Archive for February, 2006

Mealagh Valley Property – Traditional

Monday, February 27th, 2006

Mealagh Valley Property - TraditionalFarmhouse with outbuildings on 3 Acres
- €250,000

Kealkil Property – Traditional

Monday, February 27th, 2006

Kealkil Property - TraditionalExtended & Renovated Farmhouse in splendid location
- €350,000

Kealkil Property – Traditional

Saturday, February 25th, 2006

Kealkil Property - TraditionalStunning location with panoramic Views
- €160,000

Kealkil Property – Modern

Saturday, February 25th, 2006

Kealkil Property - ModernRecently-built Large Home in Rural Location
- €450,000

PUB SCENE IN BANTRY (1)

Saturday, February 25th, 2006

Any sort of review of the pub scene in Bantry is, by its very nature, bound to be very sketchy in detail and there will certainly be omissions as well as emissions along the way. So, let’s take a ramble…
Starting at the famous well-established establishment that is known as “JJ’s”, the James J. Crowley pub [...]

SHOPPING IN BANTRY

Saturday, February 25th, 2006

Saturday, December 10, 2005
Of all the general improvements that are to be seen around this coastal town at the head of Bantry Bay, the shopping scene in Bantry is the area which is most vibrantly visible.
On the groceries end of things, the main place to go is Super Valu, which is located on New Street. [...]

HILL WALKING ON THE SHEEPS HEAD AND BEARA PENINSULAS

Saturday, February 25th, 2006

Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Back in the 1970’s when hair was longer and more men wore beards, the prospect of getting rich via the selling of bottled water was an idea that many Irish people would have passed off with a certain degree of hilarity, almost like a plot to a Flann O’Brien story.
Equally, the notion [...]

SPORTING ADVENTURES OF AN ENGLISHMAN IN WEST CORK

Saturday, February 25th, 2006

Monday, October 17, 2005
The ancient art of road bowling is something to witnessed. This, I discovered since I moved to West Cork, is a game that the locals sometimes engage in to while away a Sunday, followed, as always (and why not!) by a trip to the pub. They used to play it now and [...]

Bantry Property – Traditional

Friday, February 24th, 2006

Bantry Property - TraditionalBeautifully renovated farmhouse with sea views
- € 430,000

Bantry Property – Traditional

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

Bantry Property - TraditionalTraditional House for renovation
- €180,000