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Field of Dreams

By Phil Hanrahan, Contributor
Photos by Mary June Hanrahan
October / November 2001

October 1, 2001 by Leave a Comment

How one Man's dream became a reality. It all began with a castle. In 1987, a husband and wife from the nearby town of Ballyvaughan purchased a 16th-century tower house. Newtown Castle, along with a neighboring country house and a 17th-century coach house lately used to shelter cows. Yes, these were fixer-uppers. The slate-roofed residence Newtown House was showing its … [Read more...] about Field of Dreams

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