Historic site of 19th-century 'spa breaks' on offer for €1.5m

Artist’s impression of the proposed design for The Hydro nursing home. The 12-acre site near Blarney, which once housed the original ‘Roman-Irish’ baths, is now on the market for €1.5m. The proposal, which went to An Bord Pleanála, was given the go-ahead with conditions, including that provision be made to incorporate some elements of the former Hydropathic Establishment.

A 12-acre site synonymous with providing pioneering health treatments is on the market near Blarney with a guide price of €1.5m and full planning permission for a state-of-the-art nursing home.

Hydro Estates Ltd, headed by local businessman Michael O’Regan, has planning for a 120-bed nursing home at the site of the former St Anne’s Hydropathic Establishment, the first Roman-Irish baths in western Europe.