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From the archives: A rare JP McManus interview - 'Writing the cheque is easy compared to the efforts some people make'

He’s had a year to savour, but nothing will give JP McManus as much pleasure as fifteen-deep galleries trailing the world’s finest golfers in Adare next week. Limerick’s Pied Piper spoke to Tony Leen.

Fri, 15 Dec, 2023 - 15:48

Tony Leen

THERE are many breath-taking things about being on the property of JP McManus in Martinstown, Co Limerick. The sheer breadth and scale of his home is one thing, but the verdant quilt on which it lies beneath the Galtee Mountains is every bit as important to its owner.

“Noreen and (son) John had most of the ideas for the house, to be honest,” shrugs JP. “I hadn’t much to do with it.”

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