Youghal period gem on offer for cool €1m

What began as development punt for around, oh, €8m or so in the roaring Noughties, is now an opportunity for wannabe landed gentry or an agricultural offering for ordinary decent, farming folk.

Muckridge House, Youghal, Co Cork, an echoing early Georgian mansion, may find a taker among the cohort of new overseas buyers ready for a relatively cheap Irish deal.

This time round, Ardmore agent and well know pundit, Brian Gleeson is selling the property, which has failed to rustle up a contract for sale since 2009.