Johnstown’s €7.5m makeover

Ray Ryan reports on a Teagasc’s plans to develop Johnstown Castle into
Johnstown’s €7.5m makeover

THE buildings and grounds of Johnstown Castle in Co Wexford, are home to a Teagasc research centre for soils and the rural environment, is the location of the Irish Agricultural Museum and has 400 hectares estate of farm land, forestry, parkland and lakes.

Now the heritage and tourism potential of the site is set to be boosted with a €7.5m proposed development involving Teagasc, who own the Castle on behalf of the State, the Irish Heritage Trust and the Agricultural Museum.

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