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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM / TEMPLEOGUE / FIRHOUSE / BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

MOTION NO.2

MOTION: Councillor P. Cosgrave

That the Manager with agreement from the Church Lane resident's association erect a plaque to commemorating the architect Thomas Byrne who designed Woodstown Cottages. The beautiful cottages are designed in the Arts and Craft style which is a very rare design in the Rathfarnham area. Thomas Byrne was a family member of the famous Scott Architectural family of father and two sons in the UK who designed many buildings of importance in the Gothic and Arts and Craft styles.

REPORT:

The Council has no remit in this matter.    

By way of explanation,  the properties concerned are in private ownership and our Naming of Infrastructure Policy (which guides the honouring of individuals and / or groups for contributions and achievements that deserve recognition) does NOT apply to proposals for commemorative remembrance on private property.