Age-appropriate buy

The former Clifton Convalescent Home, dominating a section of the Cork suburban skyline above the River Lee at Montenotte, has come back to market after a seven year lull and lie-in.

The property runs to almost 30,000 sq ft, on 3.5 elevated acres and combines an historic, original period family home of members of the Murphy family, associated with Murphy Brewery Cork in the 1800s, along with a later 30-roomed convalescent home addition to the back, which was run until the mid 2000s by the Good Shepherd Sisters.

It ceased use as a convalescence home in 2007, due to declining numbers in the religious order and was put on the market in ‘08, guiding €4-5 million.