So glitzy you could almost bump into the Great Gatsby

YOU could be forgiven for thinking you’d walked on to a movie set — say, the Great Gatsby — when you pull up at the entrance to the Capella Castlemartyr Resort: it is a set-dressed timepiece and package, aimed at the wealthy and those seeking to unwind, and prepared to pay for the privileges.

Themed to have a ‘between the wars’ ambience and atmosphere, the €80 million investment is an act of faith in the maxim ‘as you sow, so shall you reap’.

Touches include the old-style bikes at the door, free for guests to wheel their way around the 220 acres, there’s a carriage and driver with two Kerry bog ponies in harness for the same sort of trip, only with commentary, a flat-bottomed punt for boating and angling trips on the lake (complete with resident swans for balletic impressions) and, coming up shortly, an Aston Martin, a Bentley and Land Rover for guests use. !