House of the week: A piece of Paris in West Cork for €1 million

Two houses, plus 13 acres of land with nearly a mile of water frontage on Heir Island

The land and homes in an area claled Paris on Heir Island.

It's “not a bad price for 13 acres in Paris”, quips estate agent Pat Maguire as he pins a sum just shy of €1 million to his latest property listing: it’s two houses, plus 13 acres of land with nearly a mile of water frontage, at a spot on an Irish island called Paris.

“It’s the most romantic place in West Cork,” Mr Maguire ventures of this Heir Island homestead, in the glorious scattering of Carbery’s 100 Isles, in Roaringwater Bay. Here, sales of whole islands such as West Skeam and Horse Island have sold from €1m to over €5 million in the past 18 months, and a 60-acre one with ruins is due soon at c €600,000.