ON January 31st this year, the Bjoerk family left Dollanstown Stud for the final time. The closing gates marked the end of a period in their lives which saw the house brought back from a gutted shell in 1982 to the most beautiful home, and farm, in which to live, work and raise a family.

With some of the finest trees in Ireland found throughout the parkland surrounding the house, Dollanstown was simply the Bjoerks’ heaven on earth. Over a period of 38 years, everything on the property had been renovated and brought back to life while there was a real sense of community with the eight other houses on the farm.