Living the quiet life by the River Lee at no 3

ELECTRONIC access gates to small-niche residential communities and large one-off houses are a sign of our security-conscious times, if not even snobbery-laden days. But, not too many houses have a railway level crossing as part of their approach drive.

No 3 Myrtlehill Terrace has that rail link-and-level crossing, and the Cork-Cobh train passes close by the doors of this Leeside setting, a mile east of the city centre, a short hop down from Kent Railway station.

There are several mixed terraces of houses here along Myrtlehill, ranging from the acceptable-sized to the large, with some very big detached houses down closer to the Tivoli skew bridge.