More of a trading-down, or trading-in, option is the mid-terraced Summercove house called Quebec, with the Bulman bar and restaurant on its doorstep, as is the pier at Summercove, plus a shingle beach at low tide.

LET’S call a spade a spade.

IF Finance Minister Brian Lenihan thinks it’s unpatriotic to shop in the North, surely it’s more unpatriotic to fly to New York on shopping trips, as many do.

BUILT

NICE garden – shame about the house. This property at Summercove, Kinsale, was the abode of three bachelors for some years and while their taste ran to gardening, it stopped at the front door.