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sustainable and we will achieve Teagasc are excited by the prospects Minister for Public Expenditure
this through admission charges of what a partnership with the Irish and Reform Brendan Howlin
and annual membership options Heritage Trust can bring to the TD announced €7.5 million
where visitors will enjoy a much table for the estate, as Chairman for the proposed development
wider range of events and activities of the Project Steering Committee, of Johnstown Castle. Funding
on site. We also see the project Paddy Browne of Teagasc, tells us: of €5 million is available for the
as something that will create “We are going to be offering a lot project through the Department of
wider economic benefits through more than what is currently on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
job creation and the multiplier offer at the Johnstown Castle Estate and €2.5 million in Failte Ireland
effect – where other businesses and this will be delivered in project funding.
and suppliers in the area benefit phases. Speaking at the launch of the
from tourism activity. We are also project, Minister Howlin said, “This
delighted to play our part in Fáilte is a major boost not just for Wexford
Ireland’s Ireland’s Ancient East. WE KNOW THAT THE and the southeast of the country
We will be telling the fascinating PEOPLE OF WEXFORD but it will significantly contribute
stories about the people who to Ireland’s tourism offering,
lived and worked here.” In fact HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE particularly to Ireland’s ‘Ancient
MAIN IMAGE: if you have any memories or IN THEIR HEARTS FOR
Johnstown Castle East’.
connections to Johnstown Castle JOHNSTOWN CASTLE
the Trust would love to hear from “This development aims to make
you; you can email Jennifer at Johnstown Castle the most visited
johnstowncastle@irishheritagetrust.ie attraction in the southeast of
“Initially we will be placing capital
The Irish Heritage Trust is an budget in areas of the estate where Ireland and to greatly increase the
amount of pleasure which people,
organisation which punches well restoration and preservation is from Ireland and abroad, obtain
above its weight in terms of delivery; critical. We will then move on to from the buildings and grounds
it has in its short lifetime trebled in building an experience for everyone of Johnstown Castle. For the first
size, yet has honed its dependency to enjoy and each year we will time, the castle itself will be opened
on the exchequer to 32%. be adding to and improving this to the public to visit.”
experience.”

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