President Michael D Higgins attended the launch yesterday of the 300th anniversary celebrations of one of Cork’s oldest churches.

CLOSE to the long shadows of one of Cork city’s oldest pieces of architecture, the 13th century Red Abbey, is Margaret Street, where houses built in the old city marsh area are still standing proud, 250 years after construction.

HISTORY is on the doorstep of 19, Red Abbey in Cork’s historic south parish.

RED ABBEY looms over the rear courtyard of this spacious townhouse just a minute from Cork’s city centre.