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Sancta Maria, on the North Circular Road opposite the Bishop’s Palace, is due to sell by auction on October 1. Built back when the family was in full swing and building on all fronts, the large and well-located family home is likely to make E700,000 to E800,000, says Pat Kearney of Rooneys.
The Parkes family built swathes of new housing from the 1960s on Shannon side, running to over 1,200 homes, and now a new generation represented by sons Ralph and Michael are keeping the family name flying with a major retail park development in train (Homebase, Currys, Reids, Elverys, TK Maxx, PC World and Hickeys Home Focus are in for starters) on a 30-acre site as well as other projects.