Hollywood power couple apply for planning at €1m luxury Limerick home

A HOLLYWOOD couple have applied for planning on the grounds of their million euro Castleconnell home.

Stormont House is located on a stretch of the Shannon which some locals have dubbed “Limerick’s Amalfi Coast” due to the beautiful riverside views and the number of luxury properties.

The four-bedroom house on six acres, was offered for sale in 2022 by Murphy Gubbins Auctioneers with a guide price of €950,000. The Property Price Register reveals it sold for €995,000.

A planning application in relation to Stormont House was lodged with Limerick City and County Council on May 27 by Eoin Egan and Mayra Garcia-Egan.

Eoin Egan is co-managing partner and chief operating officer of Cinespace Studios and formerly head of production services at Netflix.

According to the IMDB website, he is known for The Green Knight (2021), Nightflyers (2018) and Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi (2017). Nightflyers was shot in Troy Studios so perhaps that is when he and his wife fell in love with Limerick and Castleconnell.

Mayra Garcia-Egan is a leadership development consultant at MGE Consulting. Notable organisations she has worked for include Ford Motor Company, American Express and Columbia Business School.

The couple have applied for permission to demolish an existing derelict coach house and external store and the construction of a replacement one-and-a-half storey guest accommodation with a dormer window to the rear including landscaping and ancillary site works. The coach house is not a protected structure.

A stone garden wall is to be dismantled and rebuilt using the reclaimed stone in a new position, subject to planning.
Castleconnell takes its name from Castle Connell, the ruin of which is located on the grounds of Stormont House. This was the ancient seat of the O’Conaings, and took their name Caislean-ui-Chonaine.

It subsequently fell into the possession of the O’Brien’s of Thomond. The castle, now ruined, was built on a rocky outcrop overlooking the bend on the River Shannon.

It was besieged and destroyed by General Ginkel’s army during the Jacobite and Williamite wars at the end of the 17th century.

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Stormont House was originally a three-storey property. It was initially refurbished around 50 years ago when, because it was in such poor condition, the owners were advised to take the roof off, which they did, creating an art deco style neo -Georgian house.

They then decided to turn the house “upside down” to take full advantage of the magnificent river views.