Lough Gur Environmental Management Study February 2009

Activity Area 2 is located on lands to the rear of Reardon’s Bar and to the east of Holycross AFC. It
is readily accessible from the main Bruff road and can benefit from the presence of the bar, shop
and existing Post Office. The lands are in single ownership. It is proposed that the existing AFC
facilities would be retained, with improvements carried out to the changing rooms.
The area would be the location for a new purpose-built Visitor Centre, subject to land acquisition,
comprising state-of-the-art interpretation facilities, comfort and refreshment facilities and possible
provision of overnight accommodation for small specialist groups. The Centre could be combined
with, or form part of, a recreated ‘Neolithic Village’, demonstrating through replica structures and
building methods and other interactive interpretation techniques, the ancient history of the locality.
The new centre would also provide accommodation for the Maintenance Team and facilities for the
Management Team and in the longer term as a base for the proposed Park-and-Ride system.
Views towards the lake
Location Plan
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