Central perk in Cork city: A home in a lovely and lively old neighbourhood

Tommy Barker admires a large light-filled home in a lovely and lively old neighbourhood minutes from Cork city centre

PROPERTIES in settled locations such as Cork city’s St Luke’s Cross, hardly get more central than No 8, St Luke’s Place. About the only spot more central to the core inner suburban community is the tiny old octagonal toll booth, which took its last fees from travellers and livestock over 90 years ago.