4 ON THE MARKET
in Co Cavan
Aghabane, Killeshandra €280k SHERRY FITZGERALD DECLAN WOODS, (049) 438 0038
IT’S said that Cavan has a lake for every day of the year, and you’ll be close to about a week’s worth of them at this four-bed detached house about three kilometres from Killeshandra. The nearest lake is Lough Disert which you can see from the property and where you can fish for pike. Architect-designed, the house is 2,583 sq ft on two floors. The first floor has two bedrooms with en suites and walk-in wardrobes, along with a mezzanine from which you can see the lake. Downstairs there are two more bedrooms along with an eat-in kitchen, a study, and a double-height reception room with twin stoves and French doors to the patio.
Mullinacross, Kingscourt
€395k DNG O’DWYER, (049) 854 7622
THERE’S a tiny island in Lough Ervey, although not a natural one. It’s a crannóg — a mediaeval lake dwelling on an artificial island. These were simple habitations of thatched woven huts, and probably not suitable for year-round use, unlike this 2,250 sq ft house a few hundred metres from the crannóg and with good views of the lake. Built in 2004, it’s on 0.7 acres with some mature trees and lawns. Inside there’s a sitting room with a solid-fuel stove, a living room, and a sunroom with patio doors off the kitchen-diner. Upstairs are four bedrooms, the main one en suite.
Aughadreena, Stradone €335k SHERRY FITZGERALD DECLAN WOODS, (049) 438 0038
FOR the sum of €335,000 in Dublin city you can buy a semidetached three-bedroom house in Walkinstown or Tallaght, or a teensy 400 sq ft cottage in Ringsend. The same money buys you a whole lot more house in Co Cavan, such as this split-level detached property on 1.3 acres near Stradone. Traffic permitting it’s about an hour’s drive from the M50 Blanchardstown junction. The grounds include a deck, gazebo and pond and a detached garage, and the house — which is 1,959 sq ft in size — has four bedrooms (two en suite) and three reception rooms.
The Square, Ballyhaise €125k PADRAIG SMITH, (049) 436 2244
ALTHOUGH it’s known as The Square, the old market place in Ballyhaise is actually roughly octagonal, on a hill overlooking the drumlin-specked Cavan countryside to the south. The 18th-century former market house (later a parochial hall) still stands, and across the street from it is this semi-detached house with some unusual features inside, not least the barrel-vaulted ceilings in the lounge and sitting room. It’s 1,916 sq ft in all with three reception rooms on the ground floor along with a kitchen and bathroom, and three bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs. It fronts the street and there’s a yard out the back with side access.