Sligo’s Markree Castle bought

LEAVING Cooper family hands for the first time since Cromwellian days is Sligo’s historic Markree Castle, the latest in a quickly expanding list of Irish hotels and castles changing hands along with the likes of Adare, and Ashford, while Waterford Castle is also up for new ownership.

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.

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