Dormer defying time yet retaining a rural ambience

YOU’D never know it was there without directions and that’s part of the attraction of Woodlands, Coolflugh, Tower.

Set off a small bypass on the Cloghroe/Tower road and comprised of a handful of simple dormer bungalows, this niche scheme was built in the 1970s, when the area was regarded as rural rather than the thriving village/suburb it is today.

Despite all the development around them, these Woodland homes have retained their rural ambience — there are fields on two sides which have been acquired by Muskerry Golf, copper-fastening its green and private nature.