Well-kept city secret

Sidney Park Cork home is a simple, affordable touch of family city living, writes Tommy Barker

THERE’S something of the theatrical spectacle about Cork City’s Sidney Park — it’s so high up above the city and docks that its two tiers of houses are akin to the Opera House’s Grand and Dress Circle, with daily urban and shipping life as daily matinee and evening shows.

“Sidney Park is one of Cork’s best-kept secrets,” says estate agent and adjacent city resident Andy Moore, as he brings the elegant and detached four-bed home called Hillcrest to market.