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On Pope's Quay, this is one of the oldest surviving town houses in Ireland. It dates from c. 1730 and is considered one of the finest historic buildings in Cork city. It is believed to have originally been home to Richard Boyle, the 4th Earl of Cork. Later it was home to the Master Cooper Henry Maultby whose cooperage was in the adjoining building. The family eventually moved to Australia and the house spent a brief period in the late nineteenth-century as The County and City of Cork Hospital for Women and Children. This hospital then moved to the south bank of the city into its current home, where it is now the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital. A sergeant in the Royal Irish Constabulary was the next owner of the house, and his family remained living in the building until the late 1970s - early 1980s and students were also resident here during term time. When this period ended the building fell into disrepair in the 1980s and was purchased by Cork City Council. It spent a short time as home to Graffitte Theatre Company. In the 1990s the newly-formed Cork Civic Trust leased it from the council, secured funds and managed its renovation in a manner sensitive to its heritage. After the renovation, the first tenants were ‘Cork 2005: European Capital of Culture’ who ran a city-wide programme of events during that year. In 2006 Cork City Council made it available as residence to a range of professional arts organisations who have formed a partnership ‘Arts @ Civic Trust House’. The building provides office space, shared resources and the opportunity for sharing of valuable knowledge between the companies. (Craig 1982, 210). 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994), No. 5826. Revised by: Paul Walsh Date of revision: 15 January 2012