Take a bow, Mr Swash, to great applause

How a theatre producer transformed a derelict stone cottage into a star attraction. Tommy Barker reports

Renovations, extension, up-grading, acquiring more land and planting nearly 2,000 trees, plus creating four themed gardens is the genial Mr Swash’s Irish legacy

Welcome to one of the longest-running Bob Swash productions, Kilkenny style. Credits for this set-piece cottage property must go to the long-retired but highly successful theatre producer, one of the men behind the mega-successful Blood Brothers show.