Four Interesting Properties
Roan Inis
Connolly’s Cottage
62 Harbour Road
Long Island
While I have no interest in becoming an estate agent I do enjoy sharing any interesting properties that I stumble across. And have five to share this time, with four from Ulster.
The first is an island called Roan Inis near Portnoo in County Donegal. Details are pretty scant, but the 20 acres island lies 5km offshore and consists of very flat, quite bleak-looking grass and rocky shore. On sale for just under €90k.
The second property is a traditional cottage in County Fermanagh. Connolly’s Cottage is set on 13 acres on the shore of Lough Melvin. The three-room cottage is very much in the vernacular style with whitewashed walls and a metal roof. The lack of interior photos suggests that the inside is in a pretty rough state. £125k.
The third property is in an iconic location on the Antrim’s Causeway Coast. 62 Harbour Road is located in the beautiful hamlet of Ballintoy a stone’s throw (get it?) from the sea. The semi-detached cottage’s interior isn’t of much interest, this one is all about the setting. Sale agreed I’m afraid so it might be too late for this one.
The fourth property is another island, but this one is on Lower Lough Erne in the Fermanagh Lakelands and comes complete with plenty of infrastructure. Long Island is 10.5 acre wooded island with a two-bedroom wooden chalet, jetty and marina. The island is off the grid and powered by a diesel generator. The asking price is 395k, but it has gone sale agreed.
The final property is a vast swathe of land in County Wicklow – 1500 acres of rough mountainside
running from the summit of Lugnaquilla down to Aghavannagh. The asking price is €7m. Hopefully, it can be purchased by the state and added to Wicklow National Park.
Aghavannah
Map of the Grand Canal out now!
After a lot of work, much more than expected, I got the Grand Canal map finished a few weeks ago. It’s designed for walkers, cyclists and paddlers and has all the detail you need to plan and complete a journey along the canal. It’s available for a mere €10 which includes free shipping to Ireland and a free digital download.
It qualifies for the buy two products get a €10 off offer so is basically free if buy another book, poster or map.
Video about Coillte Gravel Ban
Last week YouTuber Stephen Reid released a very entertaining video explaining the situation with cycling access to Coillte forests. The video was inspired by a blog post – The State of Gravel Cycling in Ireland – I wrote last year.
A selection of recent blog posts
I’ve been making an effort to write more blog posts recently. I’ve managed four so far this year. I had a busy Easter holidays and got away on two trips and wrote a post about each – I spend five nights on the Island and did a one-night canoeing trip on the River Barrow.
I wrote about some of my thoughts on navigating in the hills. I’ve felt for a while that there has been an over-emphasis on using map and compass and that digital tools have been a little overlooked and dismissed. My final post was about canal towpaths and the question of whether some should be left in a more natural state – The Status Quo versus the Greater Good.
Dublin's Monumental Mountains
