State to pay €3m for 80 acres at Durrow

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2003 / November 5 2003: State to pay €3m for 80 acres at Durrow

The Government is set to buy part of the historic Durrow Abbey estate in Co Offaly later this month for €3 million to protect one of the country's most architecturally important high crosses. Last night, the Minister of State for the Office of Public Works, Mr Tom Parlon, said contacts between the current owners of the property and the State, which have been going on for some time, are "at last being finalised". The State is buying 80 acres of the original 300-acre property, including the high cross, a 19th-century home, and an abbey which was protected some years ago from the natural elements by the OPW.

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