One person it did not dawn on recently is Alex Kerr, an author and Japanologist originally from Maryland, who became an akiya owner in 1973 when he acquired an abandoned country house (known as a ...

a derelict vernacular cottage, a Burren herder’s hut, an old grocery shop, tumbling cabins and a depopulated village’s former Post House, across the country from Cork to Donegal. In this week ...

Presented by architect Hugh Wallace, The Great House Revival ... transform their derelict properties into comfortable homes fit for today – while saving a piece of the country's architectural ...