Jackson-Stops McCabe expects bids in the region of £180,000 to £200,000 when it auctions a remote Connemara cottage on July 22nd. Kings Cottage, at Dunloughan, Ballyconnelly, Co Galway, is a picturesque white-washed two-bedroom cottage with its own pier on to a fresh water lake with views across to the sea. Located four miles from Ballyconnelly and 10 miles from Clifden, the single storey cottage is simply arranged and decorated and has crazy paving style marble flooring throughout. There is a small sitting room with an open hearth, a spacious kitchen with simple pine cupboards and Connemara marble worktops. There is some land around the cottage, several outbuildings and a sandy beach nearby.