On the edge of the world

YOU have to be shown the way to this house in Schull, Co Cork, and even then you might not find your way back auctioneer Dominic Daly shot past the entrance on his last call, despite previous visits.

This Ballyrysode property isn't just private, it's practically invisible and the agricultural trappings at the boreen entrance adds to the camouflage after all, you don't expect wrapped bales at the front of a €3 million property.

Drive in and the drama unfolds as you come upon Shambala, a two-winged farmhouse at the thin end of a wedge-shaped land bank: go behind it and the ocean is spread out before you, the Fastnet rock marking dead centre of the 180 degree views.