Capital house for small beer

Tommy Barker finds that this Dublin 8 property is a home within a house.

OLD and new right on the doorstep, with Guinness Brewery almost on tap in this Dublin 8 enclave, and with the new Digital Hub also on the doorstep, down the cobble and brick paved road. Welcome to 9A, Rainsfort Avenue.

What you see from the front elevation of this attractive contrasting brick-fronted Dublin Liberties home off Rainsfort Street isn’t, however, exactly what you get. You only get half of it, but at least it is the handier, more accessible ground floor, in effect an apartment within a terraced house.