De Valera’s former Cork school converted into apartments by charity

Centenary House, as the new scheme will now be known, will soon be fully occupied after renovations by the Peter McVerry Trust.

Centenary House comprises of seven one-bed apartments as well as a three-bed and a two-bed apartment for families.

A former Christian Brothers School in Charleville, Co Cork, has been transformed into nine social housing apartments by the Peter McVerry Trust.

The school, which is on Charleville’s Main St, was once attended by President Éamon de Valera for three years between 1896 and 1898. It is the latest in a list of social housing projects delivered by the national housing and homeless charity which specialises in reusing derelict and empty buildings to create new homes.