Stately home reborn as €60m luxury hotel

A €60 MILLION restoration project on a former stately home burned by the IRA is set to transform it into a luxury five-star hotel.

Stately home reborn as €60m luxury hotel
Wed, 17 Oct, 2007 - 01:00
Sean O’Riordan

The old Puxley mansion in Castletownbere, which was burned in 1921, will open next spring as the Capella Dunboy Castle hotel.

Millions have been spent on restoring the building to its former glory.

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CourtsPlace: CastletownberePlace: east CorkPlace: Bantry BayPlace: Bere IslandPlace: Beara peninsulaPlace: GalwayPlace: AllihiesPlace: CornwallPlace: DunboyPlace: Dunboy CastlePerson: Chris SouthgatePerson: SouthgatePerson: Horst SchulzePerson: PuxleyPerson: John PuxleyPerson: Lord BantryPerson: Donal (Cam) O’Sullivan BerePerson: O’Sullivan BerePerson: SirPerson: George CarewPerson: JA FroudePerson: Daphne du MaurierEvent: Civil WarOrganisation: IRAOrganisation: TKB SouthgateOrganisation: Department of the EnvironmentOrganisation: CapellaOrganisation: Capella CastlemartyrOrganisation: Ritz-Carlton
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