Brookvale promises the best of country life
Head north and up hill out of the East Cork town of Midleton for just a mile and a half, and as you crest the top of the hills fringing the town at Broomfield East, turn off the public road down a quarter mile of private shared roadway, turn up again through electronically controlled access gates set into high stone wall, and you could be home. For €1.5 million or so.
Being pitched at an equestrian market, it is the sort of property that promises the best of country life: a fully restored Georgian-style house done to a high specification, complete with spotless courtyard and old stone buildings, some of which have the sturdiest slate roofs you could ask for.