If you fancy a sea change it’s worth looking at Ballymacaw

Tommy Barker uncovers a former coastguard’s home in Waterford washed by a fresh tide.

THIS coastal Waterford cottage might be a few fields back from the sea and the cliffs by Ballymacaw, but it is steeped in maritme lore — it served as a coastguard’s home for decades after it was first built back in the 1880s.

Today, though, a fresh tide has washed through the place thanks to its current owners , making it comfortable, bright and accommodating, by virtue of its rear extension which has been done with no small measure of architectural flair and decorative/design skill. Location is out on the peninsula south of Waterford city, with Dunmore East to the east, while Tramore’s beach across the inlet’s sweep a shorter distance away to the west.