An adventure to Canada leaves opportunity in Cobh

A FAMILY move to Canada for lifestyle and employment reasons brings the 2002-built home Coolinarrig, French’s Avenue, in Cobh to market.

The couple who built this bungalow as the property market continued its ascendancy in 2002, and who added to it again at peak time in 2006 with a conservatory and other features, are going to North America, Rockies-bound, to a country that is seen as a bit of a jobs lifeline for the Irish right now.

An application for permanent residency came through in October of this year, and now John and Moira Walsh, aged in their late 30s and with 10-year-old daughter Caoimhe are selling up Coolinarrig – named after a family home in Wicklow, and derived from the Irish word for ‘penitent’. But they leave with few regrets: it is a lifestyle choice, rather than a recession-driven necessity.