Holding comes with mud and stone dwelling

IN case we needed to be reminded where we came from, Kehoe’s are selling a 14-acre holding at Laurelstown, Clonard, Co Wexford, which includes the remains of a mud and stone dwelling.

It’s a unique opportunity to buy, says Barry Kehoe, but the poor peasants who lived in the old bothán would never comprehend the €500,000 asking price.

The irony is, of course, that their descendants will now see the opportunity for a site for a single, large house - even further evidence of how far we’ve come in economic terms in three generations.