Killarney €1.5m former convent can play key role for top tourist town's accommodation offer

Presentation Convent dates to 1875, and is already under offer with swift and widespread interest: will local hoteliers and business people be outbid by out-of town cash? Interest as a centre for accommodating asylum seekers and refugees not likely, says selling agent

Thu, 13 Oct, 2022 - 00:00

Property Editor Tommy Barker reports

A prized Killarney town centre property with 26 bedrooms, capable of accommodating refugees and asylum seekers on a temporary basis but with clear, ultimate higher-end value is for sale, as controversy and concern this week centred around a proposal to relocate 135 Ukrainian women and children from Killarney to Westport in Co Mayo.

Fresh to the Munster property market with a €1.5m AMV is the former Presentation Convent at Cathedral Place, under the shadow of St Mary’s Cathedral, being sold after the last two Presentation Sisters relocated to other Kerry communities in 2021.