For sale with Streets Ahead Properties in Ennistymon is the offshore island of Oile\u00e1n Caorach \u2013 aka Oile\u00e1n na gCaorach or Mutton Island.<\/p>\n
The 186-acre property is part of a Special Area of Conservation and located just off the Clare coast near Quilty. As such, its usage has certain restrictions, but for grazing sheep or goats, it offers a large quantity of acreage. Furthermore, its unique qualities make it an attractive option for people from all walks of life who share a gr\u00e1 for island life.<\/p>\n
Auctioneer Matthew Griffin says that although the property is not long on the market, there are already a handful of people who have expressed keen interest in the island, with enquiries from both private and public sources and from farming and non-farming backgrounds.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere have been four people visit Mutton Island so far,\u201d says Matthew. \u201cOne interested party is an events organiser\u2026 he might run a weekend event for a couple of thousand people, each paying \u20ac400 or \u20ac500. They would stay overnight on the island in tents.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s also a man with farming interests and a Clare background who has expressed interest in it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mutton Island is the largest offshore island in County Clare and Quilty is a mere 1.5km away. It had a vibrant community at one stage, with people living there up until the 1940s.<\/p>\n
Today, you can have access to the island, its substantial acreage and its relatively undisturbed natural habitats for a sum in the region of \u20ac1.8m (\u20ac9,700\/acre).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For sale with Streets Ahead Properties in Ennistymon is the offshore island of Oile\u00e1n Caorach \u2013 aka Oile\u00e1n…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[83634,72,61,60],"class_list":["post-604763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-farming-property","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}