Seeds of the drama that once engulfed infamous Walford
Ownership of Walford, which once sold for €58m, has changed dramatically over the years, writes Liam Collins

RICH HISTORY: Walford, the house that stood for over 100 years at No 24 Shrewsbury Road in Dublin
Liam Collins
Like the big gloomy house from the film The Magnificent Ambersons, Walford, the house on Ireland's most expensive road came to symbolise great success and abject failure in equal measure.
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