THERE’S a subtle connection between Killarney and the Scottish Highlands – both became big tourist destinations in the 19th century and both entertained Queen Victoria.

IT was priced at €18,000 per acre initially, but in a market where you ask more to get less, the agent did very well to reach €15,000 per acre for a farm at Beaufort, Killarney.

BECAUSE we live in this country, we tend not to look upon it in the way that a tourist might - and that's a pity.

THE posher end of Killarney, the Muckross Road, is where Sherry FitzGerald Coghlan are currently selling a detached bungalow for offers in the region of €320,000.