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Published 09:56 28 Aug 2017 BST
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It originally belonged to Douglas Hyde's family. Hyde was the first President of Ireland and was the founder of the Gaelic League.
The current owner of the house is Lord of the Dance, Michael Flatley. Flatley bought the estate in 1999 at a time where it was damaged beyond repair.
Riverdance star, Flatley, didn't let that stop him and he undertook "an ambitious and extensive restoration project" which was completed over the course of 4 years.
Daft states that "this remarkable project resulted in an outstanding transformation of the estate to what is considered to be one of the finest in Ireland today."
It's over 200 years old and you can multiply that by one hundred thousand if you want to know the price of this beast of a building.
You will have to part with at least €20 million if you want to stand any chance of bidding with the best of them.
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