West Cork's luscious Liss Ard Estate, bolt-hole of the stars and Star Wars, finds US buyers for c €3.5m

Country estate and boutique hospitality venue near Skibbereen has had links with Cold War era Swiss spies, rock music's elite, has been a concert and wedding venue and an acclaimed 'Irish Sky Garden' by artist James Turrell

Liss Ard Estate Skibbereen

A WEST CORK estate, once bought on behalf of the Swiss government as a safe Cold War times bolthole in case of nuclear attacks, has been sold 60 years later for c €3.5 million, during the teeth of a global pandemic.

Apart from a rock and roll hall of fame guest list down the years, the exceptionally beautiful Liss Ard estate also accommodated much of the cast of the most recent Star Wars installments, when filming was taking place in West Cork and at Skellig Michael.