'Tide and true' living at charming €235k seaside cottage in Youghal

Beside the sea and handy for the town and activities too

Sunspot, Front Strand, Youghal, Co. Cork.

Sun, 08 Nov, 2026 - 06:00

Caroline Delaney

Youghal, Co Cork
€235,000
Size	46sq m (495sq ft)
Bedrooms	2
Bathrooms	1
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A dailydip — or a daily seaside stroll at the very least — could be on your itinerary if you are the next owner of this Youghal house.

Sunspot’s address is Front Strand and that’s a pretty accurate description... this two-bed cottage built in 1940 is one of the closest homes to the beach and boardwalk at Claycastle.

“It’s a lovely, unusual property, small but really cute,” notes agent Melanie Mansfield of Sherry FitzGerald Hennessy.

Rented out in recent years, the 46sq m house has been owned by two generations of the same family.

The €235,000 property sits at the Youghal end of the local holiday home park, at the end of a small laneway leading to the beach.

Washing up need never be a chore as the sink window in the open-plan kitchen/ living/dining room faces out to the sea and has views of Capel Island. And it’s about a 15-minute ramble along the boardwalk to get into the town.

Prospective buyers so far have included people living in Cork City looking for a holiday home as well as people living in the area keen to get a first home or to downsize to a neat home near to the beach and town.

Both Aura Leisure Centre and Claycastle Pitch and Putt Club are a mere two-minute walk.

Back at home, there’s a dinky outdoor chill-out zone, with perspex screening and room for plants and outdoor furniture. An outdoor pizza oven or barbecue could go nicely next to this.

Inside the house, there’s a small utility room off the kitchen area and the attic is floored for storage.