Carrigrohane Castle on sale for €2.5m

Carrigrohane Castle, the Co Cork former childhood family home of convicted fraudster Breifne O’Brien, has been put up for sale, ending more than 40 years of occupation by the O’Brien family.

The 400-year-old Tudor-style castle at the end of the Carrigrohane Road appeared without fanfare on a property website at the weekend, with a ‘price on application’ legend attached to its briefest of descriptions.

It is likely to be floated at about €2.5m, according to sources, though its named selling agent Michael Burns yesterday declined to comment publicly on the family’s plans for its sale.