Country life with plenty activities on offer

LIVING with children in the summer months here is a doddle - Carrignavar, a quiet village to the north of Cork city has some of the best amenities in the county.

There’s a community swimming pool, (which draws people from outside the locality), tennis courts, football pitches and enough amusements to stave off that phrase dreaded by parents: “I’m bored”.

Launched in the summer lull and now bidding close to the asking price, is number 8, Castle Manor in Carrignavar.