Horse sense in rural idyll

THIS is a big modern house, an American barn with floors you could eat your dinner from and 25 pristine acres with primed, paddock fencing.

Not the run-of-the-mill sale and certainly not an average property, even by Celtic Tiger, hobby farm standards.

Ballyogan House, at Barefield, Ennis in Co Clare, is an eight-year old self-build with a number of wings including an unusual gull wing projection that provides a triple-height sunroom. A DeLorean of a house, really.