€525k West Cork Hungry Hill double decker could feed a lifestyle

Hungry? Two for the price of....well, €525,000, on Beara's Hungry Hill via agent JJ Sullivan
Hungry Hill, Beara, West Cork |
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€525,000 |
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Size |
173 sq m (two houses) |
Bedrooms |
3 + 2 |
Bathrooms |
2 + 1 |
BER |
C2 |
THE majesty of West Cork’s rugged and largely untrammeled Beara peninsula is on the doorstep of Hungry Hill Cottage with, as the name might imply, the brooding bulk of the Caha Mountains’ highest peak, the 2,250 ft Hungry Hill, rising up behind this stone-faced duo.

The pairing, one a three-bed detached with sunroom, the other also in stone but with a more contemporary interior flair, and on 1.7 acres, with plenty of breathing space between them, are price-guided at €525,000 by local Beara estate agent JJ O’Sullivan.

Views are everywhere, up to the ruthlessly exposed and washed bare rock of the mountains and down over farmland and woods to Bantry Bay and Bere Island, which is reachable by ferry from two points on the peninsula, including from the pier at nearby fishing port Castletownbere.

Set half way between Adrigole and Castletownbere, the property has both home and investment/rental potential, in a an off-the-beaten-track setting on an access road for hikers to Hungry Hill — the name also known from the 1940s Daphne du Maurier book of the same name, generally said to be based on aspects of the Puxley family of mine owners in the area a century and more ago.

The main stone dwelling, with teak widows, has an open plan kitchen/dining/living area and a bow-shaped sunroom, a ground floor main en suite bedroom and two more overhead, one with balcony access.

The guest ‘studio’ cottage, with split-level interiors and feature floor to ceiling glazing, can sleep up to four, and was completed in 2018.
