Bright ‘star’ home in a coastal village

Orion’s period facade masks open-plan, light-filled interior in west Cork Tommy Barker reports

THERE’s star quality in this Castletownshend, west Cork village home — it is called Orion, after one of the brightest constellations in the galaxy, with that constellation called after the Greek hunter Orion.

Estate agent Pat Maguire hopes that a major price cut on Orion will bring keen home hunters for viewings — and no telescopes required.