Join the village people

VILLAGE life beckons at Tulira, in mid-Cork’s Crookstown — a bus ride from the city centre, but a world away from the hustle and bustle.

The eight-year-old home is in the heart of Crookstown village just off the N22 Cork-Macroom road. Its vendors came here, via Dripsey, after 11 years living in London and Dublin "but it never felt too rural or isolated, it is so close to everything," they say.

The new Ballincollig bypass is 10 minutes away, and Bandon and Macroom are also within easy striking distance the latter town is just five to ten minutes by car. Crookstown has two pubs, two shops and a post office, and nearby Lissarda has a new shop/filling station and a rejuvenated roadhouse bar as well.