John Magnier's hotel spends 4.32m on 22.7-acre estate in Dublin suburbs that was once home to Antarctic explorer Shackleton

"Eleven-bedroom Beechpark House in Clonsilla comes with a four-bedroom gate lodge and one-bedroom summer house"

"An 11-bedroom period house on 22.7 acres of land in the Dublin suburbs has sold for €4.32m - and the buyer is ­understood to be the adjacent Luttrellstown Estate, an exclusive hotel owned by John ­Magnier and JP McManus."

"The 18th-century Beechpark House, a 9,365 sq ft Regency 'cottage' where Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton once lived, is in Clonsilla, Dublin 15, just west of Blanchardstown and north of ­Castleknock."

Beechpark House is an 11-bedroom 18th-century Regency 'cottage' of 9,365 sq ft situated on 22.7 acres in Clonsilla, Dublin 15. The property includes a four-bedroom gate lodge and a one-bedroom summer house. The house sold for €4.32 million to the adjacent Luttrellstown Estate, an exclusive hotel owned by John Magnier and JP McManus. The residence once housed Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton. The site lies just west of Blanchardstown and north of Castleknock. The sale expands the holdings connected to Luttrellstown Estate and preserves a large period property within the Dublin suburbs.

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