UCC makes change to planning application for more 'faithful reinstatement' of Boole House

A UCC spokesman said it hopes to tender later this year for the restoration of the property it has owned since 2017

A computer-generated image of the refurbished building at 5 Grenville Place, the former home of George Boole, the father of modern coding and computing. UCC has previously said it intends the building to become an international landmark building highlighting Ireland's historic contribution to scientific advancement.

The long-awaited restoration of the historic Boole House in Cork city — the home for a time of the father of modern coding and computing — has moved a step closer with a more “faithful reinstatement” of the protected structure in the pipeline.

University College Cork (UCC) has lodged a planning application with Cork City Council seeking permission to relocate a proposed internal lift shaft at 5 Grenville Place, the home of George Boole from 1849 to 1855, the first professor of mathematics at Queen’s College, now UCC.