Person: Malcolm Tyrrell

History on the hoof at Cork's Walton Court sale

There’s always been a sort of wayward independence attached to the coastal Cork property Walton Court — and, little wonder really, as this historically colourful house dates back to 1776, the same year as the US Declaration of Independence.

Wed, 01 May, 2019

Generous-sized, high-end home comes wrapped for Christmas cheer

A generous-sized, high-end home even comes wrapped for Christmas cheer, writes Tommy Barker[.

Sat, 06 Apr, 2019

Hillside: Refurbed home a base camp in Blackrock

Old Blackrock Road refurbed home is in walk-in condition, and is an easy walk to all of Cork city centre’s services and amenities too, says Tommy Barker.

Sat, 02 Feb, 2019

VIDEO: House of the Week - East Ferry, Cork Harbour

IT MIGHT sound dismissive, but the blunt fact is the least interesting part of Water’s Edge is the house itself.

Sat, 31 Mar, 2018

Kinsale’s Bowling Green: €1.2million home offers stunning views across the harbour

Earlier times and days of gentrified pastimes are recalled in the name-place of Kinsale’s Bowling Green, Tommy Barker reports.

Sat, 24 Mar, 2018

Kinsale’s Bowling Green: €1.2million home offers stunning views across the harbour

Earlier times and days of gentrified pastimes are recalled in the name-place of Kinsale’s Bowling Green, Tommy Barker reports.

Sat, 24 Mar, 2018

Lord it up at Kelvin, a Well Road classic

It needs modernisation, can be easily added to but as Tommy Barker suggests it’s got a Cork posh swagger about it, just ‘Ask Audrey’.

Sat, 03 Mar, 2018

House of the Week: Church Road, Blackrock

WE noted it before, and now we have to say it again: detached houses don’t come to the open market too often within Barnstead, which is just off suburban Blackrock’s Church Road.

Sat, 25 Nov, 2017

Oh Danny Boy... you’ll love this so

From Gone with The Wind to Celine Dion, this beauty is an all- singing all-dancing showstopper, says Tommy Barker

Sat, 23 Sep, 2017

Abbotswood provides a great (loco)motive

400-piece train set packed away, it’s full steam ahead to a new destination for the owners of No 12 Abbotswood, reports Tommy Barker.

Sat, 16 Sep, 2017

Watch: Kinsale house takes you upside down and insides out with stunning views

Plum-set Kinsale Mall house overlooks harbour, marina and town with equal aplomb, says Tommy Barker

Sat, 29 Jul, 2017

WATCH: Grand designs on a large historic home

This fine house is as full of history as it is of authentic original detail, but it’ll need work on its energy efficiency, writes Tommy Barker

Sat, 08 Jul, 2017

Generous home in Garryvoe has plenty to offer

A big build, big bones, big rooms, big views, and big site, writes Tommy Barker.

Sat, 03 Jun, 2017

Edwardian grace right up to date in Crosshaven, Co Cork

All done up by its current caring owners is Elmwood, a circa 1,120 square foot three-bed, Edwardian era home on Church Road in Crosshaven, Co Cork.

Sat, 27 May, 2017

Gallery: Mature residence in Beaumont, Cork, is ripe for a quick sale

Generous sites are a hallmark of the Beaumont area in Cork’s south suburbs and this home at No 9 Dundanion Road is no exception.

Sat, 20 May, 2017

House of the week: Castle Road, Blackrock, Cork €450,000

There’s a slight sense of déjà vu — or déjà viewed — when visiting Glanmire View, a period original with huge scope, long gardens, and a rear-access lofty coachhouse, on Cork’s uber-trendy Castle Road. 

Sat, 15 Apr, 2017

Trading up: Crosshaven, Cork Harbour, €295,000

If you love boats, dinghies and the sea, No 2 Dolphin Terrace will be right up your street: directly across the road from this early 1990s semi-d is the dinghy park of the Royal Cork Yacht Club.

Sat, 08 Apr, 2017

Watch: Large Innishannon home on 6.5 acres on market for €1.15m

A host of golden daffodils greeted Tommy Barker when he visited an extensive and oft-upgraded large home between the doorstep of West Cork and the city.

Mon, 27 Mar, 2017

Watch: Cork Harbour home is quite the package for €985,000

Located directly across the water from the world’s oldest yacht club, this home is sailor-made, writes Tommy Barker.

Sun, 19 Mar, 2017

Trading up: Maryborough Hill, Douglas; €295,000

Yewlands “is in one of the best developments in the Douglas area”.

Sat, 18 Mar, 2017

S Seven-acre residential site in Riverstick, Cork

Following a series of profile sales on the Cork-Kinsale R600 road last year totalling several million euro — for investment properties in-block and part-finished houses at Riverstick — comes a seven-acre residential site, next to Ballymartle GAA club’s pitches.

Thu, 02 Feb, 2017

Trading up: Ballinlough/Douglas: €265,000

Following ‘sale agreeds’ on two 1960s houses, one a detached, the other a semi-d, in the ‘old’ 1960s Bellair Estate off Douglas Road and by the start of Ballinlough Road in Cork, now comes a younger model, and a different house type too.

