Property Focus: Homes to consider in Ballincollig

One of Ireland's largest towns, we cast an eye over the property market in Ballincollig

The main street of Ballincollig. Picture: Denis Minihane.

Since singer-songwriter John Spillane whimsically pleaded with Johnny not to go to Ballincollig in the late 1990s, thousands have ignored his advice and moved there.

Now Cork’s largest town with a population estimated to be in the region of 20,000, it has seen the site of the former Murphy Barracks transformed into a modern urban centre with shops, restaurants and office buildings.