Liberator’s home to get €1.2m tourist makeover

THE ancestral Kerry home of Daniel O’Connell is to receive a €1.2 million upgrade which, it is hoped, will turn it into a “must do” tourist attraction.

Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Minister Jimmy Deenihan said the grant will transform the Derrynane House in Caherdaniel, giving visitors home and abroad a “real and vibrant sense of Derrynane as the historic home of one of the most important figures in Irish history”.

He said the money will greatly improve presentation of the house and its historic contents, as well as giving better access.