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Who owns National Mounuments of Ireland?

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  • 29-06-2012 11:33pm
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    Msecc27
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    For example a abbey owned by the Catholic Church, dissolved passed to the Anglican church, abandoned by the Church of Ireland and vested a National Monument.

    If the Church of Ireland wanted, could it restore a ruin or would the OPW stop the Church of Ireland from doing so?

    And who is the owner of the abandoned abbeys, priories, friaries, churches and convents scattered around the country that were suppressed in the Reformation, but are not vested National Monuments, is it the Church of Ireland (Catholic Church in some cases), OPW, descendants of those who the buildings were granted to or farmers whose land occupies the land around the abbey (if in the countryside).

    For example St. Patrick's Rock of Cashel, Catholic from foundation to the Reformation, Anglican thereafter, Catholic here and there, Anglican again until 1749 and roof removed and vested National Monument. So if the Church of Ireland wanted could it re-roof it and use it as a Cathedral again?


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    DeepSleeper
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    Under the terms of the National Monuments Act 1930, as amended in 1954, 1987, 1994 and 2004, there are a number of different categories of National Monument.

    http://www.archaeology.ie/PublicationsFormsLegislation/Legislation/

    In short, all known archaeological sites are protected under the National Monuments Act 1930 (as amended), but only a very small number are National Monuments in the care of the State.

    Lists of Monuments in State Care may be found here:

    http://www.archaeology.ie/NationalMonuments/NationalMonumentsinStatecarebycounty/#d.en.12835

    These lists show that most National Monuments in the care of the State are actually owned by the State, Ownership being one of aforementioned categories of National Monument. Some of the other sites on the lists are in the Guardianship of the State (and so are clearly owned by someone else).

    I'm not sure who owns the many abandoned church sites around the county which are not National Monuments in State care, though the county councils would be my first guess - they certainly have obligations with respect to graveyard maintenance in most of these cases.


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