Modernised home with historic past in wild West Cork

An unerring eye for restoration has ensured this Famine era home on 30 acres stands out from the crowd, writes Tommy Barker

IT’S either a feast, or a famine, when it comes to headland houses in wild West Cork: this home, at Casltemeighan, combines both.

A supremely comfortable house, on 30 elevated acres with Atlantic and Fastnet views from its 500’ above sea level setting, it has the highest of comfort levels inside and out — in contrast to its past as a part of a local, abandoned, Famine village.