Sligo’s Markree Castle bought

Connacht’s Markree Castle has been bought by the Corscadden family, who now have an Irish castle hotel in each of the country’s four provinces.
The family’s niche castle collection (they are affiliated to 29-hotel strong Manor House Hotels) includes Munster’s Ballyseede Castle outside Tralee in Co Kerry, set on 30 acres of pasture and gardens, and they’ve recently completed restoration works on Bellingham Castle in Co Louth, representing Leinster.