Cois Abhainn is a small development of just 15 beautifully appointed family homes with an emphasis on space and contemporary design in harmony with its rural location.

Four-bed detached houses cost from 610,000 and measure 209sq m (2,250sq ft), with five-bed detached homes from 745,000, measuring 279sq m (3,000sq ft) Multyfarnham is an idyllic rural setting surrounded by lakes and rivers and has much to offer the outdoors enthusiast from walks to golf in the many superb parkland courses.

Now considered very much within the commuter belt, Mullingar is only an hour away from Dublin on the N4 motorway, which is within easy distance of Cois Abhainn.

Price: four-bed detached homes from 610,000; fivebed detached from 745,000

Agents: Coonan Real Estate Alliance, 01-628 6128 & Murtagh Brothers, 044-934 2512