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New York and Clonmel-based billionaire Maurice Regan has acquired the 18th-century Dangan Castle in Co. Meath as part of a €250 million deal to buy developer Gerry Gannon's debts from Nama. The castle, the childhood home of the Duke of Wellington, is currently in a ruinous state, and Regan is exploring options to prevent further degradation.
New York and Clonmel-based billionaire acquired castle in deal to buy developer Gerry Gannon’s debts from Nama Dangan Castle in Co Meath: The 18th-century building is in a ruinous state and it is understood the new owner Maurice Regan is exploring what work is required to prevent further degradation, the childhood home of Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington, came as part of Regan’s €250 million buyout of developer Gannon’s loans from the Land records show that Gannon bought Dangan Castle in 2008 and there were two charges placed on the property from.
Those charges were replaced by a charge placed on the historic property by Stolensky Ltd, a Regan company, on December 17th, 2024. The firefighters of 9/11: They were eating breakfast when the call came.
‘They all left’for sale for €3.1m in 2023 . The 18th-century castle is in a ruinous state and it is understood the New York-based Regan is exploring what work is required to prevent further degradation of the large Georgian country residence. The castle has a five-bay, two-storey facade above a vaulted basement. It was the childhood home of the Duke of Wellington, who famously went on to defeat Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
It is understood Regan primarily sees the property as a farm. In 2023 it had 50 acres of grassland, 115 acres of tillage and 70 acres of forestry. It is located 2km from the village of Summerhill. Maurice Regan has extensive farm interests in Tipperary centred on his base in Newtown Anner Stud.
Photograph: Collins Courts A spokesman for Regan said: “As part of our relationship with our partner developer Gerry Gannon, we acquired in a portfolio the Park2Travel car park atAs part of his purchase of Gannon’s Nama debts, Regan took over his Dublin Airport car-parking site that has capacity for 6,000 cars. It now operates under the Park2Travel brand and is managed by Apcoa.
Airport operatorBorn in London but raised in Kerry from the age of 10, Regan became wealthy through building up JT Magen, a New York construction firm that includes Netflix and a number of data-centre companies among its range of clients in the United States. In Ireland he owns the Mercantile Group of pubs whose bars include Whelan’s,Regan and Magnier are locked in an ongoing competition case that is before the High Court, with Regan claiming that Coolmore has used its power to block Regan’s stud from using the Fethard Equine Hospital and Coolmore’s stud services.
Coolmore has denied breaching any laws and has said the hospital is free to treat Regan’s horses. It hasCharity received more than 170 warnings from regulator about overdue accountsDonald Trump expected to urge Ireland to buy liquefied natural gas from US during visitDamage to homes ‘likely’ as status-orange rain warning issued for three counties
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