The manor house has a healthy price tag of €3.25m

The Dominicans order is to depart Waterford after almost 800 years in the city. An ageing and dwindling number of vocations has been cited by the order, with just two Dominican friars still administering in Waterford at its friary on Bridge Street.

The sale of a Dominican retreat centre on the northside of Cork city has raised calls for the city council to buy the property in order to provide a much-needed park for the area.

Ennismore Dominican Centre in Montenotte, in Cork, is set to be put on the market despite providing much-needed social services for those most in need in Cork and beyond.