Kenmare, Ring of Kerry €1.95m Size 212 sq m (2,270 sq ft) Bedrooms 5 Bathrooms 3 BER A2 YOU get the rough with the smooth at this harbour-facing, highly-efficient, A2-rated, and architect-designed home, a short drive out the Ring of Kerry Rd from Kenmare. Built over a decade ago now, but given final finishes and furnishings more recently and feeling quite “fresh out of the box”, this home is built on tightly-landscaped, groomed grounds above the Ring of Kerry Golf Course.
It’s on its own 1.5 acres of grounds above the first hole of the Eddie Hackett-designed golf course and upgraded clubhouse/restaurant on 120 acres. Its manicured green swards are a total contrast to the ruggedness of the surrounding landscape, the rocky shoreline along the Kenmare harbour/bay, the further skyline-jagged views of the Caha Mountains over along the Beara peninsula, and the majestic MacGillycuddy Reeks.
Estate agent Ron Kruger, of the Kenmare office of Engel and Voelkers, describes the house with this panorama as “uniquely positioned within the surrounds of the golf course” He’s selling for an unidentified private client, based overseas, who is likely to have had links to the course’s earlier days, given the property’s proximity and access — with right of way to this freehold home via the Ring of Kerry’s Golf Course’s own grounds and drive. The course was sold a few years’ back to the Asia-based owners of the Sheen Falls five-star Kenmare hotel, as well as that of the C.