Marston Cottage is within five miles of the M8 and a city commute

DON’T spare the rods — as a special hook there’s fishing to be had on the River Blackwater, from the edge of the gardens at pretty Marston Cottage.

Set in Cloonbeg at Ballyduff Upper, on the Cork Waterford border and five miles from Fermoy and the M8, this is an upgraded cottage of about 1,000 sq ft, plus converted barn, which has been enjoyed as a holiday and fishing retreat by its owners, who don’t have to stir from their property to try their hand at catching a salmon, or trout, and/or 40 winks from this sleepy setting, on a 0.75 acre site.

With c 100 metres of river frontage, Marston Cottage has a special niche: it featured here a decade ago, and again last year with different vendors: now, it’s had a slight price drop of €10k to €225,000, with Paul O’Driscoll of Thomas J O’Driscoll & Co jointly with Sherry FitzGerald O’Donovan