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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE/FIRHOUSE/BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, September 08, 2020

QUESTION NO. 2

QUESTION: Councillor Yvonne Collins

To ask the Chief Executive when it would be possible to arrange to have a general pruning done in Rathfarnham Castle Park, to include trimming the hedges within the park and where the park meets the main road.

REPLY:

On inspection recently the grounds of Rathfarnham Castle Park were found in general to be in good condition. 

A number of issues have been attended to recently in the park -  the water flow to the lake which had dried up temporarily has been reinstated, a number of fallen and dangerous trees have been removed from the woodland and arrangements are being made for replacement planting, and a number of new benches have been provided in the park. 

A number of other items have been included in the improvement works programme for this year and these will be attended to in due course - these are the overlay of a portion of the footpaths around the park where this is required, and planting around the pond in the formal garden.

During the inspection a number of items were identified as requiring attention.  The maintenance of the formal garden requires attention particularly with regard to weed growth.  The wide flowerbed between the depot and the front of the castle requires planting and it is proposed that this will be considered for inclusion in the improvement works programme in 2021.  There is some overgrowth and ivy at a number of park entrances which needs to be cut back.  The maintenance items mentioned above will be dealt with in the coming weeks.