Hi Sean, Just tonight saw your Castle rebuild on Grand Design. Its not a boutique hotel, its a private castle and youre king or queen of the castle, he said. actionField: { const bundleValue = getBundleValue(purchase, 'corporate_account'); const pathParts = new URL(url).pathname.split('/'); if (selectedPrice.delivery_days.length === 1 && selectedPrice.delivery_days.indexOf(6) > -1) { } tab.parentNode.classList.remove('is-active'); vars.category.regionals = selectedRegional || ''; _id: purchase.price_id, color: 'var(--c_d3t)', return 0; const script = document.createElement('script'); }, 500) user: { }); if (! if (parts.shift() === key) { Comedian Sean Lock has died from cancer at the age of 58, his agent has confirmed. const urlQueryString = window.location.search; fireAddToCartEvent(); placeholder_prices: Object.keys(price).indexOf('placeholder_prices') > -1 wallType: window.dataLayer[0].article.wallType, el.classList.add('-featured'); productImpressionRecorded[flipPayConfig.filter_prices_by_badge] = true; premium_content: true, It is now fully restored architecturally and he is\u00a0setting his sights on fitting out the castle with period furnishings and opening it up to \u0026amp;ldquo;selective guests\u0026amp;rdquo; later this year.He plans to rent it out to \u0026amp;ldquo;well-heeled\u0026amp;rdquo; guests for between \u20ac25,000 and \u20ac45,000. })(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-KJF4'); const badgeMap = {}; productClickSource = undefined; item_group_code: "pfc_indo", var fpblock = document.getElementById("flip-pay"); } But they and a letterbox at the entrance to the sprawling estate are the only hints that we are in the year 2022 and not centuries earlier.The castle is set far off the beaten track so there is no traffic noise or light pollution. userHasLoggedIn = false; selectedPrice.placeholder_prices const onMutation = function (mutations) { selectedPriceRadioInput.style.display = 'none'; return charCode > 31 && (charCode < 48 || charCode > 57) ? eventCategory: 'g_showcase', } if (getCookie('guid')) { }[tabPrefix]; sean simon About owner and protector Cloontykilla Castle rockingham demense irelands grand designs Activity Archaeological Dig complete for this year very pleased Shared by sean simon The. const charCode = (evt.which) ? 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Sean says that he wont give up on the childhood dream until he is personally welcoming guests into his stately castle, and even then, he says (with a wink in his eye) that there is still another dream yet to be completed on his beloved Castle Island. span_tag.appendChild(text); With trees going through it, It was a beginning of a long journey to see it restored. const expiryTime = 2; } document.head.append(script); eventTimeout: 2000, !gigyaID ? if (! purchase.original_start_at = purchase.start_at; }); }, While targeting the corporate sector, he will also happily provide full period dress and the actual day-to-day experiences that a Lord and his family would have experienced centuries ago servants included! if (badge.indexOf('print_monthly_') > -1) { } else if (node.id === 'dac-order-summary') { if (!! premium_content_redirect_url = 'https://subscribe.independent.ie/welcome/premium-plus/'; return params[key]; return 'none'; But there's more: discover your full benefits now. } card_cvc_style: stripeInputStyle, window.dataLayer.push(vars); } if (isRegionalShopFront) { subscriptionStartDate: '0000-00-00T00:00:00Z', subscriptionFinishDate: cookieData.subscriptionFinishDate, const isCoupons = false; productClickSource = window.shopFrontHeaderSubscribe ? if (badges.indexOf('featured') > -1) { if (now.getTime() > item.expiry) { article_id: '41246032', } catch (e) { The actor Sean Simon at Cloontykilla Castle Alison Gill Sunday June 20 2021, 12.01am, The Sunday Times Television viewers hate a cliffhanger, and when presenter Kevin McCloud walked away. But an American investor stepped in and provided the necessary funding for him to retain ownership and continue his renovation of Cloontykilla Castle and preservation of McDermott\u0026amp;rsquo;s Castle.But he is in need of\u00a0ongoing financing to complete the restoration of both castles.The Historic Estate Investment Trust is aimed at investors who \u0026amp;ldquo;want to be part of Ireland\u0026amp;rsquo;s history\u0026amp;rdquo; to restore McDermott\u0026amp;rsquo;s Castle and other historic Irish castles that are in danger of collapse. if (element.id === 'gigya-verification-sent-screen') { return 'upgrade_flow'; } } const isRegionalShopFront = false; event: 'ee-productClick', }), products: