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Mt. Congreve 'For Sale'

  • 30-07-2011 10:42pm
    #1
    SillyMcCarthy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 372 ✭✭


    I was told by a friend that the house & a portion
    of land surrounding the site are to be sold.
    Apparently the OPW can't afford to have another
    house on their books but yet thay can afford to
    spend it on this! http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0730/kenmare.html

    It would be terrible if we lost this beautiful house
    & some of the gardens to a third party!

    If only we had some real clout in the Dail.


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  • #2
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Mt Congreve will cost far more than 7 million. Maybe Lord Waterford or the Duke of Devonshire might fancy a twin estate!


  • #3
    cycletheroad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 165 ✭✭cycletheroad


    SillyMcCarthy wrote: »
    I was told by a friend that the house & a portion
    of land surrounding the site are to be sold.
    Apparently the OPW can't afford to have another
    house on their books but yet thay can afford to
    spend it on this! http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0730/kenmare.html

    It would be terrible if we lost this beautiful house
    & some of the gardens to a third party!

    If only we had some real clout in the Dail.

    As far as i know, the state has to keep the estate for twenty five years under the agreement in place, since Ambrose Congreve passed away.


  • #4
    SillyMcCarthy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 372 ✭✭SillyMcCarthy


    Nothing was signed prior to Mr Congreves death so there
    is nothing in place to safeguard it!


  • #5
    cycletheroad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 165 ✭✭cycletheroad


    SillyMcCarthy wrote: »
    Nothing was signed prior to Mr Congreves death so there
    is nothing in place to safeguard it!

    ah there is ok......thats why Mr Congreve had to leave for a week each month and went to London etc....part of the over all deal with the state.


  • #6
    cycletheroad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 165 ✭✭cycletheroad


    signed up years ago.......


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  • #7
    SillyMcCarthy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 372 ✭✭SillyMcCarthy


    You can read as much as ye want in to the small print

    & analyse it for all it's worth but the fact still remains

    that it's to be sold. Just wondering if many people here

    have been on the estate?


  • #8
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,691 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Thought I saw something on the paper to the effect that the final signing had not taken place.

    I have been round the gardens and they are magnificent. If it is just the house for sale there is some garden around it that would not make a huge difference if it were not included in the future public area - some that is already private. There is still a lot of garden to walk through, it takes about 2 hours or so with a guide.


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