James Dyson thought to be behind Ireland’s biggest-ever private house sale

Inventor and vacuum cleaner magnate James Dyson is thought to be behind the purchase of the house and 850 acres of land

Ballynatray House and its estate on the banks of the River Blackwater on the Waterford-Cork border was sold for over €30m. Picture: Denis Scannell

A Munster estate on the River Blackwater has hoovered up the title of Ireland’s biggest-ever private house sale at well over €30m. 

One of Britain’s richest men, vacuum cleaner magnate James Dyson, who already controls 35,000 acres in Britain  — owning more land there than King Charles — is believed to be behind the purchase.