Be it old or new, these two do like to be beside the seaside

OLDER, or newer, if you have over €350,000 to spend and you want to be by the sea in West Cork between Kinsale and Clonakilty, two new arrivals to the property scene might fit the bill.

Fairy Cottage is a long, range-type, L-shaped bungalow at Harbour View near Kilbrittain, and across Courtmacsherry Bay is Montbretia, a renovated and upgraded two-storey farmhouse.

The newer of the two is Fairy Cottage, on the market with Henry O'Leary Property Partners. It is south-facing, on mature grounds, with palms providing a suitably semi-tropical ambience.