Cape Clear home the perfect retreat

Liosamona is a 120-year-old traditional home sitting on half an acre, Tommy Barker reports

YACHTWATCHING will replace birdwatching over the coming few days as over 300 yachts race past west Cork’s Cape Clear Island to round the Fastnet lighthouse, nearly five miles from Cape, in the landmark race which has been going every two years since 1925.

Those living on Cape are in any case entirely familiar with the vagaries of the oceans, the weather, and fashions in boating: there’s not much more to do on the island bar look and take in what’s around you, and the minutiae of the day.