A BALLYVAUGHAN home will feature in the second episode of the new RTÉ series ‘Hugh Wallace’s The Great House Revival’ this Sunday.
Busy restaurateur Aoibheann MacNamara has waited years to find the perfect isolated cottage, she’s found the property she has been looking for and is embarking on an ambitious but sensitive restoration of an old Land Commission cottage in the middle of the protected environment of the Burren landscape.
Aoibheann is the owner of Galway’s Ard Bia restaurant. With so many planning and environmental restrictions, Aoibheann has time to set up a full kitchen garden to service her restaurant in Galway City, as well as two tenants – Crunchie and Phoebe, the two miniature ponies.
She has a very clear vision in mind for her Burren retreat and has ambitions of creating an exceptional design that will belie the walls of the traditional cottage. As Aoibheann’s progressive vision for her retreat spirals out of control, it inhibits her from making any decisions on her build, slowing down all work on-site.
Local builder John Connole described as “a no-nonsense Clare man” has been given the task of helping Aoibheann to get the renovation back on track.
