Still haven’t found what you’re looking for? Could this D3 two-bedroom bungalow, up the street from U2’s ‘birthplace’, be it?
Set back from the Howth Road, about equidistant between Clontarf and Killester Dart stations, is a secure location with all amenities within walking distance, including Mount Temple, the secondary school where Ireland’s biggest-selling musical act, rock band U2, was effectively born.
In 1979, then aged 14, Larry Mullen Jr. posted a note on the school’s bulletin board seeking musicians.
All four band members were students there. Singer Bono (Paul Hewson), lead guitarist The Edge (David Evans), bassist Adam Clayton, and drummer Larry Mullen Jr.
Address: Hollybrook Lodge, 117 Howth Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 TP26
Asking price: €550,000
Agent: KM Property
Bounded by walls, Hollybrook Lodge is a detached two-bedroom, one bathroom property that was originally built around 1830.
The privacy it offered is what drew its architect owners to it.
Eoin Murphy and Grace Counihan upgraded it, installing new windows and doors and adding a raised terrace to the front, to soak up the sun from the south-westerly aspect.
The 70 square metre D2 Ber-rated residence has off-street parking to the front and is accessed via said terrace.
They planted the boundary and greened the exterior so that the only way you can now see it is from the top floor of a double-decker bus.
The bungalow is laid out as two connecting diamond shapes, with the entrance hall in the middle.
Smartly decorated, this section of the house now features a fashionable black exterior, a few shades darker than the liquorice-coloured walls and entrance gates.
It opens directly into the L-shaped open-plan kitchen cum living room.
This has pale wood floors, a kitchen featuring white units and black countertops. The sink is on the island.
The room opens out to span the depth of the property and has a dining area to the back and a lounge area, divided by a half wall, to the front, where an enormous picture window frames the view to the terrace and boundary walls.
A square of this large room has been hived out as a second bedroom.
This currently does double duty as a home office.
The principal bedroom is in the second diamond to the far side of the property.
It has almost a wall of wardrobe storage as well as a dressing area, bookcases, and shelving.
The property’s only bathroom adjoins it.
This is a secure location within walking distance of shops, schools, and parks. The seafront is a 20-minute walk away.
The property last sold in May 2023 for €435,000, according to the property price register.
