Estate agent Damian Murray has been blessed - twice - with a West Cork home sale now called the Old Priest’s House - even though a priest never lived in it.

Moorefield 2-14 Sarsfields 0-13

Off the Bandon to Kilbrittain road, in the tongue-twisting townland of Maulnaskimlahane, joint agents, Paddy Murray of Paddy Murray Auctioneers and Jim O’Brien of CCM are bringing a 63-acre residential sale to market.

A crowd of 150 or more turned up last week for the auction of a 70-acre farm at Kilgobbin, Ballinadee, near Bandon — a property which sold in two parts, before and after the auction.

Three exceptional blocks of tillage land close to the Bandon river and the south west Cork coast at Kilgobbin, Co Cork are to go to auction on February 23, and there has already been considerable interest, according to selling agent, Paddy Murray of Paddy Murray Auctioneers, Bandon.

EARLIER this week’s boxing’s ‘The Greatest’ Muhammad Ali, celebrated his 70th birthday and 50 years ago yesterday, National Hunt racing’s equivalent, the peerless steeplechaser Arkle, gained his first victory in a modest novice hurdle at Navan.

THE best farmland in the country is the emphatic statement made by Paddy Murray in regard to land for sale at Timoleague, Co Cork.

A PERIOD residence in a deleterious condition, but with potential, comes as part of a package of 45 acres plus quota at Coppeen, Enniskeane, Co Cork.

THIS house is a class act. It has the kind of finish you’d expect in a high-end, suburban showhouse and here it is, all private and green, in its Cashelmore, Bandon setting. Just off the N71, (which pulls in the commuter buyer, as well as a strong, local demographic), houses of this quality don’t come up very often.

ONE lot of a three lot offering at Abbey Mount, Leap, sold at auction last week and agent Paddy Murray is still in negotiation on the remaining 26 acres.

THE forthcoming auction of a small farmstead at Leap in west Cork should prove interesting.

IT hit the market early last year, but was withdrawn because of a few issues with the boundaries, and this 33-acre, west Cork coastal farm, at Ballymacshoneen, will go for auction on January 20.

STEEP, wooded and with no farm buildings to speak of, this 84-acre west Cork farm at Kilcomane, Dunbeacon, Durrus, is an international level hobby farm, which probably falls outside the radar of agriculturalists.

BIG, bold and creamy, this brand new dormer bungalow is seven miles from Bandon at Newcestown, Co Cork.

LAST year’s purchaser of this 127-acre farm at Farnalough, Newcestown, Co Cork — for €2.75 million — is now disposing of a portion of the property.

IT could be seen as a very clever buy, when you consider that this property has five acres in a location beside Innishannon in Co Cork.

IT TOOK a year to sell but the wait was worth it — as this farm of land at Killountain, Kilbrittain, made a cool €2.4 million.

SWEEPING views come with a nearly new house at Garland, Enniskeane.

REBRANDED as the gateway to West Cork, Bandon has been a garrison town for most of its history, which dates to 1604.

IT’S very rare to get a large parcel of land in Co Cork at this time, but a 143-acre holding at Belrose, Enniskeane, had just come up for sale.

TOGETHER again, Paddy Murray of ERA Paddy Murray and Co, and Denis Riordan of SWS Property Services, have joined up to sell a farm at Farnalough, Newcestown in Co Cork.

THE opportunity to acquire an 86-acre block of land on the outskirts of Bandon, Co Cork doesn’t arise very often, which is why the joint agents for this property at Killountain are very optimistic regarding this listing.

A HOUSE that’s been cherished by its owners is how Damien Murray of ERA Paddy Murray describes Lomand House at Ballymurphy, Crossbarry, Co Cork.

Fermanagh emerged as 1-09 to 0-09 victors in a tight Ulster SFC quarter-final tussle with Antrim in Enniskillen.

Antrim boss Mickey Culbert has made four changes to his team for Sunday's Ulster SFC quarter-final with Fermanagh (Brewster Park, Enniskillen, throw-in 3.30pm).

SELLING nicely are a range of duplex houses and apartments in the former Devonshire Hotel in Bandon, Co Cork.

THE sea never disappoints, even in these bleak New Year days when the tinsel has disappeared and the lights have gone out.

IN the old days, when Johnstown House was a doctor’s residence, access to the surgery was via two doors — and depending on your socio-economic status, you used the back or the front entrance.

THE All-Ireland league recommences today and though attendances and incomes are falling, grassroots passion remains as strong as ever. Declan Colley canvasses the opinions of those at the coalface.

Rose Martin

Antrim 0-13 Meath 5-12

Antrim corner forward Kevin Brady has recovered from a foot injury to start against Meath in tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC qualifier first round clash with Meath at Casement Park (throw-in 3pm).

Ms Noirin Hegarty (38) has been appointed editor of the Sunday Tribune with immediate effect.

IT’S interesting to note that this newly-built house near Bandon, Co Cork, comes with geo-thermal heating.

THOSE who danced in the Orchid Ballroom of the former Devonshire Hotel in Bandon might now end up waltzing around their own apartment on the spot.