MISSISSIPI meets the mud-flats of the Shannon Estuary. Even though it may be 90 years since independence, these Antebellum mansions at Cratloe in Co Clare, could almost be called post-Colonial.

IF the devil is in the detail, then this house at Ballyanrahan West in Patrickswell, Co Limerick, is well on the road to perdition - by way of the Adare Bypass.

Tommy Barker almost gets lost in all the luxury, open spaces and gorgeous views offered