{"id":462429,"date":"2026-05-22T22:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/462429\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T22:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:27:09","slug":"late-comedian-jon-kennys-limerick-home-goes-on-the-market-for-e1-2m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/462429\/","title":{"rendered":"Late comedian Jon Kenny\u2019s Limerick home goes on the market for \u20ac1.2m"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/maintopics\/limerick-news_topic-5331485.html\">Co Limerick<\/a> home of the late Jon Kenny, which he built with his wife Margy, has been placed on the market with an asking price of \u20ac1.2m.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-acre property near Bruff was purchased and developed by Mr Kenny and his wife in 2001.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The comedian and actor, best known as one half of comedy duo D&#8217;Unbelievables alongside Pat Shortt, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/news\/munster\/arid-41519903.html\">died aged 66 in 2024<\/a> following a long period of ill health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Mr Kenny was also widely recognised for roles in Father Ted, Angela&#8217;s Ashes and, more recently, The Banshees of Inisherin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu caption\">Countryside retreat<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Over the past two decades, Jon and Margy Kenny maintained and upgraded the Bruff property, creating a secluded countryside retreat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Located partly on the grounds of the former Rockbarton House estate, the residence sits on approximately 20 acres of private land.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5091018_3_articleinlinemobile_eyJidWNrZXQiOiJtZWRpYW1hc3Rlci1zM2V1IiwiZWRpdHMiOnsib3ZlcmxheVdpdGgiOn.jpeg\" alt=\"Jon Kenny\u2019s Co Limerick home near Bruff goes on the market with a \u20ac1.2m asking price.\" title=\"Jon Kenny\u2019s Co Limerick home near Bruff goes on the market with a \u20ac1.2m asking price.\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Jon Kenny\u2019s Co Limerick home near Bruff goes on the market with a \u20ac1.2m asking price.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Advertised by Wheeler Auctioneers, the property is described on Daft.ie as a \u201cprivate family home of real character and scale\u201d that combines \u201ccountry seclusion\u201d with proximity to Limerick City, which is about 20 minutes away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The home includes landscaped gardens, ornamental ponds, mature woodland, stud-railed paddocks, bridle paths, and a range of outbuildings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The property extends to approximately 3,928 sq ft and also includes equestrian facilities, a dedicated studio and music room, and extensive outdoor amenities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Mr Kenny, who had a strong interest in horses, also had railed paddocks and stables constructed on the property, making it suitable as an equestrian base.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Co Limerick home of the late Jon Kenny, which he built with his wife Margy, has been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5658,185200,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-462429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-irish-examiner-instagram","tag-limerick-news","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}