THE owners of 35 Ringcurran Rise near Kinsale in Cork got in at ground or planning level, got to put their own input in the house design — and the individuality still shows in spades.

IT mightn’t be a complete folly to follow in the footsteps of 19th century eccentric Johnny Roche — the man who built this River Awbeg tower, called Castle Curious, in the 1840s, just after the Famine.

Rose Martin says Harvel House’s views alone justify the €2.5m price.

No 10 Eltin’s Wood in Kinsale on offer at €375,000.