Teresa Deevy was born in Landscape on Passage Road in January 1894, the youngest of 13 children in a middle-class family

WB Yeats’s poetry and fantastical visions were greatly inspired by time spent visiting cousins in Avena House, Ballisodare, as a child, writes Conor Murphy

Dublin’s grand old redbricks have always been among the most desirable houses in the city and these three retain their charm

This lovingly restored 19th-century residence was once the social centre of north county Dublin’s middle-class Catholic elite.

Once a venue for fancy dinners, piano recitals and amateur theatre productions, Kilfane House in Co Kilkenny is 220 years old but looking very well for its age

Springdale on Ennis Road is noted for its architectural significance and sits on 0.6 of an acre

Mountainstown House, a Georgian mansion which sits 120 acres of paddocks, fields and woodlands outside Navan, is on the market for the first time in 250 years

Set on six acres of land, Bellewstown House is on the market through Sherry FitzGerald for €1.15 million, down from an asking price of €1.85 million in 2009, when its current owners first put it up for sale

Near the shores of Clew Bay, the country residence has functioned as a language school for more than two decades, bringing generations of students to learn in Mayo

Silver Springs extends to a sprawling 375 square metres of living space, complete with a roof terrace, indoor swimming pool and five bedrooms

Number 20 was inherited by its current owner in 2014 following the death of his grandmother, who had moved in with her husband in the 1950s

Named after a medieval Italian banker, and once owned by Pat Shortt, 3 The Tontines has a rich background indeed, writes Conor Murphy

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.

A handsome period home that dates from the 1820s and sits on an acre of secluded gardens is for sale just outside the picturesque village of Enniskerry, writes Conor Murphy

A half-hour drive from Belfast city, Springwell Lodge is surrounded by verdant coastal countryside

Designed by Letterkenny-based MacGabhann Architects, Carn Lodge comprises 395 square metres of well-presented accommodation

Listen to the sound of silence in this architect-designed home just outside Wexford town

The careful restoration of the 19th century Dromana Gate Lodge in Villierstown, Co Waterford took almost a year, but it was worth it.

Knocksedan House now comes with only two-thirds of an acre, but, with 542 square metres of tastefully maintained accommodation inside, it still packs a punch