On 24 October 1915, two dozen men from the Queen’s County stayed in a hotel on Gardiner Street in Dublin. They were the hurlers of Leix - as Queen’s County was then known in GAA circles - and they had ...

The estate has an 18th century mansion and over 1,100 acres, including some of Ireland’s oldest native woodland. Abbey Leix House was for sale at a price of €20m from Sotheby’s The estate has some of ...

IRISH tech billionaire John Collison has shelled out €20million on one of the country’s largest and most prestigious manors. John, 30, who founded payment service Stripe with his brother Patrick, 32, ...

An 18th century mansion which includes part of Ireland's most notable ancient woodland is up for sale at a guide price of £18m. The stunning Abbey Leix Estate in Co Laois is an 1,050-acre estate which ...

On Saturday night, 24 October 1915, a group of about 25 men from Queen’s County were staying in a hotel on Gardiner Street in Dublin. They were the hurlers of Leix – as Queen’s County was officially ...

25 October 1915 Dublin - Leix have won the All-Ireland hurling championship for the first time, defeating Cork who were strong favourites. ... 12 March 1915 - A man who attended the famous fight ...

The stunning Abbey Leix Estate in Co Laois, the most expensive property publicly listed in the Republic of Ireland right now, could be all yours if you have a spare €20 million in your bank account.

There's history to be found in every nook and cranny of a great Irish house: but like many of the houses themselves, much of that history has been broken up, dispersed and forgotten. In his book Abbey ...

The billionaire co-founder of Stripe, John Collison, has paid about €20 million to acquire Abbey Leix, the vast Co Laois estate and former ancestral home of the de Vesci family. The 18th century house ...