Hidden gem close to city centre

HOME for lunch? A house close enough to Cork city centre to allow you to nip back for a quick sanger out of the fridge and water from the tap might help those watching recession-time budgets.

Named after the former orchard grounds of a period house on which they were built, the homes at Clontymon Lawn are a bit of a well-kept secret.

Suburban in the extreme, they are just a short walk to Cork city centre, at the start of the Boreenmanna Road and only a couple of hundred yards off the South City Link Road to boot.