House of the week: Ballycroneen, East Cork €375,000

Size: 159 sq m (1,700 sq ft)

You’d never know what chefs, cooks and celebs you’d see on the beach in front of this East Cork home — it’s where the likes of Darina Allen and various Ballymaloe entourages come to picnic, fish, forage and harvest seaweed.

And, with the créme de la créme of food writers in Cork next week for the Ballymaloe literary food festival, it’s likely that one or two will take time out to dip a toe in the ocean, and pick up an ingredient or two for free.