Island ‘untouched gem’

EVEN if the neighbour at Kilcoe doesn’t come out of his castle keep to buy Mannin Island, estate agent Eoin Ryan of DTZ Sherry FitzGerald has other irons in the fire when it come to this Roaring Water Bay property offer.

Newly up for sale, and being disposed of by a State agency, is Mannin Island, within swimming distance of actor Jeremy Irons’ immaculately restored Kilcoe Castle.

At the head of Roaring Water Bay, and low-slung, uninhabited Mannin Island has just over 15 acres — or a bit more when the tide is out.