The Irish Times

The Irish Georgian Society is to receive a European award acknowledging its work for the preservation of historic monuments. Next Saturday its president, Desmond Fitzgerald, the Knight of Glin, will receive the European Prize from the Alfred Toepfer Foundation of Hamburg on behalf of the society. A member of the international award jury, Dr Klaus-Dieter Ebert, will present a gold medal to the society at a ceremony at 20 Lower Dominick Street, Dublin, an 18th century building which has been undergoing restoration in recent years aided by funds from the Irish Georgian Society.