Anam Cara dates in part to the 1700s, but has been extended and refurbished to an exacting standard.

There’s creature comfort galore in East Cork family home, Tommy Barker reports

A canny builder realised Clairelee’s potential writes, Tommy Barker

BALLYMALOE, CORK €295,000

Estate agent angling to catch a buyer for older-style cottage, reports Tommy Barker

YOU’D sort of know that the owners of this family home at Ballyard, Dungourney, about eight miles from Midleton in rural east Cork, had built before — there’s the feeling they knew what they wanted.

THERE was a full house for last week’s auction of a 40-acre farm at Monagurra, Shanagarry, Co Cork, with auctioneer Miah McGrath is charge of proceedings.

IT’S looking good in east Cork for the forthcoming auction of a 40-acre farm at Monagurra, Shanagarry, as interest has been healthy and a lot of brochures have gone out ahead of the auction next Wednesday, November 23.

THE sea is less than a mile from this farm at Loughane, Ladysbridge, Co Cork, which brings a frost-free environment for this fine, level tillage farm.

A selection of starter homes from around the country

IF there’s anyone left in the country who can still afford the country lifestyle, and wants land for a few horses for the family, then Ramhill, Ballinacurra, near Midleton in east Cork might fit their requirements.

LAST offered for sale back in 2001, but subsequently withdrawn from the market, Ballinacurra Lodge is a Victorian house which has kept up with the times.

Springwell near Midleton in east Cork, a two-bed waterside cottage, with its own pier and shoreline boundary, surpassed its guide price by over €100,000 at auction.

THE East Ferry drive is a golden mile of scenic East Cork, and a small but sweet property package in its midst is about to create a stir at auction.

MODELLED on a Wicklow hunting lodge, ‘Marchfield’ is a delicately wrought, but surprisingly large property close to Shanagarry in East Cork.