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WORK is to continue on Acres Folly which is located within the former gardens to the rear of Acres Hall, the home of Tullamore Municipal District offices. Work .
Viewing platform to be added to Offaly s historic Acres Folly
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WORK is to continue on Acres Folly which is located within the former gardens to the rear of Acres Hall, the home of Tullamore Municipal District offices.
Work had been suspended during Covid. Senior Executive Engineer John Connelly reporting to this month s meeting of Tullamore Municipal District said, much of the restorative work on Acres Folly took place prior to the restrictions on construction activity.
The latest work will include the provision of a viewing platform and external landscaping. Acres Folly is a protected structure overlooking Lloyd Town Park and the town of Tullamore.
Offaly town set to retake premier position in the Midlands
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TULLAMORE is reaping the benefits of the “vision” of councillors to increase the property tax, a move described as “instrumental” in securing regeneration funding of €2.25 million.
Cllr Frank Moran said councillors took a “tough decision” to hike the tax but could now “look at the rewards” when welcoming the allocation at last week s meeting of Tullamore Municipal District.
Director of Services, Tom Shanahan outlined the local property tax had been instrumental in securing the grant as Offaly County Council had to provide matching funding of €700,000 to draw down the investment.
A new role for Offaly s old Tullamore DEW warehouse
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It’s six months now since William Grant announced the closing of the old Bonded Warehouse Visitor Centre at Bury Quay, Tullamore. The company that makes the world-famous and second-largest selling Irish whiskey, Tullamore DEW is going to concentrate its energies on a new visitor centre at the 2014–17 purpose-built Tullamore DEW distillery at Clonminch and understandably so.
The idea of a visitor centre at Bury Quay was conceived in the early 1990s as a way of attracting visitors to Tullamore town. Tullamore had been designated an industrial heritage town in 1990 and EC tourism funds were available. The idea that a new distillery would open in Tullamore was not on the radar. Thanks to the work of Irish Mist (Bill Jaffray), Cantrell & Cochrane (owners of the DEW brand from 1993 to 2010), Tullamore Town Council and Offaly History the idea came to fruition in the year 2000 and the visitor centre was opened. C &