Plus: the seller of Tathony House in Dublin 8 got his sums right, Caitríona Balfe’s healthy finances, and the rising price of a Brittas Bay mobile home
Plus: the seller of Tathony House in Dublin 8 got his sums right, Caitríona Balfe’s healthy finances, and the rising price of a Brittas Bay mobile home
Denis and Lily Collison have also been helping out their sons. They are both directors of Abbeyleix House and Farm Ltd, their son John’s stately manor in Co Laois, which is undergoing a large restoration. It’s all a long way from rural Dromineer, Co Tipperary, where the family famously had to install a satellite link to pick up decent broadband to access the internet.Another multimillion sale appeared on the Property Price Register last week but the transaction was considerably more protracted.
The success of actress Caitríona Balfe has gone a little under the radar compared with some of her Irish acting contemporaries. But her part in fantasy time-travel series Outlander, which has been running for almost a decade, has earned her a tidy fortune, according to recently filed accounts for the Monaghan-born actor’s main company. Balfe’s London-based firm, Byron Benirras Ltd, recorded retained profits of €9.77 million at the end of last year.
“The works are not created merely to make an electrical box look pretty, or to put nice colours on a wall,” she said. All of her pieces were commissioned by the Clare Arts Office and were “site specific”.
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