Trading Up: Tower/Blarney, Cork, €360,000

SET on a south-facing slope between Tower and Blarney, a short spin out of Cork city and a 15-minute commute back to Apple HQ with its thousands of jobs, is Shournagh Drive, named after a local river, and where the detached number 13 is now for sale.

The gable-fronted two-storey house dates back three or four decades, but is smart and tidy inside, has two of its four bedrooms en suite, and has a decent 2,284 sq ft within.

Estate agent Norma Healy of Sherry FitzGerald guides the end-of-cul de sac No 13, Shournagh Drive at €360,000 and says it represents very good value, especially as it is on a quarter-acre site, within a short distance of amenities, services, schools and sporting facilities, as well as being within a short drive of Muskerry and Blarney golf courses.