Log cabin in the frame

YOU won’t stumble across a more peaceful spot to live than this River Bride-side retreat.

The rest of the world is a short drive away from this Lismore hide-away, but once you drop down the last section of winding boreen, you are pretty much on your own in this west Waterford piece of heaven. Well, almost.

This is a spot found back in the 1990s by writer Maureen Fox and her husband, musician and organist Jan van Putten. They bought an old thatched cottage and land here at Bridane, living the good and hard-graft life, but back in 1999 decided to make life ‘simpler’ - they went for less land right next door to the thatched farm cottage, and opted for a brand new log cabin imported from Finland.