18+ hour, 10+ min ago   (678+ words) 72 Evergreen St, Cork Evergreen Road, Cork City This house was the last thing the owner had been looking for on her first home hunt back in 2013: she had been looking for a doer-up, larger, maybe a 10-minute taxi ride from…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (805+ words) A very clever nod to a conventional canopy created with two rods, a little wire and a sheer panel. For a contemporary look, concentrate the drapery at the head end of the bed. Picture: iStock The four-poster bed. Is it…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (217+ words) New to the market with Naas-based auctioneers Coonan Property is a compact but perfectly formed 19-acre holding at Eadestown — just southeast of Naas. According to selling agent Will Coonan, the land here is excellent, typical of its environment. Laid out…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (93+ words) A Regency rosewood and brass inlaid card table at Sean Eacrett's sale. The selection includes mirrors, rugs, torcheres, various chairs, work tables, desks, blanket boxes, trunks, teapoys and even some cast iron Guinness weather vanes at €60-€100. The auction is on…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (613+ words) 6 Months for €18.50 Clockwise from upper left: 2 Hibernian Buildings, Albert Road, Blackrock, Co. Cork; 10 Siddons Court, Aghada, Co. Cork; 16 Mariners Quay, Passage West, Co. Cork; 44 Greenhills Court, Douglas, Cork. Albert Quay, Cork City Few Cork city centre properties are as distinctive…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (551+ words) 2 Hollymount, Lee Road Hollymount, Lee Road, Cork There’s the best of old, and the best of new, at No 2 Hollymount House — a fully renovated, and charm-filled section of a larger mid-1800s Victorian home with south-facing views over the Lee Fields,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (523+ words) The pistol lanyard worn by Michael Collins on the day he was shot at Beal na mBlath Michael Collins, Éamon de Valera, the Titanic — if celebrity sells, then two auctions in Cork next Saturday (August 29) have it in spades. The…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (672+ words) A 12,000km trip to the Indonesian Isles was the catalyst for buying a house at Coolea in West Cork. She enjoyed her excursions so much that “it was painful to be back in a material, throwaway world”. “I wanted, I needed…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1161+ words) Jennifer Horgan's dog Nero. I thought a new hoover would help. The last one had a face on it, which I assumed was the problem. Alas, no. Our poor little doggie still reacts like it’s a masked invader whenever I…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (351+ words) 8 The Close, Lus An Ime, Cloyne, Co. Cork No 8 The Close is in the Lus an Ime development on the outskirts of Cloyne village. The 2005-built property is meticulously decorated. The credit goes to the owner’s late wife, Rose, who…...