Winterwood in Castleknock was named after the song by Don McLean. It was an eight-bedroom mansion that had been extended twice, once so a swimming pool could be added for the children to enjoy parties. It had a fully-stocked bar, a full-size snooker table and a karaoke room. There was a putting green and an art collection, which included John Lavery’s Collins In State.
The IRA kidnapping of then-Dunnes Stores director Ben Dunne left the business mogul “jumpy and super-vigilant about his surroundings” and suffering from PTSD, his son has said.