Calls for State to purchase Shane MacGowan house in Tipperary
The purchase wouldn’t be a ‘massive outlay’ said Deputy Alan Kelly
A suggestion was floated in the Dáil recently that the State or that Tipperary County Council could buy the home cottage of the late Shane MacGowan.
Speaking on Tipperary tourism generally, Deputy Alan Kelly made reference to the Unravelling Shane MacGowan tourist trail and the pride that north Tipperary have in the singer, who passed away in 2023.
Inviting Minister for Enterprise and Tourism Peter Burke to swing by Nenagh sometime, Deputy Kelly outlined the support the idea might get.
“In the Nenagh and north Tipperary area, we are very proud of Shane MacGowan. There is a trail...which has been set up and supported by Siobhán his sister, and Tipperary County Council, particularly Rosemary Joyce, with a huge number of people coming on the tour.
“There is the old family cottage, which we would love to get into some form of local authority or national ownership. I ask the Minister sometime he is passing down through the middle of Ireland - obviously, Nenagh is very central - to meet with the family there to discuss same. It would not involve a massive outlay but I wanted to take this opportunity to ask the Minister”.