The party season has begun. Here are 3 party homes with fully stocked bars for gatherings, great and small.
It’s officially party season. The invites have been sent. Some guests have RSVPed. Many more have not.
But likely they’ll rock up anyway.
It’s a good thing you have the home bar well stocked, have room for everyone to get down and outside spaces for the smokers and vapers.
Here are three homes ranging in price from €795,000 to €825,000 that fit the bill.
Contemporary party pad
Address Curraghmore House, Drumdrishaghaun, Belcarra. Castlebar. Co Mayo, F23 K266
Asking price: €825,000
Agent: Sherry FitzGerald Crowley
Designed by Michael Moran of Axo Architects, this may be the ultimate party pad.
The A3-rated detached house extends to 437 square metres, so there is plenty of room for everyone you’d like to invite. The hall is being enough to become the dance floor.
You can exile those with no rhythm or have a slightly grinchy idea about cutting loose, getting down and grooving, to the galleried office space above, where they can survey the scene.
Set on 2.2 acres, it is far enough from the nearest house to let you turn the tunes up to 11 without bothering anyone, except any poor cab driver trying to find his fare.
Just don’t expect to crash overnight.
While its single bedroom is luxuriously appointed, there isn’t a spare room.
The next owner might look at converting the dining room into either one or two bedrooms, depending on their needs.
Can I stay over? No, there’s only one bedroom.
Pleasure palace on the shores of Donegal Bay
Address: Rossmore, Donegal town, Co. Donegal F94 PP96
Asking price: €795,000
Agent: Savills
Set on an elevated site, overlooking Donegal Bay, on the outskirts of Donegal town, this is an impressive, three-bedroom, four-bathroom detached house with entertaining space to rival any nightclub.
It opens into a galleried hall with an imperial-style staircase, and a black Kilkenny limestone fireplace dating from the 1820s that, once lit, will welcome guests.
Off the foyer is a gothic church-designed games room, complete with a stained glass window, that is used as a bar.
This is where most of the action will be.
On the other side of the hall is a sitting room, featuring another antique marble fireplace.
It is divided from the dining room by green grande verde marble pillars.
The house was built 25 years ago, has a C3 Ber-rating and extends to 290 square metres.
The bedrooms are off the galleried landing upstairs. All are en-suites. The principal has a balcony off it from where you can survey the coastal views.
The house is on about 0.8 of an acre, and has 49 metres of water frontage.
Can I stay over? In addition to the principalthere are three more bedrooms for the last men and women standing.
All back to mine
Address: Bramble Cottage, Curraghbeg, Adare, Co. Limerick, V94RF8D
Asking price: €800,000
Agent: Savills
Within walking distance of the heritage village of Adare, host to the Ryder Cup in 2027, this four-bedroom, two-bathroom, D2 Ber-rated detached house will make a great place to bring everyone back to after the bar person calls last orders.
Built in 1958, the double-fronted traditional bungalow was renovated in 2000 and now extends to 197 square metres.
There’s a cosy snug, warmed by a wood-burning stove. It and the adjoining kitchen and dining area have vaulted ceilings.
For those who have no homes to go to, there is plenty of accommodation to offer beds to the last men and women standing.
But the fourth bedroom is currently set up as a bar, so you might have to kick everyone out before you can get any shuteye.
The grounds extend to about 0.6 of an acre and enjoy a south-west facing aspect.
Can I stay over? You can lie down in one of the four bedrooms – just don’t bed down in the bar.
