Woodfield a quality build

BUILT to last — the genuine, solid build quality of Shanakiel’s Woodfield (called after the birthplace of Michael Collins) shines through, inside and out.

There’s not a splinter of hairline crack in the front dash across this five-bed 1950s-built home’s front facade. The quality, detached 2,300 sq ft home has only changed hands a few times and is now publicly up for sale after a few weeks of quiet, appreciative viewings.

Designed by architect B O’Flynn to what were then the highest of standards and specification in the post-war period, Woodfeld was built for its first owner Michael Powell, who was a descendant of Michael Collins’ Clonakilty clan. (Following Collins’ assassination in 1922, his body was removed to Shanakiel Hospital for examination — now, a Woodfield has come almost to the private hospital’s doorstep.)