Re: Selling a house in North Cork area - help
Limited market, so you simply need to be patient.
I recently traded up in same area. Sold for 4% below my original ask and eventually bought for 10% above original ask. But both the purchase and sale were drawn out processes. The market is strong for good properties.
In the case of the sale, 8 months elapsed time, with buyer walking away on more than one occasion, so be prepared for a bit of messing and don't panic if you don't need to.
In the case of my purchase, I did not view any house that was over-priced. I did not view any house that looked unkept and needed a bit of work. Where I viewed a house that fell short of what was in the brochure, I just entertained the rest of the viewing and never followed up. (e.g. dimensions of kitchen using best case dimension of an L-shape and not mentioning that it was an L and therefore only 60% of advertised size). I was expecting to have to revamp to put my own stamp on the place but not at all interested in clean-up. So, be prepared for fussy buyers, and if you are happy that the property is attractive relative to the competition at similar price, then they will come. Just be careful that your price, presentation or auctioneer are not putting off any buyers.
On that last point, get the house out to several auctioneers, because in rural parts, people do have their preferred auctioneers to buy from and may not window hop as much as you might expect.