Irish coastal homes attracting top prices in a buoyant market

Tommy Barker, Property Editor, looks at the enduring buyer appeal of Ireland’s coastal properties

Some coastal properties in Ireland have virtually doubled in value compared to five years ago. Cork alone has more than 1,000km of coastline. 

Lucky us!

Almost two million of us live within five kilometres of the sea, or of the ocean and our surrounding seas, and a slightly higher amount, some 2.5 million, live within 10kms of surrounding water, thanks to our being a small island, with a particularly indented coastline in the southwest, west and northwest sections, and not surprisingly they’re the country’s most scenic setting too, to boot.