State accused of failure to safeguard 18th-century dwelling

The Irish Times

The State has been accused of failing in its duty to protect Tyrone House, an 18th-century building in south Galway. The listed building's remaining artefacts are being pilfered on a continuous basis, according to Mr Gordon St George Mark, a descendant of the St George family, which originally owned the mansion. Tyrone House, which overlooks the Clarenbridge oyster beds of south Galway, inspired Somerville and Ross's The Big House of Inver, and the St George family mausoleum was immortalised in Sir John Betjeman's poem, Ireland With Emily. It was designed for Christopher French St George by John Roberts, the 18th-century Co Waterford architect who was also responsible for Mayo's Moore Hall.

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