Caoimhe McGinley: 'I had imposter syndrome when I moved into my house' 

It's been some voyage — in every sense. After spending 10 years living in the Middle East, where she’d worked as a teacher, Caoimhe McGinley returned to her hometown of Ballygawley, Co Tyrone, to break ground on a self-build.

No sooner had she touched down than the Instagram account she started to chart her “house journey” took off — @thebighillhouse is now an online community with almost 160,000 followers.

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