The last time this house appeared in these pages, it didn’t actually exist... except on paper, and in the plans with which it was offered for sale.

A PORTRAIT of Daniel O’Connell which was at the Cork and County Club for many years is among many brimful of interest lots at Fonsie Mealy’s sale in Castlecomer May 20 at 10.30am.

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