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Inside the £18million mansion so big it takes 30 minutes to walk around but no one wants to buy
Updated: 18 Jan 2021, 14:11
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A STUNNING mansion from the 18th century is still on sale after one and a half years - and is so big it takes 30 minutes to walk around.
Set on 1,050 acres of ancient woodland, Abbey Leix Estate in Co Laois, Ireland, costs an eye-watering £18 million - but no one has bought it yet.
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The mansion in Co Laois has been on the market since June 2019 - and will set you back £18million
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Abbey Leix boasts nine bedrooms and 10 bathrooms
Castletown Cox €12.6m
Tulira Castle, outside Ardrahan, Co Galway, and famed for its association with Lady Gregory, WB Yeats, John Betjeman and a host of literary nobles, has been given a new lease of life as the country residence of CarTrawler founder Niall Turley (52) who paid €5.8m for the pile and 265 acre estate some years ago.
Built around 1882 by Edward Martyn, it was later owned by his cousin Mary, wife of Fitzroy Hemphill, a baron, barrister and horse racing enthusiast.
Turley is believed to have netted €40m after selling internet car rental booking system CarTrawler, which he owned with his brother. He continues to run his numerous business interests from his home in Rathgar, Dublin.