Island life in West Cork may beckon for progressive buyer

Whiddy Island just off Bantry in West Cork is a place of layers of history, from the prehistoric to the present day.

It’s a site of much drama over the centuries, with early ecclesiastical constructions, American military installation remains (from a flying boat base during the First World War), as well as the continued presence of the petro-chemical industry.

But what it also has is good land and a history of intensive farming going back generations. One of the finest examples of this particular tradition is now on the market in the form of a 100-acre residential farm.