Lofty Ballincurra House like a castle floating above silver blanket

THERE are castles in the air, and then there are castles rooted in the past. Ballincurra House is a small bit of both.

What was originally an early 1900s cottage on an elevated hillside at Killeen, near Silvermines and Nenagh in Co Tipperary, is now one Irishman’s completed personal vision, and castellated grand design, all rolled into one.

And, when the fog and low-lying clouds roll in, this almost fantasy-like family home can hover above it all, like a castle floating above a silver blanket, says its owner, Wicklow-born graphic designer and sign-maker (see www.signLED.ie) Michael Gray.