OPW logs over 100 acts of deliberate damage at historic properties in past two years

There were 14 separate reports from Castletown House and Donaghcumper House, above, in Kildare, including one spree that caused over €500,000 worth of damage.

More than 100 incidents of deliberate damage to national historic properties were recorded in the past two years, including gates being rammed, ‘scorched earth’ attacks, and oil poured over an ancient stone.

The OPW also logged the theft of a 1916 information panel, sand poured over staff toilets, and an incident where scaffolding and planks were broken up and thrown in a river.