Size: 165 sq m (1,765 sq ft)

A long way away from the rest of the world.

Little Clarissa McCarthy was laid to rest in a single coffin in the arms of her devoted father who had carried the 3-year-old into the pitch-black waters of West Cork earlier in the week.

BUOYS were toys for the late, west Cork farmer, Tom Sheppard, whose retirement hobby was collecting marine memorabilia — such as a 28’ long navigation marker buoy, one of several heavy buoys which graced the front gates and gardens of his Colla Road home.

FROM the weakest link to the sweetest link. The queen of mean, Anne Robinson, is heading to West Cork to help a community fundraising for the elderly.

Tommy Barker says extended Schull home has a lot to recommend it.

FORGET ‘The Eagle has Landed’: July has had such a wet and windy start that even the seagulls are land-bound.

A 20-year-old man has been killed in a road accident in Co Cork.

Rose Martin says €1.3m house is luxury even by Colla Road standards.

DIRECT access to the sea always carries a bit of cachet and marketability.

THE next stop west might be Amerikay, but if it’s Coney Island or Long Island you want there’s a short cut via Schull in West Cork.