Peninsula property has a stream running through it

ONE of the most remote and sparsely populated areas of West Cork, and arguably one of its best kept secrets, is the Sheep’s Head Peninsula.

The northern side of this rocky finger fronts onto Bantry Bay, while the greener and more populated side overlooks Dunmanus Bay and the more popular resorts of Crookhaven, Durrus and Schull.

And, despite it’s relative obscurity, house prices here are on a par with the rest of the region. Maria Harrington of Key Properties is currently selling a converted farmhouse at Ballyroon for offers in the region of €595,000.