Place: Church Cross

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

home and gardens

Donal Hickey: Aren’t the trees just terrific?

MAYBE it’s just because there’s more time to stand back and observe during the coronavirus crisis, but am I the only person who thinks our trees never looked better than they do this year?

property

Dispensing with surplus: healthy HSE outcome in dispensary sales

property

Multiple sales make magic million mark

property

Model Farm Road development site on a sale for mark-up of €2 million

farming

Farm on edge of west Cork's Roaringwater Bay for €600,000

general

Wave of inspiration for Sherkin artist following sea crossings

Simmental best in the county at Carbery after break of 26 years

Best of the breeds after gap of more than quarter of a century in Carbery’s Cork Beef Bull Championship

Thu, 26 Jul, 2018

Trading up: Church Cross, Skibbereen, €350,000

A classic west Cork farmhouse cluster of outbuildings and yard comes with the simply updated, but stripped back, ‘cottage’ at Kilkilleen, near Church Cross.

Sat, 25 Feb, 2017

45 Acres with Tantalising Options Close to Cradle of Olympic Glory

It’s very possible that from now on, whenever the word “Skibbereen” is mentioned, it will be instantly associated with Olympic glory in the discipline of rowing.

Thu, 15 Sep, 2016

Damages ruling due next month

A judge has yet to decide on the amount of damages a woman should receive over the death of her partner at Mercy University Hospital, Cork.

Wed, 14 Oct, 2015

‘I did not trust anybody at the hospital’

A woman told the High Court yesterday how, as her partner was dying of septic shock at Mercy University Hospital, Cork, her confidence in the care of the hospital had completely gone.

Thu, 08 Oct, 2015

Ilen bank property: Cape Cod meets Cape Clear in West Cork

Tommy Barker visits Ilen River bank home of departing banker, AIB’s Chief Executive David Duffy, after its latest €1m-plus drop.

Sat, 31 Jan, 2015

West Cork property is sure to float your boat with a vastly reduced price

THIS coastal, stone home at West Cork’s Poulnacallee has been on the market before, but now has a vastly reduced price, another change of agent as well as more land, to woo those in pursuit of a country life and boating on the doorstep.

Sat, 08 Nov, 2014

Saving Ireland’s forgotten burial sites

Q&A: William Casey

Thu, 29 May, 2014

Man arrested after cannabis found growing in sunny West Cork

Good summer weather and a bit of strategic watering led to a bumper crop of cannabis for a 64-year-old man, but unfortunately for him, it was the boys in blue who ended up harvesting it.

Fri, 16 Aug, 2013

Principal leads tributes to young accident victim

A school principal has led tributes to one of his young pupils who died in a tragic accident at his family’s farm in West Cork.

Fri, 08 Feb, 2013

Teenage boy killed on Cork farm

Gardaí and the Health and Safety Authority are investigating following the death of a 15-year-old boy on a farm in Cork yesterday evening.

Thu, 07 Feb, 2013

Boy, 14, dies in farming accident

A 14-year-old boy died in a farming accident in West Cork yesterday.

Thu, 07 Feb, 2013

Rugby star backs cycle for cancer charity

Rugby legend Donncha O’Callaghan is lending his support to a charity cycle designed to raise funds for a voluntary service providing cancer patients with free transport to Cork hospitals.

Mon, 27 Aug, 2012

Trading Up

FIRIES, KERRY €495,000

Sat, 14 Jul, 2012

Picture postcard setting in West Cork

Derelict traditional farmhouse has a special location, Tommy Barker reports

Sat, 09 Jun, 2012

Student sails to, and through, exams

Meet the Leaving Cert student who sailed to, and through, his first exam.

Thu, 07 Jun, 2012

Volunteer transport service for cancer patients logs 250 trips

Not even a year has passed since it first went on the road, but a special transport service for cancer patients in West Cork has already logged 250 round trips with 160 passengers driven by some 120 volunteer drivers.

Mon, 06 Feb, 2012

Community transport for CUH patients

A VOLUNTARY drive to provide radiotherapy patients from West Cork with free transport to Cork University Hospital (CUH) has proved a major success and plans are now in place to do the same for those needing chemotherapy.

