COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, May 25, 2020

QUESTION NO. 6

QUESTION: Councillor Teresa Costello

To ask the Chief Executive to ensure sufficient measures are being taken by SDCC and Cluid housing to ensure there will be no damage to the 200 year old bridge while building works are underway on the Whitestown Way/Sean Walsh Park site being developed by Cluid Housing for older persons specific housing? 

REPLY:

In December 2018 the Council approved the development of 81 homes at land situated between Seán Walsh Park, Tallaght Stadium and Whitestown Way, Tallaght, Dublin 24. The Part 8 report as presented to the Council addressed submissions received during the consultation period in respect of the bridge and waterway contained on the site. A short section of stone wall and arch is all that remains on site. There is no historical watercourse remaining nor evidence of its original route. The remaining structure is not recorded in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage or in the National Monuments Service Sites and Monument Record. It is also not listed in the SDCC Record of Protected Structures. Notwithstanding this, the structure will be incorporated into site works in the proposed housing development. Clúid Housing are congnisant of this and will put in place procedures to ensure that the 200 year old bridge is protected.