I Have Bad News If You Live Near Strancally Castle (Zuckerberg Bought It)

The Irish Times reported that the Meta CEO and his spouse, Priscilla Chan, have purchased Strancally Castle in Ireland’s County Waterford. The two quietly finished the transaction for the “Gothic-revival style house and its 440-acre estate on the banks of the river Blackwater” weeks ago, the Times wrote. They likely paid €20 million to €30 million (around $23.2 million to $34.7 million) for the 16,000sq ft residence. As you’d expect, this is a place built for the tastes of bluebloods, but what you might not know is that it is non-metaphorically a House of Pain. According to the Times, the book The Houses of Ireland describes Strancally Castle as built in 1830 and “designed by the Pain brothers [James and George Richard] on a lavish scale; it took a brisk walk of 4½ minutes to reach the [dining room] from the kitchen.” Based on that description, we can only desperately hope that this becomes a Saltburn situation. Note that Zuckerberg’s stated reason for purchasing the property (in a statement to the Times) is “spending time in Ireland, where Meta maintains its international headquarters.” Meta is internationally headquartered in Ireland solely to maintain a “tax avoidance” scheme so