Mountaineering Ireland aims to meet the new owners of the Luggala Estate in Co Wicklow, to continue the practice of allowing hill walkers and climbers use part of the land for recreational use.
CEO Murrough McDonagh has said Mountaineering Ireland is aware that the estate, which is adjacent to the Wicklow National Park, has been sold.
Hill walkers and climbers have used the hills, mountains and craggs at Luggala without being in the vicinity of the private house according to Mr McDonagh.
"We will be looking to have an early meeting with the new owners to continue the current practice of access at Luggala which has been open to responsible recreational users for many decades", he said.
The sale of the Luggala Estate, home to the late Guinness heir Garech De Bruin, has been a protracted one.
The Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht has been called upon by numerous TDs to purchase the property on behalf of the State.
However, with a price tag of €28m, the Department said it was unaffordable.
Having overseen the State's purchase of almost 5,000 acres in the Wicklow National Park three years ago from NAMA, at a knock down price of €800,000, Minister of State Michael Ring appealed to the Guinness family in 2017 to donate its ancestral home of Luggala Lodge and lands to the State.
Those pleas fell on deaf ears and the trustees of Barbican International Corporation, a Guernsey-based Guinness family trust, continued with the sale.
According to Sotheby's International Realty, the buyer who wishes to remain anonymous is committed to maintaining "the delicate eco system of the estate", "the historic fabric of the lodge and other structures" and crucially "continuing the sellers rules governing third party access".
This could be good news for walkers.
News of the sale has raised questions over the affordability of Luggala. Could the state have bought it?
Sinn Féin TD for Wicklow John Brady has said it is understood that Luggala was "acquired for considerably less than the €28m asking price".
He said the minister with responsibility, Josepha Madigan, consistently told him that the State would only purchase the estate if the price fell into a certain range.
"It appears now that the minister sat on her hands and allowed a private purchaser to buy the estate for considerably less than the asking price", he said.
Today Ms Madigan expressed hope that the new owners would maintain the status quo.
In a statement, a spokesperson noted that the estate had allowed access to a hugely popular walking route down for many decades.
"The Department would hope that this close co-operation and access would continue under any new ownership arrangements."
For its part, Barbican International Corporation has expressed delight that the future of the estate has been secured for the long term.
Through Sothebys, it said "significant financial investment in the estate would be required over the coming years to maintain its character and structure".
Built in 1787 and Gothicised for the La Touche family (Dublin bankers of Huguenot origin), Luggala was bought by Ernest Guinness of the Guinness family in 1937.
He gave the property to his daughter Oonagh Guinness as a wedding present when she married Lord Oranmore and Browne.
Oonagh was a prominent hostess and Luggala Estate became a centre of Irish social life - a gathering place for Dublin's intelligentsia, as well as artists and musicians from around the world.
Her son, Tara Browne, was a young London-based Irish socialite. His death in a car accident in 1966 inspired the Beatles' song "A Day in the Life".
Brendan Behan, Robert Lowell, Seamus Heaney, John Hurt, Dennis Hopper, John Boorman, The Chieftains, Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithfull, Bono and Michael Jackson have all spent time at Luggala.
