COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING
Thursday, June 17, 2021
MOTION NO. 149
MOTION: Councillor F. Timmons
That this Council includes the cottages on Main Street, Clondalkin, in the Protected Structures List. One of our local poets lived there. His name was Patrick Gogarty (c. 1849-91) – “the quiet shoe-maker”. He was a literary colleague of Katharine Tynan, another local poet and author. She described Patrick Gogarty in two of her published works. Gogarty was part of the important Irish literary circle which included W.B. Yeats. Gogarty was also Secretary of the Clondalkin Branch of the Land League.
REPORT:
The properties on Main Street, Clondalkin while not listed on the Record of Protected Structures are all within the Architectural Conservation Area of Clondalkin Village. This designation as an ACA ensures that the exterior of these properties and streetscape are afforded protection.
It is considered that the properties on Main Street Clondalkin would require assessment in order to determine their merit for inclusion on the RPS. Therefore, it is appropriate to include an SLO in the Draft Plan “To investigate the merit of including in the Record of Protected Structures the cottages on Main Street, Clondalkin”.
Such an assessment could commence, subject to an independent consultant’s availability, over the summer of 2021 with a view to incorporating any such recommendation into the next stage of the Plan process where feasible and appropriate.
Recommendation
It is recommended to adopt this motion with amendment by the inclusion of a new SLO under NCBH Policy 19 of the Plan:
‘To investigate the merit of including in the Record of Protected Structures the cottages on Main Street, Clondalkin’.