The Great House Revival - Season 5

Season 5

Hugh Wallace is back to chart the highs and lows of home restorations in Ireland. Adventurous homeowners battle to restore derelict or unloved properties to their former glory, but can they create their dream home in the ruined walls of our past? This series follows homeowners across Ireland as they try to restore and transform their derelict properties into comfortable homes fit for today – while saving a piece of the country's architectural heritage. Every aspect of the work is documented, from missed deadlines and budgets to battles fought and challenges overcome. Every property is different, and each brings with it its own unique set of problems for the brave homeowners, for whom every restoration is a personal passion project.

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Episodes8

DatesFeb 9, 2025 - Mar 30, 2025

Previous Season

Episodes

Season 5Episode 160 min

Post House

Hugh Wallace is back to chart the highs and lows of home restorations in Ireland. In episode 1 Hugh is at the restoration of a former Post Office, in Butlerstown, Co. Cork

Feb 9, 2025

Season 5Episode 260 min

Burren

Restaurateur Aoibheann MacNamara is embarking on an ambitious but sensitive restoration of an old Land Commission cottage in the middle of the protected environment of the Burren.

Feb 16, 2025

Season 5Episode 360 min

Lough Key

Lough Key, Co. Roscommon: A derelict cowshed on a grand estate finds new life as a contemporary family home.

Feb 23, 2025

Season 5Episode 460 min

Douglas/Cora

In episode 4, Hugh Wallace meets artist Cora Murphy who has taken on the challenge of restoring a city townhouse and shop front, on Douglas Street, Cork.

Mar 2, 2025

Season 5Episode 560 min

Rockhouse

Hugh Wallace is in Rockhouse, Co. Cork where school teacher Grace Cotter and her landscape gardener husband John are restoring what they think is a modest Georgian farmhouse.

Mar 9, 2025

Season 5Episode 660 min

Rathmullan

Hugh Wallace visits returned Asset Manager Eoghan O'Riain who is restoring a former seaside guesthouse in his native Rathmullan, Co Donegal.

Mar 16, 2025

Season 5Episode 760 min

St Mullins

1800s Farm House & Sheds, St. Mullins, Co. Carlow: Carlow man Tommy McDonald and his Welsh partner Emily Lewis decide to transform the ruinous property into their first home.

Mar 23, 2025

Season 5Episode 860 min

Kerry

26-year-old Kieran is determined to buck the trend of leaving rural Kerry to find work and a home by taking on the ambitious challenge of renovating his Grandmother's old cottage.

Mar 30, 2025

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