Fern, Gorse, and Heather? An immaculately-presented property mix, in a super-scenic Bantry Bay/Glengarriff Bay setting, Fern House and its two small wooden chalets (currently let to two, single refugees from the ongoing war in Ukraine) are fresh to market for its house and garden-proud owners. Rising up behind through rock and moorland is the 280m/900ft high Shrone hill, said to have its name from the Irish for ‘nose’ because of its shape. One of the owners of Fern House had previously renovated a West Cork/Macroom area farmhouse, so knew how hard it can be to work with older stone dwellings. The beds have double weed-preventive membranes, there’s no lawn, and only boundary hedges for occasional cutting, all behind electric access gates with separate access for the chalets Gorse (330 sq ft) and Heather (237 sq ft), and to the 1,500 sq ft Fern House itself.

Source: Irish Examiner March 21, 2026 17:26 UTC