Fort William ticks all the boxes

A British buyer used the Christmas wind-down period to swoop on one of Munster’s best country estates, one with a trail of British blue blood — and the River Blackwater — running through it.

Waterford’s Fort William House, on almost 400 acres along the River Blackwater with fishing rights, has been sold quietly and off-market in recent weeks. Fetching between €7m and €8m, it’s one of the largest Irish country estate sales since the economic crash.

Sources say it is one of the finest private properties in Munster, “ticking all of the boxes for international buyers”.