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...KILLARNEY VACATION haven will be developed by James Robertson, Florida buyer of 163-acre island in Killarney's lower lake (TIME, Aug. 20). Real Estate Broker Robertson will build 20 thatched-roof, ranch-type bungalows of eleven rooms each, offer them for sale at $42,000 to $56,000 apiece...
...years before Robertson's purchase, Killarney had been owned by the Earls of Kenmare, who had jealously guarded the natural beauty made famous by poet, musician and tourist. Then two months ago, after the last Earl had died, his heir, Mrs. Beatrice Grosvenor, was forced to put 8,500 acres of the 9,000-acre estate up for sale so that she could pay off a ?70,000 ($196,000) inheritance tax. But she could find no buyer. Irishmen in Dublin, afraid that Killarney would fall into unsympathetic hands, started a fund-raising campaign, could raise only...
Seven weeks ago, in Boca Raton, Fla., Robertson, who has made his money in shipping and real estate, read a news item saying that the Lakes of Killarney were for sale. He flew to Ireland, looked over the 30 page, 2 ft.-by-3 ft. parchment deed written in Latin during the reign of Charles I (1625-49). Then, after pledging that he would maintain the rustic tradition of Killarney and continue to permit the public to enjoy the property, Robertson paid a reported $252,000 to become owner of 14th century Ross Castle, the ancient Abbey of Saint Finian...
Disclaiming any plot to "Americanize" Killarney with motor boats or automobiles, Robertson, of Scottish-Irish descent, plans to summer in Killarney, winter in Florida...