Garech Browne (Garech de Brún)

Sale would have caused ‘great pain’ if home of late Garech Browne had gone into wrong hands

Guinness heir synonymous with Luggala, the Wicklow estate where he held lavish parties

New company bearing the name of property tycoon’s wife was set up in Ireland in July

Keep Ireland Open makes complaint to Wicklow Co Council over erection of new fencing at estate

Home of late Guinness heir Garech Browne fetches less than €28m price tag

Estate agents expect a lengthy campaign for this midlands big house

One of the first photographs of the moon taken in 1863 goes for €5,600

‘Jewel of a painting’ dates from 1956, when Freud was a guest at Luggala, Co Wicklow

Knockdrin, owned by Ferdinand von Prondzynski, has dropped in price from €13.5m to €12m

Artist, who eloped with a Guinness in the early 1950s, painted portrait in Co Wicklow

Trust controlling lands says gate near public road to close from 5.30pm over ‘duty of care’

Guests share stories of the man who had made a ‘unique contribution to Irish culture’

Portrait-painter Anthony Palliser on his friendship with Garech Browne, halcyon days at Luggala and his famous Irish subjects

Claddagh Records was co-founded by Guinness heir Garech Browne who died in March

Liam O’Flynn and Garech de Brún enriched and strengthened our musical tradition

Radio review: Newstalk host airs pet peeves, while Miriam hears of liaisons in Luggala

Section 482 review follows high-profile cases of ‘big houses’ in trouble

Opening the national chequebook is not the way to secure its future

One serious overseas offer on table would accommodate 77-year-old custodian

Bohemians rhapsodise about it and high society have always loved the magical estate in Wicklow

Beatles, Mick Jagger and Michael Jackson among famous guests who stayed at Luggala

Grandfather clock once worth €500,000 that plays ‘God Save the Queen’ up for auction

For three centuries poets and painters of the loftiest reputations have been drawn into the magically timeless clutches of this Wicklow retreat. For me, it fell into my clutches, by cosmic coincidence, when I sold my house in the Dublin Mountains in December 2012 and needed a place to stay