It’s hard to imagine a time of day, or a season, when its occupants wouldn’t revel in being here - magic by moonlight, and sun-soaking in the summer among its surrounding patchwork of fields of pasture, woods and seasonal flax.
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The brief given to architect Richard Rainey was for the house to be “a celebration between openness and intimacy”: its abundant glazing, and inside/outside access points delivers on this, with a sophisticated, upside-down hierarchy of spaces and rooms pitched to take full advantage of this indoor/outdoor living concept. Since it was built, it’s been used extensively by its Irish owners, as a second or holiday home, and it has all the signs of being appreciated, with all the paraphenalia of boating, canoeing and seaside use, from wet suits and togs to fishing rods, lines and paddles (and, in addition to the main 3,000 sq ft house, there’s a separate summer chalet used for games, pool, table tennis etc.)ĭesign is by Kinsale-based architect Richard Rainey, with interior design by Fiona O’Keeffe, and she and Kinsale engineer Sean Desmond oversaw the build and the finishing off to the highest degree as project managers. Stone at its solid base, and cedar clad on its upper tier like some sort of modern coastal chalet, it has wrap-around balconies, decking and paved patio terraces for 180 degree bay and sea views - the house’s raison d’etre. Then, it was demolished, and dramatically replaced by what’s seen here now. Daniels says of Fairhaven that “it commands one of the most outstanding coastal settings imaginable.”įairhaven was built as a replacement for an earlier, 1960s smaller flat-roofed house built up on stilts, and which was bought off-market by an Irish buyer earlier in the noughties for a sum possibly not too far off its current sale price. This is a trophy home, but one easy to lock up and leave, for the jetterati. It’s already been quietly for sale for several months via country house sales specialist Michael H Daniels, and it’s very different from his more usual crop of period homes and lots of land. Sources say the boat is owned by the family associated with Ferrero Rocher, but there’s loose talk every now and then about the ilk of Donal Trump et al looking to buy the likes of the spectacular Old Head, while Fota Island Resort and its two top courses are currently for sale.įairhaven even with its €2m price tag will stir some curiosity and low-key visits - but it will all be under the radar.
The prolonged stay of the €200m Italian-owned superyacht Air, its eight seat helicopter and its golfing-mad passenger list that visited some key Munster courses in recent weeks, has fuelled speculation about motives other than pleasure. Playing the wild headland course is a badge of ‘having arrived,’ to some at least. The Old Head of Kinsale Golf Club has drawn an appreciative, uber-rich elite to the area, drawn in their helicopters like moths to a flame. There’s still mobile money wending its way around the planet, and sometimes it touches down in Ireland.
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