By Michelle Crean A landmark building in the centre of Killarney town has come on the market with an asking price of €1.5m.

Presentation Convent in Cathedral Place, which is a protected structure, is within walking distance of all town centre amenities and Killarney National Park.

The three storey convent and chapel, for sale by Sherry FitzGerald Coghlan, boasts a 1.422 acre site with an extensive building of 1,411 sq. m and includes a dining room, living room, kitchen, ancillary accommodation and 26 bedrooms.

Full planning permission has been granted for redevelopment as an assisted living property comprising of seven one bedroom apartments, six ensuite bedrooms and associated communal rooms.

HISTORY

The last two remaining Sisters departed the Presentation Convent in November last year.

For nearly 230 years, since the first Sisters arrived in 1793 to establish a convent and school, the Presentation Sisters have played an important role, educating, and supporting those in need in Killarney.

Originally the primary school was established on New Street in 1800. By 1826 it had 350 pupils.

The convent at Cathedral Place was built in 1875 and is a three storey masonry building with attached six bay double height Gothic Revival style chapel to the North. The building is a protected structure with many original features both internally and externally intact.

The property is in an area zoned 'M4 Built up Area' in the Killarney Town Development plan.

Planning permission was granted in July, 2019 for conservation of the convent building including alterations to internal layout to private assisted living bedrooms and self contained apartments with ancillary services including new internal lift and stair lift to upper floors.

The original chapel has stained glass feature windows, an original marble altar as well as original pitched pine stalls/pews, and John Gray 1830s bellows organ which predates the actual building.