Go fishing for €1.2m

THIS is an angler’s dream — a house with its own hut on the River Blackwater and a mile of one’s very own fishing on Ireland’s premier salmon river.

But ardent anglers need deep wellies for this property; it’s priced at around €1.2 million through John Hamilton of Jackson-Stops.

No mean fisherman himself, the agent says Carrigane should yield up to 45 fish in the season which runs from February to September annually. The property comes with rights to fish for salmon, sea trout and brown trout, although sea trout are rare enough on the Blackwater, Mr Hamilton says.