Bray Head offered to local council to be converted into public park
Bray, 22 November 1922 – An offer has been made to turn Bray Head over to the people of Bray for the purposes of a public park.
A meeting of Bray Urban Council last night was informed that land owner David Frame had previously told the Town Clerk, John McCaul, that he was prepared to hand over the 86 acres of Bray Head free of rent in perpetuity, without any reservation, except for mineral rights.
On 18 November, Mr Frame accompanied Christopher Byrne TD to meet with President W.T. Cosgrave to whom he conveyed his reluctance to part with the land until such time as the council or the government could develop it into a public park. He felt this undertaking could help relieve unemployment in the area.
President Cosgrave, it is understood, thanked Mr Frame for his generosity and promised to do what he could once a scheme was put before him.
Frame and Byrne also met with Ernest Blythe, the Minister for Local Government, and Charles Gordon Campbell, the Secretary to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, whose advice to them was to prepare an estimate and submit it to the ministries. Only then would they be in a position to approach the Minister for Finance with a recommendation.
[Editor's note: This is an article from Century Ireland, a fortnightly online newspaper, written from the perspective of a journalist 100 years ago, based on news reports of the time.]
