Pirouette your way through this appealing retreat

AHEAD of its time. That’s the verdict on this west Cork house, home for decades to retired British ballerina Irene Ajello.

In her second marriage, the late and talented Ms Ajello married into the noted piano-making family, the Ajellos, and she spent her retirement in one of the most beautiful spots in west Cork, overlooking Whiddy Island and Seal Harbour.

“She was like a second Maureen O’Hara in the Bantry area, she was a very well-known and colourful personality,” says Carmel O’Regan of SWS Property Services, who is now selling on behalf of the late dancer’s estate and offspring.