A home to actors, gentry and other merry men

This 18th-century ‘spacious modern mansion in the Italian style’ was the post-stardom hideaway of the actor who played Robin Hood in the 1950s.

Borleagh Manor, served as a sumptuous retirement home for matinee idol Richard Greene; above, well-tended gardens; below, the impressive hallway
Borleagh's interior, from top, features an airy study; kitchen/living area; and a sunroom. Below: the grounds include a one-acre, man-made brown trout lake

Borleagh Manor in Inch, Co Wexford, has served as home to the landed gentry for much of its existence, and a search through digitised print media archives yields typical results for such a country residence: adverts for servants, wedding and death notices, sales of plots of land. Its high-society credentials were well ...