My favourite room: ‘I had to stay out all night to put a spell on it, that it would be safe’ – Singer and shaman Mary Coughlan’s mountaintop build in Wicklow

My favourite room: ‘I had to stay out all night to put a spell on it, that it would be safe’ – Singer and shaman Mary Coughlan’s mountaintop build in Wicklow

Singer Mary Coughlan is a bundle of contradictions. When it comes to style, she normally wears dark colours, yet her lovely home is all white – walls, ceilings and sofas, with only pops of colour. She loves to perform and in fact has already done an enormous number of her fabulous jazz and blues gigs this year with a very full calendar for 2026, including a tour of Australia and New Zealand next March. But she also craves sanctuary and quiet, an…