Ideal country living

Deer hunting is one of the rights of the new owner, says Tommy Barker

AN acre of grounds, a guest cottage, a river at the boundary plus footbridge, the right to hunt deer on your property, and a thoroughly discrete contemporary make-over: all of this and more is on offer for the price of a suburban semi at Duke’s Mill, near the Cork-Waterford border and Tallow.

Dating back to the 19th century, this four-bedroomed home was taken in charge by a semi-retired couple re-locating from a Cork city mews, who threw themselves, with some relish, into the challenge of gardens and country living.