products.map(function (product) { if (meteredModal) { } return 'shopfront'; if (eventType === 'access_resolved' || eventType === 'access_resolved ') { if (isUpgrades) { } socialEmbed.innerHTML = ''; let member_redirect = getQueryStringValue('source') === 'mc' ? document.cookie = subscriberCookieName + "=" + JSON.stringify(cookieData) + ';path=/;domain=' + domain + ';max-age='+cookieExpiryInSeconds; eventLabel: 'google-access-denied' if (!hash) { const getBadgesForEl = function (el) { Hope reigns supreme for actor Sean Simon to fulfill dream of restoring his beloved castles with new investment fund, And while other modern-day castle owners and dwellers, are descendants of the aristocracy, he is hoping to appeal to like-minded people whose ancestors left on the coffin ships who at some stage came into money. const getUrlHash = function () { var p_tag = document.createElement("p"); if (document.getElementById('fp-tog-1')) { if (node.classList && node.classList.contains('c-box1')) { Id like to see more self-styled Lord Mucks take over., Veteran republican Rita OHare has died, Sinn Fin announces, Maynooth University tenders for site to house 500 students amid accommodation crisis, Lifeboats deployed as Irish Ferries vessel catches fire with 200 people on board, When will the Covid pandemic be over? span_tag.style.backgroundColor = ""; node.setAttribute('hidden', ''); if (isShopFront || isUpgrades) { } const selectTab = { badgeToUse = badge; if (accessObject.access === false) { document.cookie = 'showWelcomeBanner=true;path=/;domain=' + domain + ';max-age='+cookieExpiryInSeconds; bundle: bundleValue, flipPayConfig = Object.assign(flipPayConfig, { subscribeButton.classList.remove('-ghost'); } selectedPrice.placeholder_prices } } The project was the labor of love of actor Sean Simons who after falling in love with the ruins of the castle as a boy decided to buy it and restore it to its former glory. } if (! Sean Simon was a famous London West End show and Irish film star who went on to garner fame with shows and movies such as The Little Shop of Horrors, Are You Lonesome Tonight and also in movies such as; Into the West with Gabriel Byrne and The Deal Breaker as Laurence Feelgood. if (element.tagName === 'BODY' && ! if (listeningForGigyaEvents === true) { } ecommerce: { return 1; } } }; }); return 1; return; ecommerce: { priceholder.addEventListener('click', function () { } else { checkout: { Simon knocked on doors of well-known artists agents and managed to end up opening shows for established stars such as Sir Harry Secombe, Mike Yarwood, Ken Dodd, and many of the legendary entertainers from the 60s and 70s era. sean simons castle today 2021. } document.getElementById(tabPrefix + '-tabs').querySelectorAll('a[toggle]').forEach(function (tab) { new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], .map(function (price, index) { window.gigya.accounts.getAccountInfo({ if (vars.article.wallType === 'registration') { }; userID: purchase.granted_by_purchase.user_id, window.loadGTM(); } else if (Object.keys(p.badge || {}).indexOf('premium-plus') > -1) { eventAction: priceholder.dataset.sku_code + '|' + priceholder.dataset.price_to_display_billed + '|' + contract, card_expiry_style: stripeInputStyle, return text.trim(); show_spinner: true, Lovely views of the lake when we left the trail finally found the hidden castle that once appeared on Grand Designs. const selectedRegional = localStorage.getItem('selectedRegionals'); localStorage.removeItem('price.selected'); !selectedPrice.badges && selectedPrice.badges !== Object(selectedPrice.badges)) { return key.split('granted_by_')[1]; return; This is the castle that featured on the UK Channel 4 program, Grand Designs, which is now available on Netflix US. } return; badges: price['badge'] || {}, el.prepend(p_tag); } }; allow_upgrades: false, : getPricesByBadge(); const products = selectedPrice.placeholder_prices.length > 0 if (welcomeBanner) { Investors will own part of the castle and he has set his sights on the Irish diaspora who went to America during the Famine and now theyre billionaires. window.dataLayer[0].article.wallVisible = 'true'; var labelText = ''; } window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; // Check window.dataLayer object or create. if (isShopFront && hash) { userID: purchase.granted_by_app_purchase.user_id, subscriptionFinishDate: purchase.granted_by_purchase.finish_at, if (!isHomeDelivery) { eventLabel: eventLabel if (! const tweetId = parseTweetIdFromUrl(tweetUrl); if (window.GTMLoaded === true) { template_summary: '

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