

 

REPLY:

The Old Church at Esker Glebe is listed as a Protected Structure in the County Development Plan 2016-2022. It is identified as Esker Church and described as a “stone church (Ruin), Monument and Graveyard (RM)”. The RM denotes that it is a recorded monument. The segregation of an area within the confines of the churchyard would not be in keeping with the designation of the site and would be inappropriate. 

A playground is currently under construction at the walled garden in Willsbrook Park.  The site is not available for an apiary.  In the event that the playground was not being constructed here, the site would not be considered suitable due to the security risk that the site would present for the hives and users of the park.