It is a long time since I worked up around Boyces Street (about 5 years) but I am unsure of what type of houses are for sale up there.
From what I can remember, Boyces St is a Cul de Sac with old folks houses (masonettes) on the right hand side and corporation flats on the left hand side.
It would be a settled area just off the bottom of Blarney St so you would be very near town/city centre so from that perspective you will find it handy.
Unless there is new developements there, I wouldn't have thought the Corporation flats or masonettes would not or could not be put on the open market.
There are lots of small little back streets and lanes ways around that area but it would be a mature enough area with out any trouble.