Beat a path to sweet Timoleague

THIS west Cork cottage has been used by its owners to beat a retreat down from Dublin — but that’s not why it is called Beet Cottage.

Instead, the quaint three-bed, with 150 years of pedigree, is named after the sugar beet harvest with which the area has traditionally been associated — and is sweet in its own way.

The young family, in the media and entertainment line in Dublin, kept faith with Beet Cottage’s pedigree and roots, and so there’s exposed beam ceilings, flagstone floors, a stone chimney breast, and character-ful rooms.