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Reference :

140

Address :

4 BED DORMER HOUSE WITH A 2 BED APPARTMENT, Cappaghglass,,
BALLYDEHOB

Selling Price:

€ 250 000

This 4 bedroom luxury residence which has stunning views of Roaring Way Bay and the Islands and Audley Cove with its own beach and safe mooring if you want. The property is finished to a very high standard and viewing is highly recommended.  and is only a stones throw from all the local amenities such as the Church, Restaurants Pubs and shops of the hugely popular West Cork tourist town of Ballydehob.  The Property Consists of a Lounge, Kitchen Bathroom and 2 Bedrooms down stairs and 2 bedrooms upstairs with 2 on suite.and a very good sized garden of about 3/4 of a acre and you can have 4 free range laying hens if you want. The Property is very keenly priced for a quick sale. Viewing is highly recommended.

Ballydehob is a busy market village located near to several popular seaside resorts. From Schull westward the coast becomes bolder and more rugged, the sea carving deep inlets and bays as it rolls in from the Atlantic.County Cork is situated in the South West of Ireland, it is the largest of all the Irish counties and in many ways the most varied. Rich farmlands and river valleys contrast with the wild sandstone hills of the west, and above all there is the magnificent coastline scooped and fretted by the Atlantic into great bays and secret coves, strewn with rocky headlands and long soft golden sands. Some less than a few minutes’ walk from Ballydehob.  

A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY.

The 17th century saw an influx of settlers mainly from England, but a significant number were Protestants fleeing persecution in Catholic France. The Swanton's from Norfolk emerged as the most prominent family in the area, and by the late 18th century they had succeeded in changing the name of Ballydehob to Swanton's town. (the last known use of the name Swanton's town was in the census of 1821).

In the 1820s copper mining took off in the area, Lord Audley opened the Cappagh mine whose 20 metre chimney existed until February 2002 when it was destroyed by a lightning strike. An interesting fact of this mining era was the introduction to Ballydehob of a police constabulary and barracks, this was some 6 years before the first London police force. By the 1840s the population had swelled to nearly 20,000, then disaster struck when the potato crop failed and the Great Irish Famine resulted. This affected Ballydehob and the whole of West Cork in a most devastating way. Thousands died and thousands more emigrated. Between 1841 and 1851 the population of the area fell by 42% which was a good deal higher than the national average.

In the 1880s amid growing agitation over land reform, the Ballydehob branch of the Irish National Land League hosted a visit by Anna Parnell, sister of Charles Stewart Parnell, to address a public meeting on the subject, which was held in the field where St. Brigit's school now stands.

Ballydehob is also famous as it is the birthplace of former world wrestling champion Danno Mahony. He was killed in a car crash in the 1950s. His famous move was the "Irish whip." Today there is a pub in Ballydehob bearing that name.

In the 1960s Ballydehob saw an influx of Artists and Writers and for a brief period a number of Hippy communes were established in the Village. One house was decorated by painted flowers and was known as the flower house

   

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