With a south-facing garden, this two-bedroom terraced house, €345k, just a 10-minute walk to Cork city’s Patrick Street, will put a stop to gallivanting and make you want to settle down. The Irish mammy will be oh-so proud.
Colm O’Regan’s Irish Mammies series saved a lot of souls. The Cork comedian captured a very particular native stereotype, one that many of us who are mothers were mad keen to distance ourselves from.
The books were laden with the kind of colour the modern world does not have, even with all the filters we have at our disposal.
Address: 72 Evergreen Road, Cork, Turners Cross, Co. Cork, T12 H6HX
Asking price: €345,000
Agent: AML Property Services
On the subject of happiness, in That’s More of It Now, The Second Book Of Irish Mammies, he wrote that mammies believe the pursuit of too much happiness can lead itself to unhappiness, and that, therefore, good times should be rationed out at a steady level throughout life.
“You’re going out AGAIN?! Haven’t you had enough gallivanting now for one week?”, was how he put it.
It’s a credo that has been picked out in cursive cross-stitching and hangs in pride of place in the guest W.C. of number 72 Evergreen Road in Turner’s Cross.
The fact that the two-bedroom, three-bathroom house is just a 10-minute walk to the city’s Patrick Street may just be too close to the temptation of gallivanting for her liking.
But once you cross the threshold, you can almost hear her oohing and aahing about the look and flow of the terraced property.
It opens into a small hall and has a broken-plan layout.
The eat-in kitchen is at the front, its cabinets set in an L-shape.
Cherrywood floors throughout add warmth.
The living room has a pitched ceiling, a wood-burning stove surrounded by chartreuse coloured seating, and leads out to the south-west-facing garden that is split-level.
There’s a sheltered, paved terrace with steps leading up to an artificially lawned area that is very private and gets lots of sun.
Upstairs there are two double bedrooms. Both have internal en suite bathrooms.
O’Regan’s most recent book, Gallivanting With Words, is a playful romp through the words, phrases and quirks that reflect the very soul of Ireland.
Agents AML Property Services is seeking €345,000 for the C3 BER-rated residence, which extends to 65 square metres.
