A storybook
thatched cottage
under Irish skies.
Whitewashed walls, a hand-thatched roof and a garden that hums with bees. Genista Cottage is one of the last of its kind, twenty minutes from Dublin Airport and a world away from everywhere.
Genista Cottage
One of the last hand-thatched cottages in Ireland: whitewashed, storybook and remarkably connected, just twenty minutes from Dublin Airport.
There are homes you buy, and there are homes you fall for. Genista Cottage is the second kind: a low white cottage with a golden thatch pulled snug over its shoulders, sitting in gardens that four generations could love. To stand at the sage-green door is to step straight into the Ireland of memory.
Whitewash, worn timber
and the warmth of a fire.
A snug that draws you in
Thick whitewashed walls, honey-toned pine floors and a cast-iron stove set into the hearth. Rooms flow one into the next, wrapped in the deep quiet only a thatched roof gives.
A true country kitchen
A cream range cooker, a Belfast sink and hand-painted cabinetry sit beneath a beamed ceiling. A generous timber table waits for long breakfasts and longer conversations, with the garden framed in every window.
Two bedrooms above
Up the pine staircase, two characterful bedrooms tuck beneath softly sloping ceilings, sharing a bright shower room. Deep-set windows catch the morning and look out over the treetops and gardens.
Every corner has a story
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Gardens made for slow mornings.
Beyond the cottage, mature, wraparound gardens open onto generous lawns: a swing seat under old trees, a productive greenhouse and vegetable beds, a paved terrace for dinners, and level grounds with room to roam.
A studio and a garden cabin
Two detached outbuildings extend the living space into the garden: a fully insulated timber studio, ideal as a home office or artist's retreat, and a charming painted summerhouse for reading away the afternoon.
Together they make the cottage as workable as it is romantic; a rare thing at this distance from a capital city.
A cabin that sleeps
The garden cabin is fully lined in warm pine and fitted with a handmade log-frame bunk bed, a wood-burning stove and its own seating area, all under a smart timber-clad roof. It makes an inviting spare room for visiting family and friends, or a snug studio retreat, adding flexible extra sleeping space beyond the two bedrooms in the main house.
A generous parcel of land
The property occupies a substantial, mature site (outlined in red) wrapping the cottage in lawns, hedged garden rooms and productive beds, with the studio, cabin and greenhouse set within the grounds.
How it all fits together
- Entrance hallGround floor
- Living roomGround floor
- Kitchen / dining roomGround floor
- Utility & storeGround floor
- 2 bedrooms & shower roomFirst floor
- Garden room & studioDetached
Deep country, yet
closer than you'd think.
Genista Cottage sits in the rolling farmland of Ballyboughal, North County Dublin: hedgerows, church bells and open sky, and still within easy reach of the airport and the city. For an American buyer, few Irish homes are this connected.
Dublin Airport offers US Preclearance: you clear American immigration before you fly, arriving home as a domestic passenger. It makes a house this far away feel surprisingly close.
A rare piece of Ireland
to hold and to share.
Hand-thatched cottages are among the rarest homes in the country; a vanishing craft, cherished and increasingly protected. Genista Cottage is not only a beautiful place to live; it is a heritage asset that holds its story.
With its charm, its airport proximity and its studio and garden room, it lends itself naturally to a premium holiday let or a much-loved family bolt-hole between the States and Ireland.
Come and see it
for yourself.
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