Inside Story: Close to home
Tibradden has been in Selina Guinness's family since 1860 and, somehow, she has always known that it would feature strongly in her future, writes Joanne Hayden.
Immediately, I look for the crocodile's head. Sure enough, it's on the chest by the door, jaws stretched to show off its teeth. The hall's marble columns are impressive, but the crocodile is more of a draw, a stark, necessary sentinel.
Over the past decade, Tibradden - a Victorian house and parkland in the foothills of the Dublin Mountains - has needed guarding. Developers' helicopters used to prowl the skies overhead, a symptom ...
