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The idea of renovating an old property and “bringing it back to its bones” was a longtime ambition of Catherine Spain.

Catherine would gaze at old buildings as she strolled around the high roads and byroads of Kerry and wonder about their potential. “I had this idea of ending up with a cottage that would be as it once was, but a more comfortable version of the original,” she tells Irish Examiner Home.