There are two Towns within reasonable shopping distance of Butlerstown House.

Clonakilty

Approximately 15 minutes by car driving west past Barryroe Supermarket to An Ring, from there follow the sign posts to the town.

Situated at the top of a beautiful estuary packed with every kind of waterfowl, Clonakilty is a most attractive place, and has deservedly won the coveted Irish award for the Best Kept Town in Ireland for 1999.

Shopping is everything you could want it to be in the enjoyment department. Several well run and pleasant supermarkets, a High Street full of good quality well run family businesses, with the most delightful people to help you should you not be able to find what you are looking for. All in all, a very pleasant way to divest oneself of the contents of ones wallet or purse!

Bandon

About twenty minutes by car on the way to Cork City. Bandon is a large (for this part of Ireland) bustling market town and commercial centre situated on the confluence of the main West Cork and Kerry highways. Amazingly, in the evening time in summer, you can watch the salmon leaping the weir from a promenade at the back of the town.

This is a fine place to shop if you cannot find it in any of the other places closer to the house, but this town is a commercial centre and therefore does not have the ambience of the coastal holiday towns. However, should you decide to try Bandon for something special, you will not be disappointed by the service you will receive, the shop assistants are super!