An island hideaway – a snip at €340k

Date Published: 21-Jun-2007

Ever dreamt of owning your own island for a home – or even as a holiday getaway? Well, for just €340,000 you can buy two islands — spanning 33 acres in total — off the Galway coast.

Bir Mór and Bir Beag, which are off the coast of Carna in Kilkieran Bay, have already surprised auctioneers with the amount of enquiries since they were put on the market last weekend.

The islands are 3.5 kilometres from Ardmore Quay
— the larger of the islands (Bir Mór) has the ruins of two
cottages and has not been inhabited since 1939.

They have been owned by two businessmen from Dublin for the past four or five years. “They’ve only been on the market since Friday last and they’re attracting real interest already. There have been a lot of enquiries from Dublin to