There is something obsessive about wanting to go to such an island as Potato Island. Why would anyone want to go there? Then why would anyone not want to go there?

Trish Dromey discovers a stone-fronted dormer home at a scenic Kerry spot dubbed millionaires’ row.

The jetty is a bit shaky and the timbers are rotted in places, but the wooden structure is sound enough to permit visitors to Illaunslea, Kenmare Bay, Co Kerry.

A home near Sneem with fine wooden features was designed by an American architect, writes Trish Dromey