THE star of hit TV series The Wire and The Affair is to go into a new career as a hotel manager in Glin, just over the Kerry border.

Dominic West and his wife Catherine Lynch are turning Glin Castle, the ancestral home of the Knights of Glin through the centuries, into a boutique hotel and the star will be hands-on at the property.

The property has been in his wife’s family for over 700 years and it was recently on the market.

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The star – who was in Ballybunion earlier this year for a 1916 commemoration event – told the Irish Independent he will be in charge as much as his time will allow.

“Selling up was absolutely heartbreaking for all of us, especially my mother-in-law and my wife, and luckily we’re reopening it as a hotel, all going well, some time next year,” he said.

“I’m going to manage it. I want to be in charge, or as much as my schedule will allow. Obviously, there will be someone in place far more experienced and qualified than I coping with the day-to-day. But we want to be there. We’re going to be heavily involved. That’s why we’re moving home to Ireland,” he said.