Where the country meets the city

THIS is an unusual sale in many respects — house sales in Marian Park, Pouladuff, don’t go public, according to estate agent, Darragh Taaffe, and are usually passed on within the family.

And you can see why this Cork city park is just a walk from the centre of town, but has an almost rural feel up to the 1990s, this small enclave of houses was surrounded by farmland until the Deerpark estate was built behind.

Now, old farm ditches and berry covered hedgerows still remain as boundaries to the back gardens and give the estate a very settled and mature feel.