Galtee Lodge, Asgard Road, Howth, Co Dublin Asking price: €2.5m Agent: Gallagher Quigley (01) 8183000 The Brady Bunch proved they’re still the world’s most popular blended family after HGTV recently united six of them with their old house for a hybrid reunion/home improvement show. A Very Brady Renovation saw the now middle-aged Brady siblings band together to […]
Suttonian Mary Drum knows what it’s like to feel the pressure of lights, cameras and clock ticking action, as a contestant on a competitive cookery television programme. At a time when so many devote their evenings to the lockdown TV staples of property and competitive cookery vehicles, it could be said that she’s emerged […]
The origins are exotic even if the reality isn’t. The urban bungalow, widely built in Ireland from the 1930s to the 1950s, has its genesis in the low-slung colonial Bangala (meaning ‘of Bengal’) homes of the Indian Raj. Retired colonial civil servants took the notion back to Blighty, and in the home counties where they […]
Four-bed house features Mondrian-inspired window and blissfully private outdoor space At first glance number 272 Howth Road looks like it has been in situ for decades. However, the four-bedroom, Dutch-gabled, detached house was built on the site of an artisan cottage just 21 years ago. It was designed by architect Martin Meehan of Meehan […]
It costs €3.2m to buy the best view in Dublin and another €3m to build the biggest mansion the capital has seen in a generation, writes Mark Keenan. Longacre Baily, Howth, Co Dublin Asking price: €3.2m Agent: Gallagher Quigley (01) 8183000 From the three-acre eagle’s nest clifftop site at Longacre in Howth, more than 140 […]
This five bedroom house with sea views, an indoor swimming pool, sauna, gym and games room has everything you could possibly want During lockdown, many of us have been missing things like our regular gym visits, trips to the swimming pool with the kids, or playing snooker with our friends in the pub. The […]
If a period property with modern comforts sounds ideal to you, have a look at this four-bed house in Clontarf, Dublin 3 Rustic, earthy and homely – these are just some of the words that spring to mind when you look at 53 Hollybrook Road in Clontarf. The redbrick Edwardian property maintains many of its […]
Malahide, north Dublin’s chichi-est coastal town, has its own ecosystem. It boasts the beach, ease of access to Dublin Airport for international travellers and a slew of schools. And in normal times the bars and restaurants serve up a sufficiently wide selection that you can eat in a different place every night of the […]
By the time the famous amateur Irish golfer Joe Carr’s competitive playing career ended at Lahinch in 1969, JB – as he was also known – had won 40 championships, including three British Amateur titles, at a time when the Amateur was effectively the world championship for non-paid competitors. Throughout his life, Carr […]
Finding a home with direct beach access in Dublin is something of an achievement, but locating one with two different powder-sandy strands within a short stroll of your door, is extra special. Make it a huge stylish modern luxury home with international beach house qualities and you’ll wonder if it’s the famous Long Island […]
