‘Gentleman’s residence’ by Lough Derg with boathouse and 1.2km driveway, for €4.8m
Built for the Sadlier family in the 1750s and restored in the late 1990s, Bellevue House has 2km of frontage on to Lough Derg – and its own boathouse
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