Tommy Barker on a good village-grounded home with a Papal address and heavenly setting in east Cork.

Although the auction of 55 acres at Gurtacrue, near Midleton, Co Cork, was cancelled at the last minute by the selling agents CCM (the property featured on these pages on January 18), there has been no shortage of action behind the scenes.

Ballycotton is one of the most scenic coastal villages in East Cork. 

This property clicked with Tommy Barker while photographer Denis Scannell had the task of saying cheese.

More than 100 people were present at Corrin Mart, Fermoy, yesterday to witness the €1.975m sale of a residential farm near Blarney, Co Cork.

Steady viewing and welcoming vendors have been the order of the day for the substantial, 176-acre Applebe farm at Dawstown, Blarney, which is probably best known as a one-time point-to-point racing location.

Mitchelstown, Co Cork €265,000

Price: €695,000

BALLYMACODA, CORK €130,000

This Gullane, Roscarbery farm, which hits the market this week, was the home of the late John Burns, a man who was well known in the Roscarbery/Glandore area of West Cork as a collector of vintage cars and tractors and a dealer in farm machinery.

The 298-acre Graigue House farm at Shanballymore, near Mallow, Co Cork, was launched on the market during the Celtic Tiger boom in late 2004.

Off the Bandon to Kilbrittain road, in the tongue-twisting townland of Maulnaskimlahane, joint agents, Paddy Murray of Paddy Murray Auctioneers and Jim O’Brien of CCM are bringing a 63-acre residential sale to market.

WELCOME to Kilva, the family home that grew and grew.

THE agricultural industry has had two years of improved trading.

MILK will run south. More than 25% of milk production is in Co Cork, and auctioneer Eamonn O’Brien, of CCM, says the dairy industry will only strengthen in Munster on the back of milk quota from other regions.

Welcome to the site of your new cottage industry business. Rose Martin reports.

STRAIGHT out of a successful sale of 57 acres at Ballynoe, Midleton, Tom Kelly of CCM has just listed a 92-acre tillage farm at Lahard, Whitegate, Co Cork.

ONE of the more interesting sales in East Cork has just arisen, and the farm is well known as the location for the Clonmult-Dungourney point to point races.

THE postal address for this farm sale is Ballynoe, Mallow, Co Cork, but the location is south of Fermoy, says Tom Kelly of CCM, and much closer to Midleton.

A FARM at Castlelack, Bandon, Co Cork, is generating interest, and auctioneer Jim O’Brien expects a sale sooner rather than later.

IT’S no surprise in a week when the EU and IMF take over the country without firing a shot, that farm bidders have been quiet.

JUST 100 yards from the main Cork/Clonakilty road at Pedlar’s Cross, this 59-acre farm in the west Cork countryside should pique local interest.

NOT only can you hear the sea from this house at Fisher’s Cross, Castlefreke, but a quiet pint in the local is all of oh... 20 yards away.

A 68-acre farm at Leitry Lower, Drimoleague is new to the market with CCM’s Jim O’Brien. The residential holding has frontage onto two roads. It’s laid out in one block with large divisions.

HORSES for courses — especially when it comes to properties like this one at Bawnadown, near Midleton in Co Cork.

CCM have a tidy farm on offer at Careysville, Clondulane, through their newly opened offices in Mitchelstown.

THERE’S a certain clique that dubs Ardfield and Rathbarry in west Cork as Clonakilty Four, mainly because of the high house prices in the pretty seaside area within an hour’s commute of Cork city.

A WELL-matched ratio of west Cork land to milk quota is for sale at Skeaf, Timoleague, with Jim O’Brien, of CCM.

MULTI-MILLIONAIRE property tycoon John Byrne has failed to carry out extensive site finishing works at a housing estate in Fenit despite being served with an enforcement order by Kerry County Council.

Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone star as husband and wife on the lookout for a place to live, buy the distinctly odd-ball Cold Creek Manor diner then find themselves surrounded by strange and dangerous locals and events.

Serco Group of the UK has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Irish company CCM Software Services Limited for an initial consideration of £8.6m (€13.4m) with further deferred consideration of up to £4.2m (€6.5m) subject to achieving performance targets.

Eighteen opposition demonstrators have been killed during two days of violence on the Indian Ocean island of Zanzibar.