ACA Douglas-Donnybrook Sub-Area B: Douglas East
Issues
1.146 As the city expands there is pressure for redevelopment and intensification of uses with associated increase in traffic volumes and in the demand for car-parking.
Description of Area
1.143 This area is located at close to the estuary on low-lying ground above the bridging point of the Tramore River. Historically the area was the centre of commercial and administrative activity in Douglas village.
Statement of Character
ACA Douglas-Donnybrook Sub-Area C: Douglas Graveyards, Churches and Public Park
1.144 The character is typical of a market town main street from the period before Douglas became part of the growing city.
Building Typology
1.145 Mainly two- and three- storey rendered and painted buildings with stone-slate pitched roofs, rendered chimneys and cast-iron rain-goods, and (where they survive) up-and-down timber sliding sash windows.
Description of Area
1.147 Churches and large graveyards of both
denominations, Church of Ireland parish (St Luke’s was established in 1786, replaced with the current building in 1875) and Roman Catholic (St Columba’s dates from 1814) with Churchyard lane running between them. The ecclesiastical centres are located between the twin areas of settlements of industrial Douglas West and the market village of Douglas East. The area predates the industrial development of the village as we know it today.
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Cork City Draft Development Plan 2022-2028
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