Dating from 1737, this is a gracious, luxurious and enormous house in a walled estate on the outskirts of Killarney. The owners spent several years painstakingly restoring it with careful attention to every detail and it is gorgeous.
Enter into a wide vestibule that has white walls and Moorish-style floor tiles. Open a glass door and step into the welcoming hallway which is over 20 feet wide and extends the full depth of the house. Several large Oriental rugs complement the robin's egg blue walls and crisp white woodwork. Wide-planked wood floors have the patina of many years. Fine antiques line the walls. At the far end of this hall, a bifurcated staircase will take you to the upper floor.
On the right of the entry hall is the “small” sitting room, but that's a relative term as it's large by any standards. It has a fireplace with the original red and green Kilkenny marble mantle, a large green and beige Oriental rug, a substantial sofa upholstered in gold fabric and various easy chairs. There's a mahogany games table, a secretary and a round card table in front of a window; a TV and VCR are in a cabinet. Tall arched windows face the extensive grounds and the woods and the mountains beyond the property.
Further down the center hall is the large yellow drawing room. A blue print sofa sits on a rose and blue Oriental rug. The fireplace mantle is white marble. There is an upright piano, easy chairs, a fine, antique round table in front of a large window. Plants, fresh flowers, books, antiques, art and other accessories make this a splendid and very comfortable room.
Beyond the drawing room, the very large dining room has a long mahogany tableand a fireplace with an ornate marble mantel.
A Victorian conservatory, off the dining room, was designed around a huge specimen camellia that is 180 years old, the oldest in Ireland.
A hallway to the left from the main entry hall leads to a side exit and the enormous kitchen. This kitchen was create
