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Siobhan O'Mahony and Timmie O'Brien enlist architect Hugh Wallace as they restore a former post office in Butlerstown, Co Cork, into their forever home.
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SUBSCRIBESiobhan O'Mahony and Timmie O'Brien enlist architect Hugh Wallace as they restore a former post office in Butlerstown, Co Cork, into their forever home.
Keen to put their stamp on a former post office, Siobhan O’Mahony and Timmie O’Brien sent away for the help of celebrity architect Hugh Wallace.
Siobhan, a native of Ballydehob, Co Cork, and Timmie, from Butlerstown, Co Cork, bought the property in Butlerstown five years ago for €195,000. “Timmie was reared across the road and he used to come across to get his sweets in the shop there when he was growing up!” Siobhan tells Irish Examiner Home.
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