Top land stands proud in Cork

Cork people have a well-deserved reputation for being boastful — but in south Cork they take that a little further, confident in the knowledge that they have some of the finest land in the country.

Which is why Trevor McCarthy of Irish and European doesn’t bat an eyelid, when he cooly claims €15,000 an acre for this 50.02 acre farm at Cummeen, Carrigaline.

Just outside the estuarine town, and on the Minane Bridge road, this tidy block of tillage ground is top quality and is easily worth the guide price, he asserts. After all, it’s south Cork land, isn’t it?