There are both stark and Starck reminders, of very different times, at this one-off West Cork home on the verdant banks of the Argideen River.

TO this day the legend persists that if only the parish priests hadn’t got involved, Ballinscarthy in West Cork would have its own Ford factory.

BRIGHT and spacious and just a short drive from Clonakilty, this six-bedroom house at Lisselane has lots to offer, says selling agent, Henry O’Leary of Property Partners Henry O’Leary.

INITIALLY, families trading up the property ladder wanted more room for the children. Now, in affluent Ireland, the children in question want land for their ponies.