Fossa Rowing Club access case put back to let tempers cool

A farm family had no choice but to defend proceedings against a 123-year-old rowing club, some of whose members had “aggressively pursued” a claim for a right of way through the lands, a judge said yesterday.

Fossa Rowing Club has effectively been shut down after its members lost the claim last week, the court has been told. In 2011, it sued Cornelius A Dennehy for a right of way to a “magnificent” club house it built on the shores of Lough Leane in 2012 — before it had obtained a right of way, the Circuit Civil Court was told in Killarney last week.

The matter was adjourned to Tralee Circuit Civil Court to yesterday to decide on costs and to allow the sides to come up with an access arrangement. However, the period was too short, the court was told.