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Thu 09 Sep 2007Ambassador's Killiney house for €17 millionThe Canadian government is selling its Irish residence on nine acres of parkland with dramatic sea views. Frances O'Rourkereports.For years, Canadian diplomats regarded Dublin as a desirable posting - especially because of the Canadian ambassador's residence here: Strathmore, a fine Victorian house on over nine acres of garden and parkland with views across Killiney Bay to the Sugar Loaf, came with the job.