Place: Rochestown Road

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<p>23 Kiltegan Park off Rochestown Road in Cork is a spacious and flexible family home. It is listed with an AMV of €420,000 by Sherry FitzGerald. Pictures: John Roche</p>

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Plenty of room to manoeuvre in spacious €420k four-bed Cork home

This family home off Cork’s Rochestown Road is as well-finished as you'd expect — but comes with the bonus of a detached, large flexible workspace which could serve as a games, hobby room or home office

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Munster's Finest: Family home of Donncha O'Callaghan lines out for sale

property

House of the week: Four-bed on Rochestown Road in walk-in condition

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Ask Audrey: A lesbian daughter is the latest must-have accessory on the Rochestown Road

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Plans for 450-home Douglas development submitted to An Bord Pleanála

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Ask Audrey: Why aren't William and Kate coming to Cork?

One-off chance to buy a one-off house in a one-off site in Cork's Rochestown

IN THE Rochestown Road area detached properties which have an acre of grounds and views across the estuary are very rare to the market. That’s according to Conor Smith of Casey & Kingston who says the availability of this four-bed detached called Rockville as “a one-off opportunity to acquire a one-off house on a one-off site”.

Wed, 20 Nov, 2019

Residence in Cork's Maryborough stands the test of time

The 1970s (which will be forever 30 years ago for "kids" of my vintage) seem to have produced a fair few perennial hits. Think Star Wars, The Godfather and Jaws. Or how about Elton John or Doctor Who?

Sat, 02 Nov, 2019

Ask Audrey: 'Cairo is basically Limerick with a few pyramids'

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Thu, 24 Oct, 2019

Ask Audrey: We’d rather watch Jacob Rees-Mogg’s colonoscopy on Facebook Live

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Thu, 10 Oct, 2019

Rare chance to own Rochestown gem

A detached property in Cork’s The Ovals has come on the market and makes for a superb family home, writes Tommy Barker.

Sun, 15 Sep, 2019

Construction industry slam 'depressing' delivery of Munster's major roads projects

Construction industry experts have slammed the poor delivery of major public infrastructure in the southern region.

Wed, 04 Sep, 2019

'Everything was moving very slowly': Shopper describes fire which engulfed Douglas car park

A number of eyewitnesses whose cars were parked in the multistorey carpark that was engulfed by fire in Douglas this evening spoke to the Irish Examiner.

Sat, 31 Aug, 2019

We Sell Books: ‘I was the first person to serve a customer that first morning in 1988’

John O’Connor is the owner of the Kenmare Bookshop, located in Shelbourne St, Kenmare, Co Kerry. It sells a range of new books.

Sun, 11 Aug, 2019

Ask Audrey: ‘My niece is doing a thesis on class and alcohol, titled ‘Oh, So That’s Who Drinks Carling’’

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Thu, 01 Aug, 2019

Ask Audrey: My sister caught the Norry flu coming back from Lanzarote, and now she can’t pass Penneys

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Thu, 11 Jul, 2019

I-Res Reit eyes more Cork deals after first acquisition

The largest private landlord in the country Irish Residential Properties Reit - or I-Res - is understood to be eyeing more opportunities in Cork after agreeing its first property purchase in the city.

Thu, 13 Jun, 2019

Historic Douglas Fingerpost points the way to neighbouring home

Historic Douglas Fingerpost points the way to neighbouring home The Coppins, finds Tommy Barker.

Sat, 06 Apr, 2019

Ask Audrey: C’mere, what’s the story with 130 grand a year for doing nathin?

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Fri, 29 Mar, 2019

Rochestown's Courtyard a smart home by any yardstick

Tommy Barker steps into The Courtyard and comes away impressed by the quality at a stand-out home.

Sat, 24 Nov, 2018

Ask Audrey looks ahead to 2018

Our frighteningly frank agony aunt looks ahead to 2018, from cranes over Cork to Brexit and Pairc Uí Chaoimh

Fri, 29 Dec, 2017

Riverside house in a very special setting

Tommy Barker says that this well-appointed late-1990s family home benefits greatly from its idyllic location on Cork’s Rochestown Road

Sat, 25 Nov, 2017

Ask Audrey: What’s the story with people who don’t like jazz?

All my life I’ve dreamed of living in Crosshaven. Anyway, my aunt died recently, thank God, and left me a tidy six figures in her will. (All those afternoons watching Daithí and Maura with her in the retirement village really paid off!) So, I’ve started looking at a few houses down in Crosser. Do you think the yachting crowd will accept me? (My father plays darts).

Fri, 27 Oct, 2017

Trading Up: Rochestown, Cork - €340,000

Quite original to its build period in the 1980s, and the O’Flynn Construction development’s original floor plan and fit-out, is the good-sized 1,170 sq ft three-bed semi-d No 75 Wainsfort, off Cork city’s suburban Rochestown Road.

