Wellington Road, Cork

Wellington Road (Irish: Bóthar Wellington)[1] is a road on the north-side of Cork city. Wellington Road stretches over a kilometre from St. Patricks Place (off St. Patricks Hill), to St. Lukes Cross at the eastern end of the road.

1880s toll house at the eastern (St. Lukes) end of Wellington Road[2]

Population

A largely residential area, historically Wellington Road was a more affluent area with large houses. At the eastern end of the street, some of the houses were associated with the nearby Victoria Barracks. In the mid 20th century, many of these houses were sub-divided - into offices at the western end of the street and flats at the eastern end. From the 1990s, this process was reversed, with some of the houses restored to single family use and others converted to have a smaller number of units.

There are a number of housing terraces on Wellington Road, including St. Patricks Terrace, Sydney Place, Mountpellier Place, and Wellesley Terrace.[3]

Amenities

96FM Broadcasting House (former Christian Brothers College building)

Cork's 96FM is located at St. Patricks Place at the western end of the road. It is also home to an Eircom telephone exchange, a backpacker hostel, several bed and breakfasts, a refugee community centre, dentist, and a primary school. There is no bus service along the road. There are a number of private flat complexes along the road, in mainly Victorian or pre-Victorian buildings.

Wellington Road lies in the Cork North Central constituency, and in the Mayfield Garda Station policing catchment.

References

  1. ↑ "Bóthar Wellington / Wellington Road". Irish Placenames Database. Placenames Commission. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Toll House, St Luke's Cross, Cork, Cork City". Buildings of Ireland. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Wellesley Terrace, Wellington Road, Cork, Cork City". Buildings of Ireland. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 30 December 2016.

Coordinates: 51°54′09″N 8°27′50″W / 51.9026°N 8.4638°W / 51.9026; -8.4638

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