Tommy Barker

West Cork's Clonakilty, Ballydehob, Skibbereen and the likes of Baltimore village are selling for at least the Cork county median value of €327,500

Headline-grabbing sales of high-end coastal properties continue to give the impression that anything by or on the sea commands a price premium and flies out the door – but that's not necessarily the case in the wider picture.

There are a dozen A-rated apartments at former Dunlops Sport and Social Club on Cork's Blackrock Road

Properties in this very pretty part of Kinsale are hard enough to come by Kinsale, Cork €1.35m Size 213 sq m (2,300 sq ft)

Linda and Dónal Morgan developed this exquisite home on what was once a nine-hole golf course

Carrigaline, Cork €2.75 million Size 547 sq m (5,880 sq ft) main house on 68 acres Bedrooms Bathrooms

This waterside Skibbereen home is generous and immaculate Cunnamore, West Cork €1.25m Size 293 sq m (3,160 sq ft)

To the front is a private drive with a car charge point and a sit-out space that gets day and evening sun, and which has been a fave summer 2026 eat-out spot too.

Mount Seaview is a split-level open-plan home that gets morning and evening sun Clonakilty, Co Cork €975,000 Size 200 sq m

Hospitality is order of the day at hoteliers' private family home Innishannon, Cork €2.15 million Size 477 sq ft (5,000 sq ft)