More than €29,200 allocated to conserve beloved Kildare monument

More than €29,200 in funding has been allocated to help conserve a beloved monument located in North Kildare.

Carbury Castle is one of 104 projects across Ireland set to benefit from the government's Community Monuments Fund, which is worth €8 million.

As part of this Fund, the landmark has been allocated €29,212.50.

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The announcement has been welcomed by the Mayor of the Clane-Maynooth Municipal District, Fine Gael councillor Brendan Wyse, who claimed: "I have been working with Carbury Village Residents Association for several years now trying to get funding to get a conservation report prepared to advise us on the structural condition of this very important, historical local landmark."

He continued: "Over the last two years, I have personally requested the allocation of Local Property Tax for this project, to the sum of €40,000, which I committed to doing before the last local elections.

"This additional government funding now means that we have over €69,000 available to not only prepare a conservation report. but possibly make a start on necessary works."

Cllr Wyse concluded: "I want to thank Carbury Village Residents Association for taking on this project on behalf of the community, and Kildare County Council's Heritage Officer, Dara Wyer, for his work on the funding application."

Anyone seeking further information about the Community Monuments Fund can visit gov.ie.

Fine Gael Cllr Brendan Wyse, who is also the Mayor of the Clane-Maynooth Municipal District. File photograph

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