House of the week

SOME of Munster’s best houses are set along and above the Scilly Walk, in Kinsale harbour — and when they routinely changed hands for millions of euros, they prompted the rather obvious quip about Scilly money.

Last year, houses at either end of the scenic walk changed hands for over €1 million. One was a former B&B called the Moorings, shading past the €1m mark via Sherry FitzGerald. The other was a stunning Victorian home at Summercove belonging to children’s authors Colin and Jackie Hawkins. It sold for an unreported sum after several years on the market at a multi-million euro price tag.

And, in between, occupying probably the very biggest of Scilly-set sites, is the lavish contemporary home of run-away Howard Holding boss Greg Coughlan, built at a likely cost of €5 million and which has been rented out for the last year or so.