On the bright side

This thatched Clashmore home is on the market for €360,000.

EAST Cork and West Waterford probably still hold the best stock of original old thatched homes, and this Clashmore home in that border hinterland can hold its reeded head up with the best of them.

Quaintly pretty on the outside, it is a bigger and brighter bet than you’d expect on the inside, thanks to a rear extension with windows larger than you’d normally find in an old thatch.