Kinsale architects turned 1970s property into this dream home 

Home Editor Eve Kelliher discovers how a husband-and-wife duo transformed an old bungalow into an award-winning design

The award-winning Peek-a-boo! residence has been renovated to capture views of Kinsale Harbour. Pictures: Jed Niezgoda, www.jedniezgoda.com

Take one bungalow, two architects, and “a jungle of plants” — it all adds up to an award-winning dream home of our times. Lizette and Ronan Conneely purchased a 1970s property in Kinsale, Co Cork, four years ago.

They set to work revamping the residence in 2019, unveiling the brand-new look a year later — in the process more than doubling the footprint of the original house.