Description

This property is located on Whiddy Island which lies in Bantry Bay and is only a ten minute ferry trip from Bantry Pier. There is a ferry service to Bantry every hour. It is very popular for day trips & holiday makers. The property is a traditional stone built house facing south, it has a slate roof and is in good condition. There is a garden to the front with mature trees surrounding. This is an excellent farm holding with beautiful views of both Bantry and Glengarriff with sea frontage on both sides. The land itself is top quality land and is in pasture, with cattle presently grazing the land.

Whiddy Island is approximately 6 kilometres by 2, having a population of 30 permanent residences. There is also an excellent pub with a restaurant on the island. The Bay is one of the world's finest natural deep water harbours and given its strategic position dominating the inner bay the Island has a long rich history. Today Whiddy Island is an attractive and peaceful place, with gentle rolling and fertile landscape, narrow roads, traditional farmsteads where people still have time to chat and remember the old times. A tastefully renovated building close to the Main Island Pier combiness pub, restaurant and shop with an imaginative children's play area and other facilities.

Bantry is a seaside town, with first class hotels, restaurants, supermarkets, gift shops, hairdressers, banks, pubs, etc. It has modern secondary schools, churches, a library, museum and a well equipped hospital. It also has a modern sports complex and one of the most scenic Golf Courses in the country. There is a regular bus service to Cork City, which has its own Airport and Ferry Services.

Services: Electricity, telephone, mains water, private sewage.

Heating: Heating is by radiators with back boiler.

AGENT: TOM O'SULLIVAN 00353 86 2580283 / 00353 27 50111 or email tom@keyporperties.ie

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