Showhouse style in woodland wonder

The interior of Monkstown Demesne has been turned around and given a new look, writes Tommy Barker.

A DRIVE through Monkstown Demesne is like a master-class in Irish and Cork detached house design over the past two decades.

Here, among the woods above the harbour village and sailing marina under construction, a golf course threads its way through century old native hardwoods. Interspersed among the saved and specimen trees are about three dozen detached houses, on the greenest of greenery sites.