Sat, 10 Dec, 2016

22 Augusta Drive back on the market and in excellent order

No 22, Augusta Drive is in the upmarket Maryborough Hill and is of excellent quality, says Tommy Barker.

Sat, 01 Oct, 2016

Gallery: High interior style at this Ballinhassig plateau home

Freyneswood has the best of country luxe living, plus easy access to Cork city amenities, airport, hospitals and harbour, says Tommy Barker.

Sat, 03 Sep, 2016

WATCH: House of the week: Camden Road, Crosshaven €495,000

If you wanted a marine comparison for this diminutive Cork harbour home called Melvin, it’s that it resembles a dinghy....that thinks it’s a yacht.

Sat, 23 Jul, 2016

WATCH: This ‘contemporised’ bungalow near Blarney is on a three-quarter acre site

Sat, 09 Jul, 2016

House of the week: Ballintemple, Cork City €585,000

With a string of Ballintemple/Blackrock house sales under and well above the €1m mark No 8 is one of the, ahem, more ‘affordable’ offers for the fortunate few.

Sat, 09 Jul, 2016

200-year-old home in South Cork is a delightful Georgian residence in a wooded setting

Glebe House, in Nohoval, has had many incarnations in its 200 years, and its sale is another, says Tommy Barker.

Sat, 04 Jun, 2016

Starter home: Cork City €390,000

Two for the road at High Street’s Bridge House, says Tommy Barker.

Sat, 04 Jun, 2016

Picture perfect townhouse in Blackrock Road, Cork on market for €760,000

Once home to 11 bedsits, in 2011 No 2 Allevard was totally refurbished into a brilliant townhouse, as Tommy Barker discovers.

Sat, 30 Apr, 2016

Vintage home off Model Farm Road, Cork, on market for €795,000

Tommy Barker revisits a house which he declared a project in 2012, and which has since been doubled in size to the highest specification.

Sat, 30 Apr, 2016

Trading up: Kinsale, Cork; €750,000

Outstanding it its field, in a literal sense especially, is this big, Kinsale region family bungalow at Clonleigh, spanning a decent 2,000 sq ft, but even that is dwarfed by its size: it’s on a very considerable 11 acres, set in the midst of several paddocks. With sea and harbour views.

Sat, 16 Apr, 2016

House of the Week: Ballintemple, Cork, €725,000

YOU don’t need to get yourself to a nunnery, in the ‘hamlet’ village of Cork’s Ballintemple, a spot where a rare house sale has come along, right on the doorstep of the Ardfoyle Convent campus.

Sat, 26 Mar, 2016

No 33 Tramore Lawn in Douglas is ripe for renewal

Old Douglas ‘showhome’ is ready to go for new owners to put their own stamp on, writes Tommy Barker.

Sat, 13 Feb, 2016

Pack your trunks for circus site at Gilabbey Rock

Mid-terrace do-er upper near UCC may bring back some happy memories.

Sat, 13 Feb, 2016

Control House in Shanbally is perfectly positioned

Timing, they say, is everything — and, the timing looks right for the proposed sale of a corporate HQ-type property by Cork’s evolving harbour and port facility near Ringaskiddy.

Thu, 04 Feb, 2016

This property in Monkstown, Cork has a bedroom the size of a city flat

The 5,000 sq ft ‘Buncoille’, in Monkstown, has a master bedroom the size of a city flat, says Tommy Barker.

Sat, 28 Nov, 2015

Sail on down to Woodland View in Crosshaven

Currabinny woods backdrop to harbour and estuary panorama, says Tommy Barker. 

Sat, 21 Nov, 2015

Starter Home: Cottage in Passage West is well worth the effort

Tommy Barker on a house with harbour views and lots of potential.

Sat, 21 Nov, 2015

House of the week: Kinsale, Co Cork €750,000

There’s more storeys and stories than meets the eye at the fabulous old Kinsale town centre building, 28 Lower O’Connell St.

Sat, 07 Nov, 2015

VIDEO: House of the week: Carrigrohane, Cork €1.5m

Could there be a more appropriate, atmospheric time to launch the sale of Carrigrohane Castle than All Hallows Eve, or Halloween?

Sat, 31 Oct, 2015

Age-appropriate buy

The former Clifton Convalescent Home, dominating a section of the Cork suburban skyline above the River Lee at Montenotte, has come back to market after a seven year lull and lie-in.

Thu, 29 Oct, 2015

House of the week: Hettyfield, Grange, Cork €725,000

PRICES are back on the march in Cork’s suburban and high-end Hettyfield: but, they are still are a long way short of boom-time levels of €1m and even €2m asking prices and sales.

Sat, 03 Oct, 2015

Help needed to save historic homes

Perched high above the harbour and as picturesque, quaint and historic as the town itself, Kinsale’s Southwell Alms Houses are being put out to tender today with a view to preserving their antiquity and architectural integrity while giving them a new lease of life.

Fri, 02 Oct, 2015