House of the Week: Blackrock, Cork, €975,000
CORK’S Blackrock suburb is going back to its past – regeneration (and a bit of gentrification) is underway to restore former glories to this one-time fishing enclave, and bastion of considerable wealth.
City authorities are working on a €1.5m regeneration of the village core and pier area, with plaza-like areas set to be delivered by spring 2015, and plans for a new rowing clubhouse. In advance of all those improvements, city residents have embraced the pier area, with busy weekend farmers’ markets, cafe culture spilling onto the pavements and rowers, walkers, cyclists and buggy pushers thronging its paths and waterways.
