Darkness to light: The phoenix-like transformation of Cork City's Carrig House

Boarded up for many years, landmark Cork property Carrig House has a new lease of life, writes Tommy Barker

The main exterior view of Carrig House on Cork's Lower Glanmire Road.

There's a phoenix quality to the (re)construction crew behind the return from flames, and cold, cold ashes, behind Cork City’s Carrig House — back to fantastic, good health and a future as a family home once more after 20 years of dereliction, and 200 years of mixed-use history.

The glebe view of Carrig House.