Director Shareholding

CRH PLC
16 May 2001

                                 SCHEDULE 11

         NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS


        All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

1.   Name of company                 2.  Name of director

     CRH plc                             Don Godson

3.   Please state whether            4.  Name of the registered holder(s) and,
     notification indicates that it      if more than one holder, the number of
     is in respect of a holding of       shares held by each of them (if
     the shareholder named in 2          notified)
     above or in respect of a
     non-beneficial interest or in
     the case of an individual
     holder if it is a holding of
     that person's spouse or
     children under the age of 18 or
     in respect of a non-beneficial
     interest                            Don Godson

     Director

5.   Please state whether            6.  Please state the nature of the
     notification relates to a           transaction. For PEP transactions
     person(s) connected with the        please indicate whether general/single
     director named in 2 above and       co PEP and if discretionary/non
     identify the connected person       discretionary
     (s)
                                         (a)     Exercise of options
     No
                                         (b)     Disposal by way of gift

                                         (c)     Sale of shares

7.   Number of      8.  Percentage   9.  Number of shares/       10. Percentage
     shares/            of issued        disposed                    of issued
     acquired           class                                        class
                                    

     (a) 219,560          -               (b)    1,250                 -
                                          (c)  184,924
              
11. Class of     12. Price per      13.   Date of transaction   14.  Date
    security         share                                           company
                                          (a)     16th May 2001      informed
                     (a) EURO 6.53
                                          (b)     16th May 2001      (a)
    Ordinary         (b) By way of        (c)     16th May 2001      16th May
    Shares               gift                                        2001
                     
                                                                     (b)
                     (c) EURO 20.00                                   16th May
                                                                      2001

                                                                     (c)
                                                                     16th May
                                                                     2001

15.  Total holding following this    16.   Total percentage holding of issued
     notification                          class following this notification

                                           -

     500,000

If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the
following boxes.

17.  Date of grant                   18. Period during which or date on which
                                         exercisable

19.  Total amount paid (if any) for  20. Description of shares or debentures
     grant of the option                 involved: class, number


21.  Exercise price (if fixed at     22. Total number of shares or debentures
     time of grant) or indication        over which options held following this
     that price is to be fixed at        notification
     time of exercise

23.  Any additional information      24. Name of contact and telephone number
                                         for queries

                                         Angela Malone

                                         + 353 1 6344340

25.  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
     this notification

                                         ____________________
Date of notification 16th May 2001                    Angela Malone, Secretary