Eyes on Carlow: Trading places for a slower pace

Going from the fast pace of London for the slower rambling tempo of life in the Co Carlow village of Rathanna

Osborne’s in the Co Carlow village of Rathanna

In many ways, Eric Osborne has come full circle. From the far side of Mount Leinster to Canterbury, then London and back to the foothills of the Blackstairs Mountains again.

The project architect traded the fast pace of London for the slower rambling tempo of life in the Co Carlow village of Rathanna.

Working for the prominent modernist architect Nicholas Grimshaw, he was involved in the design of the ExCeL Convention Centre, a ...