Haughey brought his own unique ideas to the house, including creating a rural-style Irish bar. The main house’s style, though, is as a Georgian mansion. On the ground floor is the reception hall, which features maple flooring and various cornicing works. This leads to the ballroom via double mahogany-panelled doors, an area that still contains Angelica Kauffmann roundels from Gandon’s design. On the same floor is the dining room, from which the gardens and lakes outside can be seen through the large bow windows.

Other features include the Malton drawing room, featuring a rococo and gothic interior, an open fireplace with carved marble and an ‘informal dining room’. With an office, living room and study also on the first ground, the main sleeping quarters are located on the first floor, including a master suite, as well as eight further bedrooms (more bedrooms are on the third floor). The basement contains a kitchen and breakfast room, sauna, a changing room for the swimming pool, a billiard room and wine cellar.

Along with the extensive gardens, one can imagine that this huge property suited Charles Haughey well: a large estate for a man with a larger than life story.

See the property at the Savills International webpage