Home — and workshop — of renowned sculptor Liam Roe comes to market for €695,000

Sculptor Liam Roe's home 66 Foxfield Park.

Raheny, Dublin
€695,000
Size	40 sq m (1,510 sq ft)
Bedrooms	4
Bathrooms	2
BER	C3

No 66 Foxfield Park in Dublin’s Raheny suburb is perfect for chiselers, of both little and literal kinds.

Set in a family-friendly estate just off the coastal Howth Rd, near St Raheny’s Anne’s Park, Dollymount Strand and the Bull Island, No 66 has been the long-time family home of the late, noted wood sculptor and teacher, Liam Roe. 

His hugely productive back-garden workshop, with an array of chisels, is attached and preserved in situ, along with unfinished works, to the rear of the 1,500 sq ft semi-d.

Liam Roe

The very well-kept home is complete with other examples of his skills, including a hand-crafted fireplace in dark volcanic Irish basalt, topped with an oak plinth, as well as the house number 66, carved with interlinked 6s, set on the house’s front brick wall by a ground-floor, converted, en-suite bedroom.

Having also swung lengths of ash as a senior hurley player with Dublin, Roe (1935 to 2010) took to wood carving after a night class at age 23.

This quickly ignited a passion, which led to him leaving his civil-service job to study, sculpt, and train in the ancient art with master carvers in Oberammergau in Germany in 1962, living with them for a while as he honed his skills and sharpened his talents. He returned to Dublin to work and to exhibit from 1963, and secured a teaching job in the National College of Art and Design in 1976.

Initially, he carved and sculpted in the garage of his childhood home, and after marrying and moving to 66 Foxfield Park in 1973, Roe first worked in a box room here, in an array of woods from walnut to Spanish chestnut, oak, yew, lime and more.

Later produced from his rear-garden garage/workshop, Roe’s oeuvre spans hundreds of pieces, with themes from Irish culture and history, the human and animal form, and objects of an equine and religious nature, including mother and child.

Some unfinished work and chisels remain, cherished by family and as a testament to his ‘work from home’ set-up.

Estate agents Gallagher Quigley guide the C3-rated No 66 at €695,000 (under early offer at €715k), saying it has generous living accommodation, with the ground floor “particularly versatile and easily adaptable to suit a variety of family or work-from-home requirements”.

It includes a ground-floor shower room/guest WC and airy kitchen extension, with granite-topped oak units, with a large Smeg range cooker, a cherry blossom in the south-aspected rear garden, and with access to the dedicated workshop, with scope to upgrade/extend into.

The Price Register shows more than 40 resales at Foxfield Park, most typically in the €600/€700k bracket, but the upgraded No 52 made €830,000 late in 2025 (up from a €775,000 AMV) and the outlier, more modern, A-rated No 29A, made €930,000 as a four-bed detached.

VERDICT: Carve out a niche in the capital’s well-settled and well-serviced 660 Foxfield Park, the final home and studio of an Irish talent.

The retrospective A Life’s Work is currently on show at the stately Pearse Museum, Dublin, hosted by the Office of Public Works, until March 29.