Land galore at rare Lee Valley sale, with woods and orchard

Blessed Ard Mhuire’s trump card is its five acres of riverside and woodland grounds by the River Lee, says Tommy Barker.

THERE’S exceptional grounds and space at Ard Mhuire, in Cork’s Inniscarra, just a mile below the Lee valley’s reservoir.

The fine, but dated 1970s house has about half an acre of gardens, with some select trees and borders, an orchard in two sections, useful garage and a mix of small sheds, and the rest of the five acres is pasture, and wonderful woodland, with some specimen trees, especially a grand old oak.