East Cork home is right next to the sand

Tommy Barker visits a home so close to the sea you can practically count the periwinkles from the balcony.

Calling all writers, food lovers, sea-birdwatchers and foragers: get thee to Ballymacoda, and Knockadoon, and Ring Strand.

Coming to market the same month as the Ballymaloe LitFest which brought thousands of visitors to east Cork for food, talk and talks about food and provence, is this slice of Irish history, right on the coastline, and a perfect spot for getting away from it all.