Want to own a piece of Irish history? This slick three-bedroom bungalow overlooks a waterfall and abuts a natural amphitheatre where the great orator Daniel O’Connell held a monster meeting in 1843.
Occupying an elevated position above a waterfall on theOwen Glen River, which flows from the Twelve Bens mountain range, cascading through the town of Clifden, Connemara’s capital.
Within a short walk of the town centre, this detached three-bedroom, two-bathroom home is in walk-in condition.
Address: House By The Waterfall, Ardbear, Clifden, Clifden, Co. Galway, H71 EH57
Asking price: €675,000
Agent: Matt O’Sullivan
The A3 Ber-rated residence was built in 1985, but was turned on its head by its current owner to take advantage of the views over the falls.
The renovation took place eight years ago and included architectural Valfac aluclad windows framing the vista.
The roar of the falls, especially after rain, is almost like a form of natural white noise. The family loves how it soundtracks their lives.
“It changes all the time,” she says.
The bedrooms are now where the kitchen and living room were.
The principal bedroom is where the living room originally was, while the kitchen was divided into two bedrooms for the kids.
She also wanted a utility room and wet room, hard-working spaces that make all the difference to how a family functions.
The smart joinery throughout is by Ronan Joyce.
Now A3 BER-rated it includes an air-to-water heat pump, mechanical ventilation with heat recovery (MVHR), useful in Ireland’s damp climate, fibre broadband connectivity and polished concrete floors.
The dual-aspect eat-in kitchen frames a view of the tip of the amphitheatre through its sliding doors, which open to the garden.
Walk out to the garden and the property’s boundary, and you can wonder how word went out that the Liberator was to speak and how he managed to draw a crowd estimated to be in the tens of thousands to Repeal the Act of Union between Great Britain and Ireland.
The above-counter window on the opposite wall overlooks the falls.
The living room is also dual aspect.
Its large picture window frames the falls, where salmon and sea trout can be fished for with a permit on a catch-and-release basis.
The owner loves the fact that she can go to the shops on foot, but she needs more space.
She’s just gotten married and has had a baby, but the property remains “a big part of her heart”.
Agents Matt O’Sullivan is seeking €675,000 for the 106 square metre property, which comes with full planning for an extension by Luca Architecture, which recently refurbished Kelly’s Hotel in Rosslare and designed Bo Concept’s new store in Navan.
The property has an electric vehicle charging point, gardens that include a sunken trampoline and a playground in the woodlands beneath.
