Pastoral paradise close to the city but far from the madding crowd

GO up Donnybrook Hill, turn right and you enter another world. A pastoral paradise that appears miles away from the city’s throng.

And yet it’s not — the beauty of this Castletreasure, Cork house is that it’s minutes from downtown Douglas and a quick dash away from the Kinsale road roundabout.

But you’d never think it — because Foxlodge is an island on grounds of 2.5 acres, set on one of the city’s necklace of hills.