COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN, NEWCASTLE, RATHCOOLE, SAGGART AND BRITTAS AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

MOTION NO. 10

MOTION: Councillor E. Ó Broin

This Area Committee agrees that the OPW should supply a mobile staircase that would allow tourist access to the Round Tower on a regular basis, and can be stored nearby.

REPORT:

The Round Tower at Brú Chrónáin is under the auspices of the Office of Public Works (OPW) and this would be a matter for them. The Council has no role in the management and maintenance of this structure.

It should be noted that the Round Tower is a protected structure and national monument, with the views to and from the tower integral to its protected status. Allied to this, the surrounding garden and grounds form part of the curtilage of the protected structure, with any previous interventions within these grounds having been sensitively designed to ensure the protected status of the Round Tower has been safeguarded. There are no plans to erect any structures within these grounds to store mobile devices and the Council would have serious concerns with regard to same from an architectural conservation perspective, with the approach adopted by the Council to ensure that the protected status of the Round Tower is maintained at all times.