It is not only one of the finest mansions in Ireland, but it shared an architect with the president. Lovingly restored by one careful tech tycoon previous owner, at a cost of many millions, a stunning Georgian villa in Meath had been on the market for two years. Called Corbalton Hall, the period house with perhaps the largest front lawn in Ireland was designed by the late Francis Johnston, the architect responsible for Áras an Uachtaráin, who died in 1829.  The mansion was bought for £3.4 million in 1999 by Pat McDonagh, a former national school teacher who made his…

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