Trading up: Monkstown, Cork €475,000

Sq m: 247 (2,650 sq ft)

It’s called Skellig — and possibly for a good reason after the monastic Kerry coast rocky outcrop, as most of its two acres of accompanying ground is vertiginous, falling away down towards water far beneath, all in a place with ‘monks’ in its name.

A 1972-built bungalow, split level and of an older era, this Skellig outpost is up on Fairy Hill in Cork Harbour’s Monkstown, near the national school.