Be the talk of the terrace in area of special character

THE babies, and children, are back with a bang in regentrified Wellington Road and St Luke’s Cross in Cork. The vendors of 6 York Terrace have been 17 years in situ, and remark on the changes of the last few years.

“When we bought here in 1988, there hadn’t been a baby born on the terrace in 40 years. Now, not only have there been births, but there are 14 children living here,” says the owner of no 6, a well-kept three/four storey home with five bedrooms, dating to 1833.

The largely-intact terrace of 11 houses, between Summerhill north and Wellington Road, recalls an era of empire and armies, with Wellesley, Adelaide, York and Wellington among the figures commemorated: Cork City Council has designated it as “an area of special character” because of its distinctive, largely 19th century identity, and singles out architectural features worth conserving.