durrow abbey co. offaly conservation plan - Offaly County Council

to good conservation. Every building needs regular
maintenance to keep the wearing and weathering
surfaces in good order, to protect the vulnerable
internal fabric from damage, or to ensure that all
service installations are operating effectively and to
good purpose.
Policy 34. Management and Maintenance
A comprehensive maintenance regime should be
prepared by a suitably qualified person, and formally
adopted, with sufficient funds put aside for
regular inspections and consequential works.
Essential information about each building, including
materials, construction, services, maintenance and
housekeeping procedures, should be recorded and
updated regularly.
(Endnotes)
1
Ó Corráin 1972, 197, 72 7
2
Annals of Loch Cé, 19
3
FitzPatrick, 1994, 28
4
De Paor 1998, 203-5
5
Meehan 1996, 13
6
Meehan 1996, 14
7
FitzPatrick 1994, 27
8
Manning 1995, 42
9
Herbert 1996, 192-3
10
FitzPatrick and O’Brien 1998, 30
11
FitzPatrick 1994, 26
12
Walsh and Geoghegan 1994, 95
13
FitzPatrick 1994, 35
14
FitzPatrick and O’Brien 1998, 98
15
Bradshaw 1994, 198
16
Annals of the Four Masters, 71-75
17
Annals of Clonmacnoise, 227
18
FitzPatrick 1994, 38
19
Fitzpatrick and O’Brien 1998, 99-101
20
Byrne 1994, 133
21
Byrne 1994, 130
22
Fitzpatrick and O’Brien 1998, 101
23
Ellison 1995, 4-5
24
Byrne1994, 76
25
The architect William Murray was employed by John
Toler after he acquired the estate in 1815, to produce
drawings for the extension and remodeling of Durrow
Abbey House. A survey drawing of the existing eighteenth
century house is included in this collection held at
the Irish Architectural Archive.
26
Lewis’s Topographical dictionary of Ireland, London,
1837
27
Michael Byrne notes that these circular loaves of bread
in stone were still intact until the 1970s when they were
stolen from the site.
28
Byrne 1994, 78
29
The Nation. 4 th February 1843
30
Drawings relating to Durrow Abbey are held by William
H. Byrne and Sons, Suffolk Street, Dublin
31
Drawings relating to Durrow Abbey are held by William
H. Byrne and Sons, Suffolk Street, Dublin
32
De Paor 1998, 203-5
33
Environmental Impact statement, 2000
34
Environmental Impact Statement, 2000
35
ibid
36
Durrow Offaly, Extract from the Parliamentary Gazetteer
of Ireland, Dublin, 1845
37
Byrne 1994, 130
38
Discussion with Dr Terence Dooley, 12 th January 2005
39
The Arts and Crafts Movement in Ireland, Paul Lamour
40
Henry,Francoise Irish Art during the Viking invasions
(800AD – 1020AD), London, 1967
41
Terence Dooley, The Decline of the Big House in Ireland
36
Simpson & Brown Architects, Conservation Plan for
Donaldson’s Hospital, Edinburgh, July 2004
37
The Heritage Service of the Government of Ireland
published The Care and Conservation of Graveyards
in 1995 and 1997. The booklet provides advice on the
planning and undertaking of graveyard clean-up projects.
42
Definitions have been taken from the British Standard
Guide to the Principles of Conservation BS7913:1988.
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