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Thu 05 May 2004An enchanting reminder of times pastCo Carlow: €850,000: Any notion that the entire province of Leinster has been turned into a commuter dormitory town serving the country's capital is firmly disproved by the Old Rectory at Fenagh, Co Carlow.Although it's within easy distance of Dublin, and barely eight miles from Carlow town, the house and its surrounding 27 acres suggest that the rampant development of recent years might never have taken place.