Small wonders: The Cork woman who crafted her very own doll's house

Pat Hurley from Cobh at the Maples doll's house. Pictures: Dan Linehan

Having taken three years to build and a further two to furnish, Pat Hurley’s dollhouse might be the most extravagant of its kind in Ireland.

Complete with genuine miniature paintings and real-life family photographs, the grandmother’s pride and joy is the stuff of little girls’ fantasies.