Enjoy Dutch style and art in the Muskerry Gaeltacht

Tommy Barker visits a uniquely-converted former hostel in Ballingeary.

NO Bearla? No Dutch? Any Irish? The chance to be Bean a’ Tí, or Fear an Tí, in the comfort and privacy of your very own Gaeltacht home has come up at Tuairin Dubh, in Cork’s Ballingeary.

Tuairin Dubh, or Tuirin Dubh, translates as the black reclaimed grazing land. This distinctive, visually inspired and wholly deceptive from the outside property has been fully reclaimed by its vendor, Dutch artist and woman of many talents, Carla Raadsveld.