IT certainly isn’t predictable, but then very few of the houses in this exclusive enclave in Glanmire, Co Cork come out of a pattern book.

THERE are just 34 detached houses in Orchard Manor, Glanmire, and number 29 is new to the market this week with Diarmuid Dooley of Dooley and Howard.

A ONE-OFF house in a mock-Tudor style at the edge of the Ard na Laoi development in Cork city’s Montenotte has a suitably lofty price tag of €610,000.

THE WALLPAPER House in Woods Place, Cork, was the first domestic commission for architect Tomás de Paor, who has just scooped the Architect of the Year Award in the UK.

A SUPERB city family home has an inside and an outside that will see its new owners end up in tiers.

ONE of Cork city’s best kept secrets has to be Sidney Park, just off Patrick’s Hill.