Sun’s out and life’s a beach at this affordable €365k Owenahincha bungalow

AN easy buy into a West Cork beach setting has come to market at

2 Little Island, Castlefreke: it’s a four-bed dormer home only minutes’ walk from two beaches at Owenahincha, right on its doorstep, as well as other sandy options at Long Strand to the east and the Warren to the west, by Rosscarbery.

Carrying a €365,000 AMV, €1,000 for every day of the year, is the 1,220 sq ft house with two bedrooms on each of its levels and now set up for year-round living too after the installation of a solid fuel stove in its main open living/dining/kitchen space, which also has oil-fired central heating.

Selling agent Frank O’Driscoll, of Hodnett Forde, says it’s part of a small enclave of dormer bungalows just

300 metres from the beach (it’s behind a large mobile home park now being upgraded) and has been recently redecorated and modernised.

Also close by is the former Owenahincha motel, where enterprising sisters have opened a seaside cafe, building on the draw of Long Strand’s acclaimed Fish Basket cafe.

Rosscarbery is a five-minute drive, while Rathbarry shop and post office is closer, through a lovely green woodland route by the castle, and Clonakilty’s about 15 minutes away by car.

VERDICT: An easy lock-up- and-leave or as readily an option for a young family keen on an outdoors, coastal lifestyle.