Person: Michael Daniels

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Rathealy House has acres and acres of potential

A price drop should renew interest, says Tommy Barker.

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Busy period buys

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Encouraging signs

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Period home has it all

farming

Ideal time to purchase property like Rathclare House and 18 acres

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Chaffinch Hall — class inside and out

Blackwater Valley’s hidden mansion

Half of the original house here burned down in the 1900s, but there’s still more than enough to go around, says Tommy Barker.

Sat, 16 Apr, 2011

Property that's more English than the English themselves

THERE’S timber, and then further up the scale there’s lumber. Dromore Barn is a lumbering giant, and a roadside West Cork oddity.

Sat, 15 Jul, 2006

Four-bedroom country house back on market

QUITRENT House, once part of the large Kingston estate in north Cork, is believed to have been built for the Catholic agents of the estate, the O’Mahony’s, who later went on to found a woollen mills at Blarney.

Sat, 01 Apr, 2006

Country homes sought by ex-pats

Tommy Barker reports that an increasing number of sales are being conducted privately.

Sat, 20 Nov, 2004

Reflect on the magic touch

Rose Martin is spellbound by the simple elegance of a home tinged with elements of ancient Irish and Chinese traditions.

Sat, 10 Jul, 2004

Wealthy Irish coming home and buying big

THE RETURNING Irish, who have made their money abroad, are under-pinning the Irish country house market.

Sat, 22 May, 2004

Mill wheels turn again

LIFE cycles of the country's old mills turn slowly like the giant working wheels of the buildings themselves.

Sat, 28 Feb, 2004

Local businessman splashes out close to €4m for Belline House

ALMOST a year to the day since it went to market, Belline House in Co Kilkenny has been sold, for close to €4 million.

Sat, 29 Nov, 2003

Come to Clondulane

CLONDULANE isn’t a soft, symmetrical Georgian manse, but a Victorian five-bed house that commands attention.

Sat, 20 Sep, 2003

By Tommy Barker INTO horses? Saddle up, and ride out towards Slievenamon - South Lodge to be precise - a spot that has been home to race winners trained by David Wachman, now married to John Magnier’s daughter Katie.

Sat, 02 Aug, 2003

Caher House comes with 270 acres

A WATERSIDE chunk of Co Clare land, some 270 acres, has hit the market with a small period home, stone out-buildings, boat house, mature woodland and even possible golf course potential.

Thu, 03 Jul, 2003

Aghinagh House perfect setting for race fans

HIGH class horse racing connections, and three properties in one, are part of the sale package at Aghinagh House at Carrigadrohid, Co Cork.

Thu, 12 Jun, 2003

Home for a million wakes up market

DEEP in sleepy August the news of a million pound sale last week shook up auctioneering circles in Cork.

Sat, 17 Aug, 2002