Georgian villa set up for a new century

Conservationist John Hegarty has helped revamp a Georgian building on Sunday’s Well, Cork, writes Rose Martin.

SUNDAY’S Well is a Cork suburb with its own particular atmosphere, a place with a sense of age, tradition and a rare mix of housing types.

People have lived here forever — 8,000 years ago, this was a summer gathering point for Mesolithic salmon fishers and their descendants live on today — stroke hauling.