Post by shayne on May 7, 2006 16:47:11 GMT 8
Westlife Shane, brother now property tycoons – 6 May 2006
THEY don’t look remotely like each other. One is a household name, instantly recognisable as a Westlife star.
But Shane Filan’s older brother Finbarr will be famous in his own right after their burgeoning joint property venture takes off.
The enterprising brothers set up the company Shafin and developed a complex of 91 new homes in a historical village in Co Leitrim.
The Stonebridge estate of three and four bedroomed semi-d’s was built in Dromahair, once the seat of the O’Rourkes of Breifne, and is one of Ireland’s few planned villages, based on a village in Somerset in England.
A multi-millionaire after six years with Westlife, Shane teamed up with Finbarr to built Stonebridge, dividing it into three areas, Castle Field, Hill Crest and Meadow View.
Built beside the river Bonnet, the Filans involved local schoolchildren by running a naming competition and youngsters came up with names for the houses which start at €235,000 .
When RTE’s Showhouse programme presented by Neville Knot arrived in town, Shane had very definite views about what he liked, and didn’t like.
Interior designers Anne Tuohy from Donegal and Lee O’Neill from Shrule, Co Galway were given the task of doing up two of the houses which will be seen on the show tonight.
Shane favoured the blue bedroom and declared it his favourite room in the makeover.
He built a massive, granite front mansion in Sligo for his wife Gillian and they have been joined by their baby daughter Nicole who was born last July.
Shane recently suffered bad luck when his helicopter was destroyed in a fire.
The pop star had splashed out on the aircraft two years ago to cut his commute from Dublin by hours.
The helicopter was being stored in a hanger on the premises of Executive Helicopters in Oranmore.
Credit/Source: Evening Herald
THEY don’t look remotely like each other. One is a household name, instantly recognisable as a Westlife star.
But Shane Filan’s older brother Finbarr will be famous in his own right after their burgeoning joint property venture takes off.
The enterprising brothers set up the company Shafin and developed a complex of 91 new homes in a historical village in Co Leitrim.
The Stonebridge estate of three and four bedroomed semi-d’s was built in Dromahair, once the seat of the O’Rourkes of Breifne, and is one of Ireland’s few planned villages, based on a village in Somerset in England.
A multi-millionaire after six years with Westlife, Shane teamed up with Finbarr to built Stonebridge, dividing it into three areas, Castle Field, Hill Crest and Meadow View.
Built beside the river Bonnet, the Filans involved local schoolchildren by running a naming competition and youngsters came up with names for the houses which start at €235,000 .
When RTE’s Showhouse programme presented by Neville Knot arrived in town, Shane had very definite views about what he liked, and didn’t like.
Interior designers Anne Tuohy from Donegal and Lee O’Neill from Shrule, Co Galway were given the task of doing up two of the houses which will be seen on the show tonight.
Shane favoured the blue bedroom and declared it his favourite room in the makeover.
He built a massive, granite front mansion in Sligo for his wife Gillian and they have been joined by their baby daughter Nicole who was born last July.
Shane recently suffered bad luck when his helicopter was destroyed in a fire.
The pop star had splashed out on the aircraft two years ago to cut his commute from Dublin by hours.
The helicopter was being stored in a hanger on the premises of Executive Helicopters in Oranmore.
Credit/Source: Evening Herald