State to buy land around Castletown House, restore access

State acquires lands around Castletown House in Co Kildare for €11.25m

Move follows two-year standoff that led to the closure of public parking and access at the heritage site

State buy lands around Castletown House for €11m following two-year standoff over access

The purchase of the lands should ease the long-running tensions between the OPW and objectors to its use of a pedestrian avenue for vehicular access to the site.

State to buy land around Castletown House, restore access

The State has agreed a deal to purchase the lands around Castletown House in Co Kildare which will likely bring an end to a two-year standoff that led to the closure of public parking and access at the heritage site.

State to buy lands around Castletown House to end dispute and restore access

A two-year stand-off between the Government, locals and landowners is set to end after the Office of Public Works agreed to buy the lands surrounding Castletown House. The public will finally regain access to the historic Palladian mansion and parklands, in Celbridge, Co. Kildare, which has been partially closed to the public since September 2023. The new deal will reopen an entrance for cars and a car park near the M4. The OPW bought 235 acres …

OPW purchase of Castletown House lands ends access dispute – Neville

Full access to the historical Castletown House should be back open to the public before Christmas with the purchase of the land by the OPW, a Fine Gael TD has said. Deputy Joe Neville, who represents Kildare North, said today’s resolution is a great result, not just for the people of the local area, but […] The post OPW purchase of Castletown House lands ends access dispute – Neville appeared first on Fine Gael.