Living it large at Woodside

American inspired five-bed property close to Lissarda still has an Irish feel, writes Tommy Barker

THE family that owns Woodside House had just returned after a couple of decades living in the US, in California, and were dismayed when house-hunting here to find that most Irish homes for sale were on the small side, with correspondingly small rooms. So, they made their own solution — they built, big style, an Irish house with American proportions.

Now, while they ‘went large’ they didn’t go over the top, and the stone-finished house is still identifiably Irish, traditional in tone and planner-friendly, but there isn’t a mean-sized room inside, and that’s what the couple and their growing family set out to achieve.