An ideal holiday home

IN THE last few weeks of summer, when the country ticks over slowly, the property market slumbers in the muggy heat of August.

Canny agents hold over their properties for the back to school/back to work surge of autumn and time hangs still.

There is one exception to the this rule - holiday homes. Despite rain and low cloud cover, there is something about wild boreens and slate hung botháns that bring out the romantic in us - which in turn leads to a desire to possess.