A DUBLIN home which was used as a safe house by Michael Collins almost 100 years ago has gone on the market in Ireland.
This was the house in which Collins met his Dublin Castle intelligence operatives during the Irish War of Independence.
The war took place between 1919 and 1921, just before Collins’ assassination in 1922.
The Edwardian red brick property on a sleepy street in Clontarf gives little hint as to the huge role it played in Irish history.
The kitchen. Picture: Daft.ieBut the four-bedroom house does feature many of the original features from that time, including high ceilings, original plasterwork, fireplaces, bay windows and floorboards.
Located on one of the fashionable area’s most prestigious streets, the house is mere footsteps away from Clontarf Promenade.
At 210 square metres, the house consists of a porch, hallway, three bathrooms, interconnecting drawing/dining room, kitchen and family room with access to the rear garden, along with four bedrooms in the upstairs of the property.
The living room. Picture: Daft.ieThe period home was upgraded and extended by its current owners in 2006, with gas-fired central heating and beautifully restored marble and cast iron fireplaces part of the renovations.
Upstairs, there are four bedrooms, an en-suite and a family bathroom. The bedrooms look out onto the west-facing rear garden, which has vehicular access.
Outdoors, there is a decked area ideal for alfresco dining and summer entertainment, along with a raised lawn with mature plants and trees, a climbing frame and a timber shed with attic space.
One of the property's bathrooms. Picture: Daft.ieHowever, as you may already have guessed, given the house’s location and role in revolutionary Irish history – it won’t come cheap.
