It was listed in National Geographic a few years back as one of Europe’s secret villages worth a visit. It is has been put on the market by Teresa Sloane, whose late husband Michael came from a family “who were all seafarers”. The family ran the Pier Shop and tea rooms for many years. They went to the open market in a niche development called Blueport, with prices ranging from €750,000 to €950,000, but effectively missed the boat with those price hopes as the Irish property market took its dip below the waterline. Auctioneer Adrianna Hegarty says the former Pier Shop property is in an unbeatable location on Main Street, looking down over the pier, and “oozes potential and offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to transform a quirky building into a comfortable family home”.

Source: Irish Examiner March 07, 2021 11:16 UTC