A luxurious Georgian mansion on a 500-acre estate of ancient woodland and deer pastures in the heart of County Sligo. Grand places like this - with a huge entrance hall, large four poster bedrooms and a high-ceiling antique dining room - are usually energy blackholes, yet the O'Haras, who have owned the estate for 8 generations, have installed a vast wood burning stove fed by wood from the estate, harvest rainwater, tap into natural spring water and have installed a wetlands sewage system, all of which have earned it certification from the EU Flower eco label.
Presented on the "Guardian Green Travel List 2010 - http://www.greentraveller.co.uk/content/green-travel-list-full-0