Trish Dromey gets the lowdown on quirky, stylish and spacious property in Newmarket-on-Fergus, Co Clare.

Rachel Allen’s TV shows were filmed in this extensive home next to a beautiful beach and nature reserve in East Cork. Tommy Barker steps into a real dream home.

Summer is the time when many vendors put their best foot forward, particularly when selling large holdings.

ZONED land bought for €21m in 2004, at the height of the boom when Munster developer John Barry of Castlelands Construction was building up to 700 houses a year, has eventually come back to market for just 7% of that peak value, €1.5 million.

CELEBRATING a 40-year anniversary in a business is a great reason to celebrate, but in the case of chef, restaurateur and bar owner, Finín O’Sullivan, he’s using the occasion as a chance to retire, and bow out gracefully, having seen the East Cork town of Midleton come of age during his tenure at the famed Main Street premises.

CORK CITY’s coat of arms shows a ship sailing between two castles: it could now, as easily, show ships passing between the two Roches Points.

This well-kept home on the river’s edge is a treasure trove, says Tommy Barker

Tommy Barker visits a home which was designed for both comfort and views by its owners and their architect.

AN investment block of 24 modern, purpose built apartments in the heart of the north Cork town of Mallow has come to market as one lot, at an average price of c.€99,000 per unit.

Trish Dromey casts an eye over an elegant 1780 Co Cork home which has been restored and updated

This renovated, Donoughmore farmhouse has had a first bid of €150,000, just €15,000 short of the asking price. 

Tommy Barker reports on the sale of a former mill manager’s house on one third of an woodland acre.

‘Tideways’ on the Owenabue estuary has had upgrades since its ’60s build and makes for an impressive home, writes Tommy Barker.

This spacious home is stunning, but it’s the garden that steals the show, says Trish Dromey.

In fitting out their home the owners of 8 Oak Drive, Castleheights in Carrigaline opted for a lot of extras — they put in a jacuzzi bath, surround sound, a stove and under floor heating and also landscaped their garden.

Tommy Barker looks at a large, detached home in Mallow with five-bedrooms and plenty of space.

Average land prices have fallen by 1.5% to €9,650 per acre in the six months to June, according to a survey issued by Sherry Fitzgerald estate agents.

First erected at the Great Cork Exhibition, this cliff top home is perfectly pitched writes Tommy Barker.

DON’T spare the rods — as a special hook there’s fishing to be had on the River Blackwater, from the edge of the gardens at pretty Marston Cottage.

Called after a Cumbria, Lake District beauty spot, the Midleton home Seatoller is itself no slouch either, and is now coming for sale for its trading-down owners, who built it 16 years ago.

Tommy Barker gets fired up about a spacious and modern family home with its own pizza oven.

Victorian with a Georgian twist, No 3 Main Street in Doneraile is a detached renovated property with the high-ceiling grandeur of another era.

 

Imagination and elbow grease have combined to create this stylish and functional, contemporary family home.

Trish Dromey finds a fresh and airy feel to this architect-designed Donoughmore dormer home.

Bizee Bee near Rathcormac is an attractive split-level bungalow with beautiful plant filled gardens on a stream bounded site.

SET against a rural Blackwater Valley backdrop is this smartly upgraded four-bed bungalow, with a vaulted ceiling in its large added-on kitchen/dining area - an ideal room for out-of-town parties.

A recent price drop comes with distinctive Belmont House on two and a half acres, says <B>Trish Dromey.</b>