Planning go-ahead for land at last home of Yeats

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2000 / April 26 2000: Planning go-ahead for land at last home of Yeats

Planning permission has been granted for the construction of 28 apartments in the grounds of Riversdale House, W.B. Yeats's last home in Ireland. The house, an 18th-century farmhouse in Rathfarnham, Dublin, was saved from demolition following an intervention by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Ms de Valera and was made a listed building on the recommendation of Ms de Valera. The protective status, however, was not afforded to the 3.5 acres of ground around the house.

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