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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

QUESTION NO. 10

QUESTION: Councillor Eoin Ó Broin

"It is understood that the St Brigid's Well on Boot Road, Clondalkin, is no longer a well as the source of the well water was diverted perhaps during the construction of the Fonthill Road. It is understood that the water that emanates from St Brigid's Well is mains tap water. To ask the Chief Executive if it is the case that it is mains tap water that emanates from the St Brigid's Well and also what he would estimate the financial cost of reconnecting the well head to the original source of well water would be?"

REPLY:

The water supply to St Brigid's Well on Boot Road was found to have dried up several years ago.  It was originally fed from a natural spring which appears to have dried up following developments in the area, and it is unlikely to be possible to reinstate the spring supply.  There is currently a small water supply to the well structure from a public water main.