Standing the test of time

MAGINE seeing out four centuries, and still having the heart and structure to stand for a few hundred years more.

Rathcoursey House, a hospitable place recently stayed in by European royalty and ambassadors, is at heart a magnificent family home.

It overlooks East Ferry and Great Island in Cork harbour, half an hour from the city and airport, and is on 35 acres of land with stone outbuildings, some of them part renovated.