Cottage replacement enjoys highest levels of tranquillity

BACKING into a Special Area of Conservation and National Heritage Area, in the rising land on the way up toward Ireland’s tallest mountain, Carrauntuohill, is this Mealis townland home - a rare chance to buy into a place of exceptional beauty.

Planning permission in the scenic area is scarce as hen’s teeth and this house only got built because it embraced an earlier dwelling on the site.

Clearly, there’s little trace of the original modest cottage: this place is large, at about 2,800 sq ft and it is plushly finished.