Rose Martin is refreshed after a weekend in the five-star Inchydoney Island Hotel and Spa, eating home-made breakfast, walking on the beach and dining to sea views.

Much appreciated by its well-travelled owner, this West Cork haven with developed garden is up for grabs, says Tommy Barker.

Sq m: 84 (900 sq ft)

Sq m: 90 (970 sq ft)

Sq m: 225 (2,415 sq ft)

Size: 500/1,000 sq ft

In the glory days of the 70s and 80s Owenahincha was a buzzing holiday hotspot. Tommy Barker visits a very different place today, yet there may be signs of a brighter future for this faded beauty

This substantial Sands Cove, Clonakilty property has something for everyone, writes Tommy Barker

Contemporary coastal home is private and set on eight landscaped acres in West Cork, writes Tommy Barker

SET just 100 yards from Owenahincha’s beaches in west Cork is the Sandycove Beach Villas scheme, built primarily for holiday home use, just across the road from a shingle beach with coveted Blue Flag status.

THERE are Rosscarbery houses and, then, there are Rosscarbery houses with water views.

A GREAT location on the periphery of Rosscarbery should see strong interest in this unpretentious bungalow at Burgatia.

A NEW house, in a new village scheme, and a new, 2010-registered car to boot — builder Darren Hourihan is out to buck the trends at Rosscarbery’s Courtyard Market scheme.

WHOEVER buys Cregane Manor will already be familiar with west Cork — and they’ll know just what a rarity they are getting.

THIS one should get the juices flowing — a perfect second home in a perfect location.

FOR those of you who’ve taken that nice walk over the headland from Warren Strand to Owenahincha, the Cregane area of Roscarbery will be familiar. There, running down the hill on the Owenahincha side of the promentary are rows of holiday homes on two sides.

DOWN, but not out - that’s the description of a Glandore Road property near the West Cork village of Rosscarbery, in need of life-saving surgery, not just TLC.

WILL the selling price of Ardagh near Rosscarbery in Cork make for a hot trio for estate agent John Hodnett of SWS Property Services?

ROSSCARBERY is a new hot-spot following a scorching auction result last weekend where a three-bed 30-year old bungalow with views went €200,000 over its price guide and even passed the half million mark.

LAGOONS don’t normally feature on the radar of Irish home hunters at least along the native coastline.

WHY €300,000 for a tiny cottage? Because for once the brochure-speak is right - this is a once-off opportunity to buy beautiful views of coastal West Cork and a land bank of eight acres where planning is utterly restricted.