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Sinn Féin TD for South Kildare, Patricia Ryan, has called on the Government to take steps to ensure the Hill of Allen is protected.
Yesterday she spoke in the Dáil during a debate on the Planning and Development, Heritage and Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2021.
“I urge the Minister of State to use his newly-found freedom under this Act to protect the Hill of Allen from inevitable destruction, if it continues to be left unprotected. It is home to Aylmer’s Folly, a tower which was built in 1859, and to an ancient burial chamber and burial mound. On St. Brigid’s Day, lights shone from the tower and were visible from all over Kildare, and this was a beacon of hope in these dark times. I ask the Minister of State to take steps to add these structures to the record of monuments and places, the register of historic monuments, and ask that the option of bringing the site into public ownership