Don’t let Ladybrook go, hook or by crook

STAINED and painted glass, new and old, come with the neat-as-a-pin home Ladybrook House, in Castlemartyr, east Cork.

The heritage village, with some fine 19th century buildings along its streets, is on the busy route between Midleton and Youghal, with the sea to the south at Garyvoe. Ladybrook is nicely set off the main run, out the Mogeely road heading inland.

Owned by a couple from the north, David and Ciara McCleery, this 1890s house is newly up for sale in pristine and enhanced order. Ciara is from an artistic family: her mother (an art teacher) and brother have both exhibited in the Royal Ulster Academy of Art. Since moving south, she’s been moved to paint local scenes, neighbouring grazing cows, and seascapes, and has exhibited widely. As she moves from Castlemartyr, she’s prepared to leave behind a bit of her locally inspired creativity, a painted glass window she did for a door, depicting Ballycotton Island in summer glory.