The City And County Of Cork - The Matter Of An Application

IN THE MATTER OF THE LANDLORD AND TENANT ACTS 1967 - 2019 AND IN THE MATTER OF THE LANDLORD AND TENANT (GROUND RENTS) (NO 2) ACT, 1978 AND IN THE MATTER OF ALL THAT AND THOSE THE PREMISES SITUATE AT AND KNOWN AS 92 BALLYHOOLY ROAD IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF CORK , IRELAND, WHICH PREMISES WAS DEMISED FROM PATRICK REDMOND JOSEPH BARRY OF NO. 3 ST JAMES’ SQUARE, MANCHESTER, BARRISTER AT LAW TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC WORKS IN SAORSTAT EIREANN BY AN INDENTURE OF LEASE MADE ON THE 7TH DAY OF JANUARY 1926 FOR THE TERM OF 140 YEARS AND 2 MONTHS FROM THE 25TH DAY OF JANUARY 1926 SUBJECT TO THE YEARLY RENT OF £10 STERLING AND TO THE COVENANTS ON THE LESSEE’S PART AND CONDITIONS THEREIN CONTAINED.

AND IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION BY CORK CITY COUNCIL

TAKE NOTICE any person having any superior interest (whether by way of Freehold Interest or otherwise) in the following property or who owns any encumbrance on the following property:

ALL THAT AND THOSE the premises situate at and known as 92 Ballyhooly Road in the City and County of Cork which premises was demised from Patrick Redmond Joseph Barry of No. 3 St. James’ Square, Manchester, Barrister at Law to the Commissioners of Public Works in Saorstat Eireann by an Indenture of Lease made on the 7th day of January 1926 for the term of 140 years and 2 months from the 25th day of January 1926 subject to the yearly rent of £10 sterling and to the covenants on the lessee’s part and conditions therein contained

TAKE NOTICE that Cork City Council who now holds the Lessee’s interest in the said property under the said Lease, intends to submit an application to the County Registrar for the County of Cork for the acquisition of the Freehold Interest and any Intermediate Interest and any Superior Interest in the aforesaid property and any party asserting that they hold a Superior Interest in the aforesaid Premises including but not limited to any person(s) claiming to be entitled to the Lessor’s interest of the Heirs, Executors, Administrators, Successors and Assigns of Patrick Redmond Joseph Barry, Deceased are called upon to give notice of their said claim and furnish evidence of their Title to the aforementioned premises to the below named within 21 days from the date of this Notice. In default of any such Notice being received Cork City Council intends to proceed with the Application before the County Registrar for the County of Cork at the end of 21 days from the date of this notice and will apply to the County Registrar for the County of Cork for such directions as may be appropriate on the basis that the persons beneficially entitled to the Superior Interest in each of the said Leases including the Freehold Reversion in the aforesaid premises are unknown or unascertained.

Dated the 23rd Day of July 2025

Signed: Marguerite Gallagher
Solicitor for the Applicant Head of Office of Legal Affairs, Office of Legal Affairs, Cork City Council, City Hall, Cork Ireland