Mon, 25 Jul, 2011

Man dies in freak tree-cutting accident

A MAN in his 40s was killed instantly yesterday when a tree fell on him in a freak accident in west Cork.

Fri, 13 May, 2011

An ideal retirement property

ALTHOUGH this traditional farmhouse at Church Cross, Skibbereen, has a rural location, it’s also close to Roaring Water Bay and within a short commute of Skibbereen.

Sat, 22 May, 2010

On the water’s edge, Sur la Mer’s ready to make splash on market

MAKING the absolute most of its site is Sur la Mer – the west Cork bungalow does exactly what it says on its nameplate.

Sat, 09 Jan, 2010

Superb location for sizeable homes aimed at rental investment

THIS Church Cross development is an unusual sale — the scheme of just six detached houses on the outskirts of Cork city that is for rental investment or holiday home use only.

Sat, 27 Sep, 2008

Take your pick from two West Cork holiday home properties

TWO properties, on the outskirts of Skibbereen in West Cork, offer a choice of location for full-time or holiday home occupiers.

Sat, 02 Jun, 2007

Coastal living at a good price

AT the guide price of €450,000 to €500,000, this 19-acre farm in the millionaire belt of Church Cross, Skibbereen, looks a bit of a bargain.

Thu, 20 Jul, 2006

Lisheen farm price is €1.5m

ONE and a half million euro is the asking price for this 26 acre farm at Ardnagroherey, near Church Cross, Skibbereen, and while it might make some farmers gasp, locals are a little blasé about elevated West Cork prices.

Thu, 13 Jul, 2006

Sale is close to €38,000/acre

COMING on the market this week with auctioneer John Hodnett is a 35 acre, non-residential holding at Munnane, Church Cross, Skibbereen, which comes with 28,899 gallons of milk quota.

Thu, 13 Apr, 2006

Location ensures home comes at a price

A MODEST enough bungalow to look at, this property at Lisheen, Church Cross near Skibbereen, nonetheless comes with a price tag of €700,000.

Sat, 18 Mar, 2006

Waterside home in film star’s neighbourhood

ALL a boating enthusiast could want, says the selling agent of this waterfront Skibbereen home with views across Roaringwater Bay to Jeremy Irons Giant Peachey castle at Kilcoe.

Sat, 26 Nov, 2005

Hot tip and correction

Last week’s recipe for Willie Scannell’s Gratin of Potato and Wild Mushrooms featured a number of mistaken fractions and measures due to a technical error.

Sat, 03 Sep, 2005

Jerry bowls them over with his Friesians

IT’S been a very good July for Church Cross, Skibbereen dairy farmer Jerry Hegarty. A couple of weeks ago he won his second All-Ireland Intermediate Road-bowling title in a titanic man-to-man struggle with Ulster champion Harry Toal.

Thu, 28 Jul, 2005

Road safety groups braced for worst after six fatalities

Gardaí and road safety groups are bracing themselves for the forthcoming August Bank Holiday weekend after six people died within 24 hours on Saturday.

Sun, 24 Jul, 2005

Feeling at home down by the river

A HOUSE in Skibbereen's rural 'millionaire's row' is up for sale, at a price a bit less than a millionaire's ransom; over €450,000 is being sought for Glebe Marsh.

Sat, 08 May, 2004

Perfect starter home

IDEAL as a starter home is how auctioneer Jim Coughlan of James G Coughlan and Co describes number 39, Clover Hill Estate.

Sat, 17 Jan, 2004

Give this charming old Post Office your stamp of approval

WITH its huge cedar tree, the Old Post Office at Church Cross is a landmark on the road from Skibbereen to Ballydehob.

Sat, 20 Dec, 2003

Here’s your chance to rub shoulders with the A-list

HUGH Grant, Liz Hurley, Michael Stipe of REM and a host of other musical and entertainment world celebrities have stayed on the quiet at this hideaway and modest Skibbereen West Cork farmhouse, according to local legend.

Sat, 27 Sep, 2003