West Cork estate with links to Henry Ford and Imperial Call on sale for €9m

A West Corkestate that includes the ancestral home of motor manufacturing pioneer Henry Ford, and linked to Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Imperial Call, is being offered for sale for €9m.

It’s one of the most expensive Munster properties offered in many years and, in a motors-marque coincidence, is being sold by the former holder of the Mitsubishi Motors franchise for the UK and Ireland, David Blackburn and family.

Lisselan Estate, close to Clonakilty, has over 300 acres alongside the River Argideen with 30 acres of tended gardens, plus an 80-acre, nine-hole golf course.