This unusually converted family home started off as stables for local landlords in 1880, writes Trish Dromey.

Last of trio of thatched houses in Sheen Falls, Kenmare, has five-star hotel accommodation says Tommy Barker.

Five-star luxury and thatched Irish houses don’t normally go hand in hand – with the latter, you normally take the rough (and sometimes uncombed) with the smooth.

Dingle manor has won numerous awards and would be ideal for family or other uses, Tommy Barker reports.

YOU can see the weather coming, for better or worse, from this private waterside perch near Tuosist, in Kenmare Bay.

London buyers may be calling for Irish homes. Tommy Barker hears life stories from those attending an Irish property fair in London

Bright and cheerful with lots of varnished pine, this south Kerry property sits on 1.6 acres and there’s lots of room for expansion, Tommy Barker reports

A home near Sneem with fine wooden features was designed by an American architect, writes Trish Dromey

I AM writing to you following the publication of Mr Teegan’s letter (January 17) and Ambassador Modai’s response (January 20).

SURROUNDED by acres of mountain and bounded by a babbling brook, this farm of 309 acres near Kilgarvan, Co Kerry, is ideal for those seeking splendid isolation.

A PRIVATE property package just two miles outside Kenmare comes with a raft of extras and could be a nice little earner, too.

LOCATION is always important when it comes to property, but sometimes it matters even more than usual. That is certainly true of this two-bedroom bungalow in Tahilla, Co Kerry, four miles from Sneem.

COASTAL Kerry town Kenmare has been awash with newly-built holiday homes in the past few years, with pending major town centre developments.