This Cork City district has been transformed into a thriving design hub

Cork offers a design hub just a few minutes’ walk from the city centre, writes Carol O’Callaghan

Luciana Altoni at Potteria at 100, Douglas Street, Cork. Paint your own pottery. Pictures: Larry Cummins

A trip along Cork City’s MacCurtain Street reveals a thriving hospitality scene with growing numbers of cafés, restaurants, wine bars and takeaways. But back in the heyday of the Celtic Tiger, it was a highly desirable destination for design and interiors, something sorely lacking in the city centre today. Or so I thought.