Former Presentation Convent in Listowel back on market

There’s been interest and a few site visits in advance of the sale by tender of the former Presentation Convent, in Listowel, Co Kerry.

Auctioneer John Hodnett of Hodnett Forde Property Services in Clonakilty has set a tender date of June 10 for the disposal of the historic building. It faces the racecourse across the River Feale, andhas access from Convent Road/Greenville Road, along with pedestrian access from the Ballybunion road.

The convent building was associated with the Presentation Order since the early 1840s, and the nuns first established a primary school, following in the early 1900s with a new secondary school building also, catering for many hundreds of girls from a wide catchment. The order announced the decision to close the original convent building in 2007. It’s understood that a sale was agreed to a private buyer, but that that sale never concluded.