The Great House Revival: An impressive restoration in the Burren

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Hugh Wallace is back to chart the highs and lows of home restorations in Ireland in The Great House Revival. The series sees 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?

Presented by architect Hugh Wallace, 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.

In tonight's episode, viewers met Aoibheann MacNamara, a busy restaurateur who has waited years to find the perfect isolated cottage for the next chapter in her life.

Having found just the one, she is embarking on an ambitious but sensitive restoration of an old Land Commission cottage in the middle of the protected environment of the Burren landscape.

With so many planning and environmental restrictions, Aoibheann has time to set up a full kitchen garden to service her restaurant in Galway City, as well as two tenants – Crunchie and Phoebe, the two miniature ponies.

Aoibheann has a very clear vision in mind for her Burren retreat, and has ambitions of creating an exceptional design that will belie the walls of the traditional cottage.

But as Aoibheann’s progressive vision for her retreat spirals out of control, it inhibits her from making any decisions on her build, slowing down all work on-site.

Can her local builder, John Cannole, a no-nonsense, true blue banner-county man, bring her back to earth, and get the renovation back on track?