State Archives: Government passed on £1m Adare Manor

Successive governments passed up the opportunity to acquire Adare Manor for the State during the 1980s despite the urging of a senior minister who claimed in 1980 that it was going “for a song” at IR£1m.

State papers revealed justice minister and Limerick TD Gerry Collins had become aware in November 1980 that the well-known manor and estate in Adare, Co Limerick, was due to be sold.