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BabysCoffee

That building!!! It's like a big over sized bungalow

BabysCoffee

I hope it works out for them!

amdublin

I don't like the new way of wrapping the program up.

BabysCoffee

It would be a good place for those natural burial sites where you get buried in a field, etc and there is no headstones or markers just a field of wild flowers etc

I think they are only legal in UK currently

Lisha

amdublin wrote: »

I don't like the new way of wrapping the program up.

Yeah I agree as someone said last week it feels very unfinished

Best of luck to Millstreet country park !!

Skid X

Good luck to them, the cycling is a good start but they really need someone to keep pushing new ideas and follow them through.

It looks like a nice place, it would be a shame if they had to close it.

amdublin

BabysCoffee wrote: »

It would be a good place for those natural burial sites where you get buried in a field, etc and there is no headstones or markers just a field of wild flowers etc

I think they are only legal in UK currently

That sounds lovely.

HeidiHeidi

I liked your man's philosophy "we should leave the place in a better state than we find it". Fair play to him.

Were the boys on a wind-up with the crematorium I find it really hard to believe there were actually serious :eek:

Other episodes involved the brothers practically putting bombs under the business owners to make them do stuff - these guys put a serious amount of effort in in what seemed like a very short time to get all those trails done!

Another nice outfit that I'd wish only well to

twirlagig

Not long left...

"Hoteliers Francis and John Brennan help artist Leonie Finn, owner of Oranmore Castle in County Galway as she strives to make the building sustainable for future generations. The brothers soon realise that her plan to let out the handful of bedrooms is unrealistic, but are certain more money is to be made from the cottage in the grounds"

HeidiHeidi

This series is gone off on a tangent, seems to be concentrating on much "bigger" businesses than the B&B's and small hotels of previous ones.

The last two episodes had very likeable subjects, wonder if that can keep up - or will the usual cranks and crackpots start to appear.....

HeidiHeidi

That's quite a house to inherit, never mind to live in on an ongoing basis!

amdublin

Whoa

HeidiHeidi

It's very well furnished for a place that's not actually lived in (just to contradict my earlier post!)

amdublin

Surely this can only be rented for films and photo shoots

Maybe weddings????

amdublin

Or tours?

Or cooking classes?

HeidiHeidi

The laugh of her!!!

That crochet throw would be gorgeous on top of plain white crisp bedlinen.

Skid X

"How many Bedrooms do you have"

"Eh, about five, I think"


Ah, we've all been there.

twirlagig

I feel cold looking at it! Brrr!

HeidiHeidi

"How one lives in an Irish castle".... except they dont.....

dee_mc

I love John and Francis re Americans, they are so funny!
Great publicity for yer wan's art anyway...

Meangadh

God you'd need millions to do that place up. It would be a cool place to stay but as it is it's so damp and pokey.

HeidiHeidi

Haha - the brothers politely declining the invitation to stay (aka running a mile)!

syklops

That place looks like the Medieval Zone from the Crystal Maze.

Yer ones laugh is something else.

syklops

"We're really self sufficient ... for three months of the year".

You'd wonder what they do the other 9.

I should point out, that I grew up about 5 miles from there and never knew the castle existed.

LynnGrace

Brrr, I'm not surprised they declined to stay:D.

BettePorter

I just love Francis..........id hate to meet him in person and discover he was a right pr**k

HeidiHeidi

Well as much as the castle is gorgeous, and she's as mad as a box of frogs (with a honking laugh to match) - it's definitely not the most riveting of these programmes ever made....

HeidiHeidi

BettePorter wrote: »

I just love Francis..........id hate to meet him in person and discover he was a right pr**k

I was at a big dinner event recently, and he was at a table near to me.... only for I was working and couldn't really go wandering I'd definitely have made my way over there under any pretext, to see what he was really like!

dee_mc

BettePorter wrote: »

I just love Francis..........id hate to meet him in person and discover he was a right pr**k

Anyone I know who's met him thinks he's a legend, I can't see him being any different off camera than on - think that's the secret to the brothers' success on TV, pure naturals!

Lisha

BettePorter wrote: »

I just love Francis..........id hate to meet him in person and discover he was a right pr**k

I know of some one who know him from trips to Lourdes (or maybe medagourie) and they said he is the nicest, funniest I'll most genuine person they ever met.

HeidiHeidi

What's the wheel all about

Is she pumping her own water, or what?

twirlagig

dee_mc wrote: »

Anyone I know who's met him thinks he's a legend, I can't see him being any different off camera than on - think that's the secret to the brothers' success on TV, pure naturals!

I'd say he's lovely in real life too! Can't imagine him being any different

Tisserand

She has a laugh like black adder the first

Meangadh

She seems a good tour guide- it's a job I did for three years and worked with a few borefests but I like her style.

Skid X

Everytime they put on an event to show off a pub/castle/hotel/hostel whatever on this programme ... I reckon most people come to meet Francis.

amdublin

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

What's the wheel all about

Is she pumping her own water, or what?

I'd say it's a roller for printing or something

amdublin

That's a cool tour being allowed sit on the beds and pose etc

Tisserand

Fancy Francis not noticing there was no toilet...

dee_mc

Skid X wrote: »

Everytime they put on an event to show off a pub/castle/hotel/hostel whatever on this programme ... I reckon most people come to meet Francis.

Ah yeah but they might come back (even on the off-chance that Francis might be visiting!)

HeidiHeidi

€500 a week?

And the rest!!!

syklops

Speaking of a box of frogs..

Meangadh

Ah Eddie Lenihan! Haven't seen him in years!

Skid X

He used to be on the Den years ago.

He hasn't shaved since.

HeidiHeidi

How much have you sold..... eh, nothing.

HeidiHeidi

Wow, that cottage looks amazing!

Mind you, not very "cottagey", looks positively palatial

dee_mc

She's a real artist... oh I suppose I would sell it, depending on the price... but there's no price on it... oops!

Meangadh

Haha! Was just about to say the parasol thing looked ridiculous!

amdublin

Ha ha the umbrella on Francis!

That cottage looks great. Quirky. But great.

HeidiHeidi

I think Francis should have volunteered to have his face painted, start the ball rolling!

dee_mc

OMG that piece of Carrickmacross lace would be worth an absolute fortune!