Last historic lane on Cork street gated as part of student housing development

It’s understood that there will be public access to the lane in the day but that students will access their accommodation from the lane with a key fob at night

Coleman's Lane was one of the Reimagine Cork projects undertaken in 2016. This week, builders have installed a gate on the laneway.

Residents of Cork City’s historic Middle Parish have been left divided by the sight of gates going up on North Main Street’s last ungated laneway as part of the new Coleman’s Court student housing development.

Coleman’s Lane, connecting North Main Street and Grattan Street, is one of 42 narrow laneways that were a feature of North Main Street dating to medieval times when it was the main thoroughfare of the city.