Flatley’s mansion not for let, say agents

A LUXURY property agency has denied reports that Michael Flatley’s lavish mansion in Cork is available for short-term letting in spite of the fact that a listing appeared on their website only to be taken down yesterday morning.

Irish dance superstar Flatley, 51, bought Castlehyde House, which sits on the banks of the River Blackwater in Fermoy, for £3 million in 1999. It is the ancestral home of the first President, Douglas Hyde, and is regarded as one of the finest examples of Georgian architecture in the south-west.

Mr Flatley has spent in excess of €40m since on the restoration works. The house has 14 bedrooms, a 20-seat private cinema, a spa, two climate-controlled wine cellars, and a three-storey library.