Iconic Cork Gaeltacht building to get 'new purpose in new era'

Long-awaited construction work this summer will give “new purpose in a new era” to an iconic 1930s building after decades of neglect.
Iconic Cork Gaeltacht building to get 'new purpose in new era'

Coláiste Íosagáin in Baile Mhúirne has lain idle since the school closed in 1989. Picture: Seán Donegan

Long-awaited construction work this summer will give “new purpose in a new era” to an iconic 1930s building after decades of neglect.

Coláiste Íosagáin's gradual decline into dereliction has seen the imposing former boarding school beside the N22 Cork-Killarney road in Baile Mhúirne become a boarded-up symbol of decay.

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