Trish Dromey uncovers an exquisite cottage restoration in Co Clare that is now back on the market.

Small, well-presented and seeking new prospects... maybe more? That’s the possible sales pitch for Daly’s bar in Co Clare’s Ennistymon, long associated with the family of famed Clare matchmaker Willie Daly, and freshly up for grabs.

An incredible 400,000 visitors are expected to visit Ennis next month, over the nine-day run of the 2016 Fleadh Cheoil: in terms of context for size and scale, that’s four times the number of visitors expected at this week’s Dublin Horse Show.

Trish Dromey gives a thumbs up to this surprisingly spacious renovated farmhouse near Bell Harbour in Co Clare.

 

Setting near Black Head and Ballyvaughan makes this Wild Atlantic Way thatch special, says Tommy Barker.

Sq m: 280 (3,000 sq ft)

We view a selection of trading up homes from around the country.

We scan a selection of trading up homes from around the country.

We view a selection of starter homes from around the country.

CARRIGAHOLT, CO CLARE €115,000

Our pick of this week’s starter homes from around the country

Rochestown Road, Cork €550,000

Good finish and bright living space at just €190,000, Tommy Barker reports

We scan a selection of trading up homes around the country

A SORT of bring-and-buy, or buy-and-sell is on offer at this Addroon, Ruan, Ennis home — it’s packed to the gunwales with collectibles.

HALF a mile out from the town of Kilrush, house hunters can get a new four/five bed detached family home, on a decent enough estate site, for around €210,000.

BALLYOGAN HOUSE is not a property for the average buyer, even if the guide price is half of what it would have been in the boom.

THIS is a big modern house, an American barn with floors you could eat your dinner from and 25 pristine acres with primed, paddock fencing.

JUST out past Kilkee’s West End, on the Dunlickey Road near the famous horseshoe shape sweep of beach, is this three-bed early 1900s seaside semi-d.

IF Carlsberg did sites... then this one at Cosheen, Corbally would be in the running for best in Clare, if not in Ireland, says Marissa McGrath of Sherry FitzGerald McMahon.

Tommy Barker assesses a remote property in Co Clare which makes the most of amazing views.

LOFT, stock and barrel — this Feakle, Co Clare thatched-and-lofted traditional Irish cottage is for sale for €175,000.

GRACIOUS living in one of the most historic areas of Co Clare is what this mini-mansion at Carnelly Woods has to offer.

BIG and brand new, Cúl na Coille is the apotheosis of the Celtic Tiger property boom.

JUST off the main Limerick Road in Ennis is a four-bedroom semi-detached home on the market with Sherry FitzGerald McMahon.

Rose Martin is charmed by property close to beautiful Lake Inchiquin.

Rose Cottage has been recently refurbished and extended and is located on half an acre of land.

SHERRY FitzGerald McMahon in Ennis had a very successful auction recently of 47.23 acres located nine miles north of the town.

LIMESTONE quoins and plain render give this standard dormer at Moyriesk, Quin, Co Clare, its own look.

YOU can’t get further west in Co Clare than Pilot Hill.

HECTIC viewings and up to 18 prospective purchasers within the first week, took auctioneer Helen Gallery by surprise, despite the quality of her product.

OFF the Limerick Road in Clare, and close to St Flannan's College, number 74, College Grove, Ennis, is a detached, four-bed which is on the market at €250,000 through Sherry FitzGerald McMahon.

Hidden away in Kyleatunna, this two bedroomed, Co Clare cottage is still handy for commuters to Ennis and Limerick.

ABSOLUTELY fabulous colours and some flair have taken the Old Parochial House in Miltown Malbay light years away from its original, ecclesiastical state.

A SHORT walk from Ennis town centre, number 11 Linnane Terrace is a stone-faced cottage which has had a 21st century veneer put over its 19th century bones.

BUYING a house just for show could end up making you appear superficial. But you’d forgive the next owner of the showhouse in a new development in Co Clare for inviting the world and his mother to take a peek at the lavish interiors.

Rose Martin

A DISCREET development of just four bungalows at Ballyvalley, Killaloe, Co Clare, have direct access onto the shorefront of Lough Derg.

CLEVER thinking can make all the difference with an extension. Take this house at Cloonteen, Co Clare, for instance: because it overlooks Ballyalla Lake, the house was given an unusual semi-circular extension at the rear to make the most of the views of the lake.

BALLYVALLEY sounds like the name of a fictional Irish townland, the sort of place an English TV show might latch onto - if it hadn’t come up with Ballykissangel.

THE kitchen fitting of the moment - cream, hand-painted units - are part and parcel of some high quality extras that come with this house in Ennis, Co Clare.

WHILE it may not have the Bear, this big blue house in Ballybeg, Ennis, would be an ideal Christmas present for parents and children.

ABINGDON Lodge, in the heart of Ennis, Co Clare, is hardly recognisable from the property which was originally built in the 1930’s.