Seagale’s lovely location ensures sale will be a breeze

DIRK COVE: it sounds like the sort of name given to a shady character in a trashy novel. In fact, Dirk Cove is a beautiful bay on the way to Galley Head in West Cork, and home to the somewhat ominously-titled Seagale Cottage.

Beneath the cottage, on the narrow cul de sac lane to Dirk Cove, is a much-extended seaside dwelling with a projecting glass wing which has won a clutch of UK and Irish design awards, giving a surprising profile to this quiet Clonakilty coastal setting.

And, while Seagale mightn’t be in the same rarified design echelon or water’s edge location, it does have one key advantage: its setting higher up the hill gets it out of the shaded, east-facing Dirk Cove, which the sun usually vacates by the afternoon.

Seagale Cottage has a €450,000 price guide with joint agents John Hodnett of SWS Property Services in Clonakilty, with Michael McKenna of McKenna O’Donoghue Clarke in Cork city.

They note its proximity not only to Dirk, but also to the nearby beaches of Red Strand, Long Strand and Castlefreke, while the twin villages of Rathbarry and Ardfield are just a couple of miles away.

Accommodation in Seagale includes a living room with wood stove, a 29’ long, lean-to conservatory with solid roof, a compact kitchen, three bedrooms plus a bathroom with shower.

The house, originally a two-up, two-down type of cottage structure with later extensions, has electric storage heating and PVC double glazing.