TWO THATCHED cottages are for sale on opposite sides of the country. Near Ballyvaughan in Co Clare is a two-bedroom cottage with views over Galway Bay. Oranuisce House has a reception room with brick stove, dining area, kitchenette, and shower-room. Outside is a patio as well as a lawn to one side of the house, which is for sale through DNG O’Sullivan Hurley for €375,000.
In Wexford a three-bedroom 200-year-old house at Coddstown Great, will be auctioned on July 30th, by Kehoe and Associates, and has an AMV of €170,000. The two-storey house was originally a forge and another working building in nearby Tacumshane village is the last complete windmill left in Ireland; it was built in 1846.
The thatched house has an entrance hall with reception rooms on either side of it, both with fireplaces: in the living/diningroom a wood-burning stove is set into one of these. Here an overmantel beam used to be part of a ship and rope marks can be seen on it.
Also on the ground floor is a kitchen, utility and shower-room as well as a bedroom and en suite in an extension to the side of the house.Upstairs there are two bedrooms and a study area, while outside there is a garden with patio.
It is a five-minute drive from the beach, according to the agent.
