O’Connell home gets €1.2m revamp

The way has been paved for a €1.2m upgrade of Derrynane House, the museum home of the “Liberator” Daniel O’Connell in south Kerry.

The works will include the provision of a lift and an exhibition space, a new visitor entrance, and the upgrade of toilets, tea rooms and car spaces.

The existing house, nestling in 120 hectares of exotic gardens and parkland overlooking Derrynane beach, is largely the result of O’Connell’s design in the 19th century.