How Fota was won for the people

STAN REYNOLDS (Irish Examiner letters, May 5) contends that Mrs Bell sold Fota Estate to UCC for a nominal sum because she wanted her lovely property to become a public resource in perpetuity.

How Fota was won for the people
Fri, 26 May, 2006 - 01:00
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I wish to make the following points:

1. Fota Estate was sold by public tender after Mrs Bell died.

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