Liffey View House demolished

Liffey View House on Kilcullen's lower Main Street has been demolished this morning, writes Brian Byrne.

According to the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, the building dates from between 1700 and 1837. It has been derelict for many years.

The combined properties of Liffeybank House and Liffey View House were originally acquired by Sir Anthony O'Reilly of Castlemartin in 2007, when planning permission was sought by Arquette Limited for a mixed restaurant, cafe, retail and commercial, and apartments complex. Both were noted to be Protected Structures. Permission was granted in April 2008, but the development was not able to go ahead, because of Kildare County Council's failure to upgrade the Osberstown Sewerage Treatment plant, a condition in the permission. An extension of planning permission duration was granted to Arquette in 2013.

In March 2018, an application for an extension of duration of planning permission had been lodged by Mark Dyer and Drinda Jones. That application was refused by Kildare County Council on 2 May 2018. In October 2018, the combined property of Liffey View House and Liffey Bank House in Kilcullen was put up for sale as a development opportunity.

A barn on the property known as Brennan's Loft, the original home of boxing in Kilcullen, was demolished in 2006. 

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