A private rural retreat, holiday home, retirement home — you name it — but cottages like this are few enough.

The death has taken place of the author, poet, musician, and Irish language enthusiast, Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé.

BAILE na nGall means the foreigners’ town, referring to a 9th century Viking settlement at Smerwick, a Norse name meaning the butter harbour.

NEXT stop America — this bungalow at Ballydavid is right on the edge of the Atlantic.

KERRY football star Tomás Ó Sé and his long-time sweetheart, Hillary Nic Eoin, both 29, got married this week and didn’t tell their families until the last minute.

A RARE picture of Eamon de Valera in unfamiliar garb while visiting the Great Blasket in 1947 is one of the fascinating photographs in a new book that gives insights into life in other days in the Dingle Peninsula.