Tony O’Reilly’s West Cork holiday home for sale

The multi-million euro West Cork holiday home, Shorecliffe, owned by Sir Anthony O’Reilly, in Glandore, since the 1970s, has had a number of low-key viewings, mostly from overseas parties.

The scenic coastal village holds the recent record for top Co Cork house sales — with c €4m paid for a Georgian home, Seamark.

The village has been a holiday bolt-hole for quiet wealth, with part-time residents including the McNicholls construction family, former politician and journalist Baroness Margaret Jay, and Carol Vorderman for a period. Tony O’Reilly has had Glandore links for 40 years, with his extended family holidaying here, and his wife owns an adjoining property to the private Shorecliffe cluster.