There’s a lot of money tied up in Kinsale, and not just on the water

Property websites Myhome and Daft currently have over a dozen active listings at ‘excess €1m' in Kinsale

The view from an apartment at Ardbrack Heights, one of the most prized locations in Kinsale.

You don’t have to be a local, or a jaded property-watching cynic, to feel that Kinsale is a property market operating in a league, if not a balloon, all of its own.

By just about every metric, it’s a standout location, and not just for its prices, which are widely reported and often eye-watering, just about the strongest anywhere outside of the Dublin/Bray area according to Eircode price comparisons.