House next to Michael Collins House museum is a 'Big Fella' too

Two linked properties by Clonakilty’s historic Emmet Square, overlooked by the ‘Big Fella’ writes Tommy Barker

14 Emmet Square bookended by Michael Collins House musuem. Picture: Niamh Whitty

Tommy Barker finds a Georgian gem at Emmet Square and Ar Nead, translated as ‘On a Nest,’ an attractive dormer bungalow built 200 years after its neighbours.

The Georgian gem that is Emmet Square in West Cork is simply steeped and interwoven in the town’s fortunes and history: it’s also where the corner-set No 14 is now for sale, at the far end of the row which is bookended by a museum, Michael Collins House at No 7.