Abbey playwright’s childhood home on market for €650,000
Teresa Deevy was born in Landscape on Passage Road in January 1894, the youngest of 13 children in a middle-class family
Elegant period home with shades of Yeats’s faeries
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
Victorians still reigning after all these years
Dublin’s grand old redbricks have always been among the most desirable houses in the city and these three retain their charm
A home of convivial elegance in Co Dublin
This lovingly restored 19th-century residence was once the social centre of north county Dublin’s middle-class Catholic elite.
A stately pad with a gregarious past
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
Edwardian residence in Limerick is a beguiling blend of old and new
Springdale on Ennis Road is noted for its architectural significance and sits on 0.6 of an acre
A good catch in Co Meath
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
Grounds for satisfaction in sprawling Co Meath house
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
A €1m house of learning on Mayo’s scenic coastline
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
Impressive Howth residence on landscaped gardens for €1.975m
Silver Springs extends to a sprawling 375 square metres of living space, complete with a roof terrace, indoor swimming pool and five bedrooms
A Clonmel property transformed from its dank, crumbling past
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
A Georgian five-bed with a fascinating history
Named after a medieval Italian banker, and once owned by Pat Shortt, 3 The Tontines has a rich background indeed, writes Conor Murphy
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.
Retreat from the city rush in Georgian style
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
Rural Northern charm with a New England feel for €1.14m
A half-hour drive from Belfast city, Springwell Lodge is surrounded by verdant coastal countryside
How a recce mission turned up a Donegal dream home
Designed by Letterkenny-based MacGabhann Architects, Carn Lodge comprises 395 square metres of well-presented accommodation
Wexford family home a haven of space and solitude
Listen to the sound of silence in this architect-designed home just outside Wexford town
A pastoral hideaway on historic estate for €300k
The careful restoration of the 19th century Dromana Gate Lodge in Villierstown, Co Waterford took almost a year, but it was worth it.
High ceilings and a lofty pedigree
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