Sign of the times: terraced homes built in early 1900s in West Cork are now a crafty buy

BEARING a proud, local link to Clonakilty’s past are the former artisan dwelling homes on the West Cork town’s Casement Street, part of what’s now the main bypass route along the N71, and on the doorstep of all of Clon’s long-established, and also newly provided, services.

Houses here date to the early 1900s, and as No 10 Casement Street came to the open market just prior to Christmas, estate agent Martin Kelleher has recalled the origins of these small number of terraced townhouses, as well as No 10’s original links to a well-known local family the Tuppers, who’ve had the trade and craft of sign-writing in their family for generations (see Tuipéar family image alongside from 1929).