Piece of (un)real estate at Slea Head

Slea Head, Kerry €395,000

It’s hard to argue with the sales pitch on a Kerry coastal home named after a craggy, 200m high Blasket Island. The Slea Head bungalow called An Tiaracht is undoubtedly the most scenic property currently for sale in Ireland, enthuses estate agent Paul Stephenson — and his profession’s occasional hyperbole and specific lofty claim in this case is probably even underpitching the sheer, natural beauty of its location.

While the bungalow home Tiaracht is grand and comfortable, with four en suite bedrooms, its glory is the setting, at the feet or claws of Mount Eagle along one of Ireland’s most iconic heritage drives past beehive huts and islands steeped in folklore and literature.