Maurice Regan quietly closed the purchase of the historic Barne Estate, which sits on 750 acres of prime farmland in Co Tipperary, and dates back to the 17th century last Friday.  Regan, a London-born but Kerry-raised construction entrepreneur, finally owns an historic estate which had been in the same family, the Thompson-Moores, since 1654.  It has been a long time coming. Regan took control of the Barne Estate only after winning one of Ireland’s most high-profile corporate legal battles when he financed the Thompson-Moore family in their multimillion-dollar war with John Magnier, the powerful racing tycoon who owns the nearby…

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