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The sale of a modern detached residence in Derrigimlagh, Ballyconneely, by DNG Maxwell Heaslip & Leonard presents a golden opportunity for those seeking to purchase a property set in one of Ireland’s most scenic locations, offering the perfect escape from the pressures of everyday life, combining contemporary living with a tranquil coastal setting.

This ancient site on the southern end of what we now know as Eyre Square was occupied by a Knights Templars convent in the 13th century. By the 17th century Robert Martin had a large house on the site, but this was taken from him by the Cromwellians and given to Edward Eyre. The Eyre family held on to the property and on May 12, 1712, Edward Eyre, son of the above, presented the land in front of his house to the corporation as a place of recreation for the people of Galway. In 1827, a man named Atkinson built houses at this end of the Square and by 1845, the site was occupied by a block of tenements owned by Fr Peter Daly.

Having celebrated the centenary of the first ever trans-Atlantic flight last year, Clifden will tomorrow (Friday) welcome back the pioneering pilots behind that feat, Alcock and Brown. And this time it’s forever.