Come to Clondulane

CLONDULANE isn’t a soft, symmetrical Georgian manse, but a Victorian five-bed house that commands attention.

And, because it's Victorian, its provenance is more trade than ascendency (to use the values of the time), but is still a well-designed and well-built property that's been through a number of hands.

While there is no direct history of its builder or designer, the house was occupied in 1844 by Mr Peter Carey and a Mr Robert Briscoe, who were followed in 1870 by a Mrs Dennehy. Some 30 years later, Clondulane passed into the hand of Thomas Rice, an amiable fellow who was the solicitor responsible for prosecuting Land-leaguers. He eventually retired as Crown Prosecutor for the East Riding of Cork and took to hunting instead, a pastime which ended with some sumptuous soirees in the house.