Tommy Barker finds new scheme in the Mahon/Skehard area is a well-priced 2019 new homes suburban Cork developmentThe family name of one of Cork city’s most philanthropic families, the Crawford dynasty of Beamish & Crawford brewery renown, is recalled in the 65-home development Crawford Gate, which is breaking ground, just as 2018 winds up and with first delivery of terraced homes due by the third quarter of 2019. At Crawford Gate, Skehard, are Denis O’Brien, DOB Developments, Lord Mayor Cllr Mick Finn, and estate agent Sam Kingston. Driving DOB Developments forward now, into a second generation, are Denis O’Brien’s daughter, Denise O’Brien with her husband Shane Keogh. Lakelands was the family home, and farm and Robinsonian gardens, of the Crawford family, originally Scottish, founders of Beamish & Crawford in 1792. Branding for Crawford Gate has just gone up opposite Bessborough’s grounds, for DOB Developments’ 65 houses, to be sold via estate agents Sam Kingston and Jennifer Roe of Casey & Kingston.

Source: Irish Examiner December 15, 2018 09:00 UTC