Tuam house which hosted Mick Jagger is back on the market

The house that, in its heyday, hosted Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull is back on the market once again with a price tag of €1.5 million.

The stately Bermingham House outside Tuam home once had an asking price of €4.5 million – but the fact that the seven bedroom property now needs extensive works, the price has dramatically dropped.

But Tuam auctioneer Michael Mannion told The Connacht Tribune that since it went back on the market, there have been a considerable number of inquiries – with many coming from the Midlands and the east of the country.

He said that the distinctive pink coloured house needed quite a lot of investment to restore it to its former glory. However, Mr Mannion was satisfied with the amount of renewed interest in the property.

Bermingham House in Tuam was the residence of the late Lady Molly Cusack Smith and it is now on sale for one third of what it could have commanded maybe 10 years ago. It was the venue for some famous hunt balls over the years.

The house comes with 211 acres of rolling countryside which was the location of many hunts down through the years as well as some legendary hunt balls at which the rich and famous attended.

The property has been on sale for some considerable time and at one stage the asking price was €4.5 million.

But with the property crash, Bermingham House is now valued at one third of what it once was and it is not surprising that the auctioneer selling the property has generated quite an amount of interest in it.

Michael Mannion of Sherry Fitzgerald Mannion told The Connacht Tribune that the price being asked for the extensive property was reflective of the current situation in the property market in the area.

However, he said that at the current asking price, he had received a better than average amount of interest and had conducted a number of showing over the past week.

Mr. Mannion said that the house evoked memories of hunting, dawn meets, crisp St. Stephen’s Days, elegant parties along with pictures of the indomitable owner of Bermingham House, Lady Cusack Smith and the current owner, her daughter Oonagh Mary Hyland.

Bermingham House is situated just two miles from Tuam and is a classical Georgian country house, which has been modernised over the years but has remained faithful to its Georgian heritage.

The house was built in 1730 by John de Bermingham, Earl of Louth and 15th Baron of Athenry. In the 19th century the estate passed to the Dennis family. Legend has it that the house was won by a member of the Dennis family in a bet.

John Dennis, first master and huntsman, founded the County Galway Hunt in 1829. When he died the estate passed to the family of his sister whose descendant Oonagh Mary Hyland now owns the property which remains a dominant part of the North Galway countryside.

The house has seven en-suite bedrooms, an elegant staircase and a drawing room which hosts a grand piano which is reputed to have been played by Mozart.

It comes with a courtyard and stables which have the capacity to house 21 horses along with a walled garden.