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Abbey Leix Estate
To the manor born? Nine country estates to buy now

Abbey Leix Estate Address: Abbeyleix, Co Laois Value: €20m-plus Agents: Colliers and Sotheby’s Designed in 1773 by noted architect James Wyatt, and (...)

The vast Co Laois estate Abbey Leix
117 windows, 1,000 acres: banker cashing in on palatial Laois home

Abbey Leix, the vast Co Laois estate and former ancestral home of the deVesci family, has been put for sale on the international market  with an (...)

Westport House is the venue for a forthcoming study day, which will dig deep into the history of the house and demesne
Enjoy the dark magic of winter days

Now that Halloween has departed with a final rattle of its skeleton and hiss of its vampire teeth, it’s time to prepare yourself a cosy nest where you(...)

Co Mayo hotelier Cathal Hughes has bought historic Westport House in a deal that will see €50 million invested in the 455 acre estate.
Westport House sold to Co Mayo hotelier

The Mayo-based Hotel Westport Ltd has bought historic Westport House in a deal that will see €50 million invested in the 455 acre estate. The selle(...)

Lucan House, residence of the Italian ambassador to Ireland. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Palladio preserved in Lucan House and demesne

The grounds of Lucan House, nestled between the old Galway road and the River Liffey, reveal the history of the demesne, which dates to 1560. Gen Patr(...)

End of an era for Westport House

The placing of Westport House for sale on the open market by its administrators follows a protracted five-year battle by the Browne family to retain t(...)

Views of Westport, Co Mayo. Photographer: Dara Mac Dónail /The Irish Times
Westport House generates €50m a year for Co Mayo

Westport House in Co Mayo generates some €50 million a year in indirect investment in the county and wider western region, according to a consultants’(...)

‘It’s very challenging trying to keep this historical house standing up with a roof on it,’ Lord Waterford pictured at Curraghmore House, Co Waterford. Photograph: Patrick Browne
Oh lord: next generation takes the keys to Waterford county

‘It was a pain changing the bank cards,” says Lord Waterford, 9th Marquis of Waterford. He’s telling me about becoming Lord Waterford back in February(...)