220-year-old hotel selling for €1.5m in Waterford

AN historic hotel in an historic Munster town celebrates 220 years of guest service and hospitality this year. It is also for sale, for €1.5m.

In lovely Lismore is the 29-bed Lismore House Hotel, in the centre of the Blackwater-set scenic town, by the Ambrose Power Memorial.

It was originally know as the Devonshire Arms Hotel, given its long, long links to the Duke of Devonshire, and was built to accommodate guests of the Cavendish family at Lismore Castle.