Mayo County Council has confirmed that it is to purchase Moorehall.
The local authority is to purchase the 80 acres of woodland estate, including the house, courtyard and walled garden, from Coillte for €400,000.
The estate will be developed in collaboration with the National Parks and Wildlife Service.
Moorehall is of national historic significance, the ancestral home of John Moore, first President of the Republic of Connaught and of the renowned Moore literacy writers.
The history of the family and of Moorehall is closely intertwined with significant events in the history of our emerging Nation, including the 1798 French invasion, the Irish literary renaissance of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and the Civil War.
The Council propose to develop the estate as a nationally important nature reserve, tourism attraction and the location is a key component of the Council’s long term tourism strategy of developing outstanding tourism products and experiences across Mayo.