Tweet little house for sale

Ahakista, West Cork €1.2 million-plus

Graham Norton may have put West Cork’s Ahakista on the map with his tweet about his neighbours selling a home close to his own — but Norton has already helped land at least one major talent as an Ahakista resident.

Six years ago, a key voice artist on The Simpsons, Harry Shearer, was a guest on Graham Norton’s show with Eddie Izzard: this year, the 71-year-old Californian who used get up to $400,000 (about €295,000) per episode — voicing Mr Burns, Smithers, Principal Skinner, and many more — bought an Ahakista hideaway to add to his homes in California, Lousiana, and London.