Luggala became famous as the home of Oonagh, one of the three "golden Guinness girls", and was a gift from her father, Ernest Guinness, in 1937. It is on the market for US$29.5 million (Dh108 million) through Sotheby's International Realty. Read more here.
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Luggala boasts a spectacular location, nestled within the Wicklow Mountains, and is a 40-minute drive from the city of Dublin. Courtesy Top Ten Real Estate Deals -
Luggala takes its architectural cues from the Gothic style, and is full of miniature battlement parapets, ornamental trefoil and quatrefoil windows, and S-shaped ogee mantelpieces. Courtesy Top Ten Real Estate Deals -
Current owner Garech Browne became the custodian of Luggala. He spends a good portion of the year here and has set about restoring the decor of the main house, which is replete with antique furniture, and paintings and portraits by and of the friends Browne made as founder of Claddagh Records. Courtesy Top Ten Real Estate Deals -
The 5,000-acre estate was originally built as a hunting lodge by Ireland’s La Touche banking family in 1787. In addition to the main house, there are seven smaller lodges dotted around the property. Courtesy Top Ten Real Estate Deals -
The wall art includes whimsical works by Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, Jack Yeats, Hughie O’Donoghue and Mainie Jellett. Courtesy Top Ten Real Estate Deals
A tour of Ireland’s Guinness Castle, up for sale for Dh108 million – in pictures
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