A price drop on the very well-finished Monkstown, Cork harbour home, 5 De Vesci Place should put it back on the radar of house hunters, and with a wider band of bidders also.

The 5,000 sq ft ‘Buncoille’, in Monkstown, has a master bedroom the size of a city flat, says Tommy Barker.

Tommy Barker says this home at Alta Terrace overlooking Monkstown’s marina oozes with period charm.

Cork Church of Ireland were left wondering what might have been after being pegged back from winning positions against powerhouses Monkstown and Banbridge in the EY Hockey League this weekend.

The Vesey, or DeVesci, family owned estates of many thousands of acres in Irish counties, from Cork to Laois (where they had over 15,000 acres), and back in the 1800s they owned a swathe of land in Cork’s harbour area, between Monkstown and Passage West.

The manager of Cork Harbour Marina has insisted the surprise arrival of a high-profile racing vessel shows the local area could become an international yachting hot-bed if just €5m is invested into facilities.