Ashford Development Association are awaiting the delivery of keys for the garda station from the Office of Public Works having already raised close to half the sum needed to renovate the building.
Following the auction a number of weeks ago which saw original drafts of a Seamus Heaney poem fetching €27,000, the ADA were presented with a cheque for €54,505 from Brian and Stephen Clarke of Clarke Auctioneers who carried out the auction in Mount Usher Gardens.
The association estimate they will need to raise €135,000 to renovate the garda station into a heritage centre.
We want to turn the garda station into a heritage and arts centre,' explains ADA secretary Sheila Clarke. Its in an ideal situation right at the heart of the village and would be somewhere we can all be proud of. Somewhere people can find art, literature and local artifacts.'
Wicklow People
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