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GORTALOUGH, which exclusively hit these pages with a record-seeking €2.5 million splash last weekend, has features to fill pages of newsprint and magazines... so here’s a taste and context.

Carrying the largest price tag ever attached to a Cork city home through estate agent Margaret Kelleher of Lisney, and with a considerable 10,500 sq ft of space including swimming pool and leisure centre, this Rochestown Road home is simply on a par with the best houses anywhere in the country.

A similar sized 10,000 sq ft, three-storey Victorian home Kenah Hall in Killiney, Dublin is broadly comparable but carries a 8 to 10 million price with Sherry FitzGerald