Glanlough Lower, Sneem, Castlecove, Co. Kerry, V93Y2T5

Mermaid Isle is a resort-like oceanfront retreat for creative people, naturalists, lovers, a place to spark the imagination, reopen your senses and rekindle your love of life. It truly is Tir Na nOg, the Land of the Forever Young, a place where time stops. Acclaimed south-facing, oceanfront home on mainland with half a private 26-acre island just offshore, seafront hot-tub, boat launching area and offshore mooring, just off the famed Ring of Kerry in southwestern Ireland. Mermaid Isle has been featured on the cover of most major Irish and UK newspapers, Munster Interiors, the New York Times, International Herald Tribune and Private Islands magazine and on HGTVs Fine Living television channel. THE PROPERTY • Seventeen oceanfront very private acres with hills, gardens and mature trees • Half of a 26-acre island, just offshore • Acclaimed oceanfront, south-facing home • Sheltered shoreline and tidepools • Seaside five-person hot-tub with foot dome • Boat launching slipway and mooring • Private gated roadway • Crystal-clear water for sports or fishing • Abundant wildlife, visiting dolphins, nearby seal rookery • Private water supply (280 ft. deep bored well), and triple chamber waste water treatment plant • Outbuildings, 45 ft. (675 sq.ft.) greenhouse, utility storage shed • Recently installed, wrap-around 121 sq. meter (1300 sq.ft.) composite (rot-proof) decking with stairs to the shore • Near award-winning towns, ancient monuments, blue-flag beaches • Located within an International Dark Sky Reserve for excellent star-gazing • High Speed Broadband, c.550 Mb per second • Listed on Admiralty charts for safe moorage for ocean-going yachts during Atlantic storms • Just off the famed Ring of Kerry roadway THE HOME • 4500+ sq.ft. (418 sq.m.) post & beam home on three levels • 3 to 6+ bedrooms, 3 full baths, 3 staircases • Surrounded by the sea on three sides • Library, atrium, laundry, fitness, studios, office spaces • 2-3 heated, insulated garage spaces or gallery, workshop, media rooms • Massive skylights and heavy insulation for passive solar heating, B1 BER, energy rating. • Energy-efficient central heating 65 Kw Geminox boiler, zoned plumbing, low-voltage lighting • Two Morso wood/turf-burning air-tight stoves • Gourmet stainless steel kitchen appliances, continental bath fixtures • Built-in antique pitch-pine appointments • Hardwood, marble and slate flooring • Centuries-old Gothic doors, floor-to-ceiling highly insulated A+ rated tempered windows and doors. • Treasured stained glass lancet windows throughout