Rochelle Park goes to the top of the class

THERE are two developments along Cork’s Old Blackrock Road called Rochelle, picking up the name of a former denominational boarding school of that title.

The later Rochelle, developed in the mid-2000s by O’Callaghan Properties, actually replaced the old school building, a bit akin to calling a development after the trees which were cleared away, only to be replaced by bricks and mortar.

The earlier Rochelle development is Rochelle Park, around the corner off the Old Blackrock Road, on Victoria Avenue, and here in this in-fill niche of about 20 houses No 5 is newly up for sale: its family owners are trading up.