The Great House Revival

Hugh Wallace is back to chart the highs and lows of home restorations in Ireland. In episode 1 Hugh is at the restoration of a former Post Office, in Butlerstown, Co. Cork

Restaurateur Aoibheann MacNamara is embarking on an ambitious but sensitive restoration of an old Land Commission cottage in the middle of the protected environment of the Burren.

Lough Key, Co. Roscommon: A derelict cowshed on a grand estate finds new life as a contemporary family home.

In episode 3, Hugh Wallace meets artist Cora Murphy who has taken on the challenge of restoring a city townhouse and shop front, on Douglas Street, Cork.

Hugh Wallace is in Rockhouse, Co. Cork where school teacher Grace Cotter and her landscape gardener husband John are restoring what they think is a modest Georgian farmhouse.

Hugh Wallace visits returned Asset Manager Eoghan O’Riain who is restoring a former seaside guesthouse in his native Rathmullan, Co Donegal.

1800s Farm House & Sheds, St. Mullins, Co. Carlow: Carlow man Tommy McDonald and his Welsh partner Emily Lewis decide to transform the ruinous property into their first home.

26-year-old Kieran is determined to buck the trend of leaving rural Kerry to find work and a home by taking on the ambitious challenge of renovating his Grandmother's old cottage.