Stunning Connemara landscapes on your doorstep at Doon View

A GRANDSTAND view of Lough Corrib and the Hill of Doon in one of Connemara’s most romantic, scenic and visited landscapes, along with shared ownership of a stone pier on the angling lake, comes with this country cottage.

Doon View, a second home for UK-based owners, is set along a popular walking route, at the end of the Glann Road, teeming with fauna, including deer and pine martins.

Guiding €350,000 and due for an autumn auction date, “it’s a nature lover’s delight,” says auctioneer Rod Spencer, who places it in one of the most scenic of the west of Ireland’s settings, along the 50 kilometre long Western Way, which runs from Oughterard to Leenane.

This two-storey cottage on a third of an acre is just one of a handful of homes in the townland of Curraun, two miles from Cornamona and 25 miles from Galway itself. Set at the end of the Glann road, there’s restricted access for cars, but just enough space for its owners to use.

The appealingly solid, stone-built home dates back to the 1920s, and is being sold fully furnished, needing just a bit of TLC to spruce up. The property includes a stone shed and turf store, 25’ by 13’, with studio potential, according to the agents. The site is part-bounded by a stream currently hidden in overgrowth, and a gate from the property leads down a slope to the Corrib water’s edge, where there’s part-ownership with a local farmer of a stone pier, capable of berthing several boats.

The Glann shoreline is known for its salmon run and mayfly hatches.

The dwelling has three first floor bedrooms, plus bathroom with shower, and the ground floor has a hall, a 17’ by 13’ living room with open fireplace, and a kitchen/dining room with lake views.