Why Dingle is a pandemic refuge for buyers leaving cities

Properties that were previously slow to sell are going quickly and derelict cottages are being bought up by buyers quick to renovate them as permanent homes, part-time residences and holiday hideaways

The statue to Fungi The Dingle Dolphin isn't the only draw to the area these days, with property being bought by city dwellers as a pandemic refuge. Photo: Don MacMonagle

Dingle, famous for secluded beaches, craggy coves, and wild rugged landscape, as well as its colourful pubs has become a place of pandemic refuge for buyers leaving the cities.

Local auctioneers say that over the last year they have seen sales speed up, prices rise and properties in short supply as buyers, many from Dublin, compete to purchase cottages, houses and farmhouses in scenic locations around the peninsula, as well as semis, townhouses and apartments in Dingle town.