Mountain holding has no road access
East of Lake Currane, this rough grazing land has no road access and woollen-coated animals would have to be ferried across the lake, giving a whole new meaning to transhumance agriculture.
For wannabee Thoreaus, this could make the ideal retreat, and the agents can throw in three lake-islands, though hardly habitable, at three-quarters of an acre in total.
A sod hut or two on the remaining 127 acres might scrape past planning and the views would be spectacular, here in a beautiful part of the Ivereagh peninsula.
Because of the unusual nature of the property and the unease regarding headage payments, selling agent, Mark Daly of Sean Daly and Co won’t quote a price and leaves this quirky sale open to offers.
He’s also applying the same method to 111 acres of mountain land at the Priest’s Leap, near Bonane, Co Kerry. Many areas of the country carry this place name, but the story is always the same.
A fleeing priest, with redcoats hot on his heels, urges his horse over a mountainy gap and the animal makes a phenomenal jump, leaving footprints behind in the stone.
Just over the county bounds between Cork and Kerry, at Cummeenshrule, the land is just off the Old Bantry road and is not fenced. Most suitable for sheep grazing, it’s likely to appeal to neighbouring farmers.
