Go west and enjoy the country life

FOR not much more than the cost of a good family home in Cork’s western suburbs, those families prepared to go further west will get a period home and the trappings of country life.

As a non-suburban option, Brandon House, at Aghabullogue near Coachford, is about 18 miles west or a 30 minute drive along the Lee Valley from Cork city, close, but not too close.

It is a relatively compact Georgian property, the sort of place that might be described as modest in size, except that it has five bedrooms, and two of these have ensuites with baths.