He built the 2,540 sq ft house with his wife Monica Collum, a nurse from Arigna, Co Leitrim. “Visitors usually get a shock when we tell them when it was built.”The couple built it after living for five years in the US. The sitting room with mezzanine at Keshcarrigan, Co Leitrim“Out of that, came the genesis of the house in Keshcarrigan,” he adds. The dining room of the house at Keshcarrigan, Co LeitrimThe couple sought out antique furniture to further add to the traditional feel. In the dining room, located in the ground floor of the tower, there’s an elegant oval dining room table and chairs from 1850.

Source: Irish Independent February 13, 2026 17:32 UTC