VIDEO: The Crescent on Farranlea Road standing the test of time

Tommy Barker is over the moon about the attributes of an extended property in the strong suburban location that is Farranlea Road.

The builders pushed the envelope a bit when they moved to build on a prime Cork City western suburban site, back in the early 2000s — they thought outside the box, and built in a curve. Twice.

The Crescent, on Farranlea Road near Victoria Cross and Dennehys Cross, was developed back in 2003 by long-established O’Sheas builders, who started in Cork in 1929 when an earlier generation of the family returned from the US after the Wall Street Crash: they’ve now seen out a second, Irish property crash.