Dawn of €1m house

MISSISSIPI meets the mud-flats of the Shannon Estuary. Even though it may be 90 years since independence, these Antebellum mansions at Cratloe in Co Clare, could almost be called post-Colonial.

At a million euro a pop, they represent the coming of age of this country these behemoths are the successor to the modest two-storey house.

This exclusive new scheme, abutting the state forest, Cratloe Woods, will have just seven detached houses in a gated development and already two have been sold off the plans.