The Great House Revival — Season 5
Hugh Wallace returns to explore the challenges and rewards of restoring Irish homes. In the first episode, he visits a former Post Office in Butlerstown, County Cork, documenting its transformation.
Aoibheann MacNamara, a restaurateur with a passion for preserving heritage, has undertaken a significant project: the careful restoration of a historic Land Commission cottage nestled within the Burren's protected landscape.
In County Roscommon, Lough Key estate boasts a remarkable transformation: a forgotten cattle shed, once a relic of agricultural life, has been reborn as a modern dwelling for a family.
Episode four finds Hugh Wallace meeting Cora Murphy, an artist undertaking the ambitious restoration of a city townhouse and shop front on Douglas Street in Cork.
In Rockhouse, County Cork, Hugh Wallace finds himself at the home of Grace Cotter, a schoolteacher, and her husband John, a landscape gardener. Together, they are undertaking the restoration of what appears to be a modest Georgian farmhouse…
Hugh Wallace made a visit to Eoghan O'Riain, a former asset manager now engaged in the restoration of a once-grand guesthouse on the coast of his home village, Rathmullan, in County Donegal.
In St. Mullins, County Carlow, a farmhouse and sheds from the 1800s lay in disrepair. It was here that Tommy McDonald, a native of Carlow, and his Welsh partner, Emily Lewis, resolved to restore the dilapidated property, envisioning it as t…
At twenty-six, Kieran resolved to defy the common pattern of young people departing rural Kerry in search of opportunity. Instead, he embraced the demanding project of restoring his grandmother’s old cottage, a testament to his desire to bu…