Sat, 05 Aug, 2017

Ask Audrey: I tried tantric sex with my yoga instructor once and we managed 47 minutes before the bus arrived at Parnell Place

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Fri, 23 Jun, 2017

Trading up: Rochestown, Cork €395,000

Kiltegan is within a walk of Douglas village, is on a bus route and the city’s ring road network is 600 metres away.

Sat, 27 May, 2017

Rochestown, Cork, €425,000

There’s an important traffic pivot point just down the road from Rochestown Rise, and it pretty much puts the entire of Cork city’s network of access routes on the radar for its residents.

Sat, 22 Apr, 2017

House of the week: Blackrock Road, Cork City, €475,000/€485,000 (sites)

Get a committed, quality builder on board, and buyers could be living here in not much more than a year’s time.

Sat, 25 Feb, 2017

Trading up: Delford, Rochestown, €280,000

Delford Drive is within few minutes’ walk of Douglas village, at the village end of the Rochestown Road.

Sat, 18 Feb, 2017

Handsome old-style home in Rochestown, Cork

Prime space in Mount Oval Lawn is surely set to yield several sites, writes Tommy Barker.

Sat, 04 Feb, 2017

Hunting for new possibilities at Hunter’s Moon on Rochestown Road

This one-off slice of 1970s architecture has bags of space to rise to its potential, says Tommy Barker.

Sat, 28 Jan, 2017

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for years

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Fri, 27 Jan, 2017

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Fri, 20 Jan, 2017

Trading Up: Maryborough/Rochestown, Cork €385,000

FOR those prepared to roll up their sleeves and do a bit of updating and upgrading, No 34 Limetrees Road holds lots of promise.

Sat, 14 Jan, 2017

Rochestown Road, Cork, €260,000

To those of a certain age, Rochestown’s Delford Drive will still seem like quite a ‘new’ location, but it’s now in or around its 30th birthday as a residential location.

Sat, 07 Jan, 2017

Trading up: Rochestown, Cork €379,000

Four bedrooms, a large garden and a good location off the Rochestown Road, will be sufficient to ensure that 17 Abbotswood Avenue on Monastery Road gets good viewings.

Sat, 22 Oct, 2016

Watch: Renovated home in Douglas provides modern space but retains its character

Cottagey charm and character within two kilometers of Douglas and at the foot of Clarke’s Hill and Mount Oval.

Sat, 24 Sep, 2016

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Fri, 23 Sep, 2016

This unusual build in Rochestown has lots of appeal for €675,000

Sat, 09 Jul, 2016

Douglas home is a solid foundation for growing family

Tommy Barker visits Limetrees Road.    

Sat, 18 Jun, 2016

House of the week: Rochestown, Cork €785,000

This 10-year old property ‘compound’ has its very own hard surface, fully fenced tennis court amid other garden delights.

Sat, 21 May, 2016

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Fri, 15 Apr, 2016

Trading up: Rochestown, Cork €350,000

There’s a slender wing of rooms to the side of 47 Wainsfort, a semi-detached four/five-bed family home off the Rochestown Road in Cork.

Sat, 09 Apr, 2016

MAPS: Revised Cork road plan receives ‘positive feedback’ from concerned residents

It is hoped that revised plans for a €180m road between Cork and Ringaskiddy will ease the fears of some residents’ associations who expressed major concerns with the initial blueprint when it was launched in October.

Tue, 05 Apr, 2016

Trading up: Clarkes Hill, Rochestown €430,000

New house developments have come a-plenty to the area around Clarkes Hill and Garryduff in Cork’s Rochestown: there may have been as 2,000 homes built in the last few decades ‘round Mount Oval, since the time Hill House Cottage itself was built on its own plot.

Sat, 19 Mar, 2016

Trading up: Maryborough, Cork €375,000

Lots of improvements have already been done to 60 Limetrees Road, a four-bed semi-d on the edge of Douglas village in Cork, making it an attractive option for home hunters who don’t want the hassle of a house revamp.

Sat, 19 Mar, 2016

Gruelling Waterfront Adventure Race around Cork Harbour set to launch

A gruelling new multi-sport adventure race in and around Cork Harbour which includes a kayak to Spike Island will be staged next month.

Thu, 17 Mar, 2016

House of the week: Rochestown, Cork, €675,000

THE owners of this aptly-named one-off home called Woodview, or 25A, in the long matured Rochestown Rise development in Cork, barely needed the Grand Stand view they had of its construction, as they lived next door and were building anew last year in their former back garden.

Sat, 06 Feb, 2016

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Fri, 15 Jan, 2016

Home in Cork's Thornbury Heights is the right vintage

The vendors of the family home Estoril, just off Cork’s Rochestown Road in Thornbury Heights, have been in situ at this Mc Inerney-built four-bed semi-d since it was first built in 1985: in fact, they were the very first people to move into either end of this Thornbury development, thirty years ago.

Sat, 05 Dec, 2015