House of the week

PURE city centre living is on offer at the Georgian-era townhouse, 32 Nicholas Street in the very heart of Cork, a precipitous and narrow hilly stretch within the city’s South Parish.

Along with Shandon, the South Parish was one of the very first sections of the marshy city to be colonised beyond the original city walls, with stout Danish roots and a scattering of churches, abbeys and forts, several going back to the 1600s, while the old Red Abbey dates to the late 13th century.

So, old and venerable bones in and around this Douglas Street hinterland, and one of the best places to appreciate it all is from the top of No 32 Nicholas Street.