Horse Island (Gaeilge: Oileán na gCapall) is a small inhabited island in Roaringwater Bay, County Cork, Ireland, off the coast of Schull, that forms part of Carbery's Hundred Isles. No ferry service operates to and from the island; however, there is a pier, a heliport and a road on the island.
The island is privately owned and in 2018 was offered for sale for the price of €6,750,000.property.ie - Horse Island, Roaring Water Bay, Schull, Co. Cork The property ultimately sold for a price of €5,500,000 to a European Ultra high-net-worth individual in July 2020. Due to the pandemic, the buyer was not allowed to tour the island but viewed a video tour about its amenities.Seven-house West Cork island on market for $7.5m offers utter tranquility
History In the 19th century, a copper mine was operatedPhotograph with names of Miners, Horse Island Mine on the 157 acre island by West Cork Mining Company, owned most recently by West Cork Mining Company, The Industrial Resources of Ireland employing approximately 100 miners at one time. The mine started operating in 1820 and closed in 1874.An island for you alone or with 50 friendsUK Genealogy Archives At its peak in 1841, the island's population was 137. The last permanent resident, Paddy McCarthy, left Horse Island in 1965. In his time, there were only five families on the island.You can own a 157-acre island in West Cork for a cool €6.75 million Willie Harcourt-Coozes father bought Horse Island, where he started farming and living a self-sufficient life.
For some years, the island was owned by Gert Kölbel, a wealthy German (inventor of the Bullworker),West Cork island bought for €5.5 million as a pandemic times sanctuary who renovated a few of the buildings in the 1980s. It was sold to financier Adrian Fitzgibbon and wife Deborah in 2007. In less than a year, they turned a barn into the main house.An island for you alone or with 50 friends By the time they listed it for sale in 2018, "The island has seven houses, including a six-bedroom main home, plus a pier, helipad, gym, tennis court ... its own electricity, water and sewage systems" according to The Guardian.Private island off Ireland's south coast sold for €5.5m via video Another source added that the island also included "six guesthouses and guest cottages", three diesel generators, wind turbines" and pipes to an underwater aquifer for drinking water.An island for you alone or with 50 friends
In 2014, an attempt had been made by the Fitzgibbon family to set up an Irish whiskey distillery and visitor centre on the island, but planning permission was refused by An Bord Pleanála.An Irish whiskey distillery planned for Horse Island in County Cork, has been refused planning permission.Love islands? Take a look at this €6.75m west Cork retreat with room for a crowd The couple had also attempted to raise Wagyu cattle but that plan did not work successfully.You can own a 157-acre island in West Cork for a cool €6.75 million The island still had a "main cattle shed, an implement shed [and a] workshop" as of 2019.Seven-house West Cork island on market for $7.5m offers utter tranquility
As of June 2018, the island had a permanent caretaker.You can own a 157-acre island in West Cork for a cool €6.75 million
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