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<p>Tom and Kaye English at English’s Foodstore in Conna, Co Cork, who featured in The Echo’s Corner Shop series last year.</p>

Corner shops are corner stone of societies

Fri, 03 Jun, 2022

As we are planning our new city centres, let’s not forget the importance of the corner shops, says Ciaran Dineen, a journalist and Masters student, studying Urban Planning at UCC

<p>Robert Fitzpatrick, owner, Reen's Shop, Bandon, Co. Cork. Picture: Denis Minihane.</p>

Cork shopkeeper: Running the store is a way of life for me

Tue, 05 Oct, 2021

As we continue our series on Cork’s Corner Shops, CHRIS DUNNE pays a visit to Reen’s in Bandon, West Cork

<p> Caroline Cannon and her mother Margaret McCarthy outside the family shop, Motherway in the East Cork village of Cloyne, Co Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan</p>

Local Cork shop has been serving customers for almost 100 years

Tue, 24 Aug, 2021

Motherway’s store in Cloyne is the latest place to feature in our Cork corner shops series. CHRIS DUNNE paid a visit to the landmark

<p>Outside Brokerick’s shop in Shanagarry East Cork were Ed and Hazel Broderick wih Ed's parents Kitty and Eddie and nephew David Lewis. Picture: Dan Linehan</p>

Cork shopkeeper: I started working in the shop aged 15 for 50 pounds a week...

Tue, 12 Oct, 2021

As we continue our series on Cork’s Corner Shops, CHRIS DUNNE catches up with the owner of Broderick’s, Shanagarry

<p>Brian and Liz Shinnick and Brian's father Michael in Shinnick's Spar shop, Fermoy. Picture: Denis Minihane.</p>

Cork shopkeeper: I recall when jam was 13p, a swiss roll was 10p, firelighters 5p...

Tue, 26 Oct, 2021

CHRIS DUNNE pays a visit to Shinnick’s store in Fermoy as we continue our Cork’s Corner Shop series

<p>Barry and Anne O'Neill, owners, O'Neill's Londis, Killeagh, Co. Cork. Pictures: Denis Minihane.</p>

Cork's Corner Shops: ‘People came in to see oranges, they hadn’t seen them before...’

Tue, 07 Sep, 2021

O’Neill’s in Killeagh has a legacy going back over 150 years, says CHRIS DUNNE, as we continue our Cork’s Corner Shop Series

<p>Regina O'Shaughnessy, owner, McSweeney's Shop, Gardiner's Hill, Cork. Pictures: Denis Minihane.</p>

A corner shop at the heart of a Cork city community

Tue, 28 Sep, 2021

In the latest feature on Cork’s Corner Shops, CHRIS DUNNE visits McSweeney’s on Gardiner’s Hill in Cork city

<p>Post mistress Catherine Healy is the third generation of Healy running the shop in Lombardstown since 1922., pictured behind the PO service counter. Pictures: Larry Cummins</p>

Three generations of one family have run this Cork rural Post Office

Tue, 19 Oct, 2021

As we continue our Cork’s Corner Shop series, CHRIS DUNNE chats to Catherine Healy Byrne of Lombardstown PO and Shop

<p> Charlie Murphy at Murphy's Foodstore on the Blackrock Road, Cork. Picture Dan Linehan</p>

Cork shopkeeper: “We won’t see you stuck, we only close on Christmas day!”

Tue, 09 Nov, 2021

In the final part of our series on Cork’s Corner Shops, CHRIS DUNNE chats to Charlie Murphy, who runs a store in Blackrock

<p> Angela and Dave O’Keeffe of Angela’s shop on Connolly Street, Midleton, Co Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan</p>

'We know all of our customers by name'... meet the Cork couple behind this corner shop

Tue, 17 Aug, 2021

As we continue our series on Cork’s corner shops, CHRIS DUNNE pays a visit to Angela’s store in Midleton

<p>Mary Murphy at Murphy's shop in Bere Island, County Cork.</p>

West Cork island shop has been serving locals and tourists for 113 years

Tue, 21 Sep, 2021

In the latest of our Cork’s Corner Shops series, CHRIS DUNNE finds out about Murphy’s shop on Bere Island in West Cork

<p> Angela Cantwell at Angela's Shop in Fountainstown, Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan</p>

A seaside corner shop in County Cork that still serves ice cream wafer sandwiches

Tue, 10 Aug, 2021

As we continue our series on Cork’s corner shops, CHRIS DUNNE heads to Fountainstown to catch up with Angela Cantwell

<p>Evelyn McSweeney, co-owner of M.J. McSweeney's shop in Macroom, Co. Cork. Picture Denis Minihane.</p>

Being a shopkeeper is my life... I enjoy it!

Tue, 20 Jul, 2021

In a new weekly series for The Echo, CHRIS DUNNE visits some of Cork’s much-loved corner shops and chats to those behind the counter, starting with a veteran shopkeeper in Macroom

<p>LOVES WHAT SHE DOES: Sheila Murphy, owner of Murphys’ shop on Pearse Street, Kinsale, Co Cork. Picture: Larry Cummins</p>

I love the company every day — I’m never lonely

Tue, 03 Aug, 2021

As we continue our series on Cork’s old corner shops, CHRIS DUNNE pops in to Murphy Grocers in Kinsale

<p>Seanie Chamberlain, owner, Chamberlain's Shop & Bakery, Mitchelstown, County Cork with some of the freshly baked traditional hand made bread. Picture: Denis Minihane.</p>

Up since 4am making bread - though I never wanted to be a baker!

Tue, 02 Nov, 2021

As we continue our series on Cork’s Corner Shops, CHRIS DUNNE visits Chamberlain’s in Mitchelstown

<p>Tom and Kaye English at English's Foodstore in the village of Conna, County Cork. Picture Dan Linehan</p>

The shop has been our way of life for 30 years, says Cork couple

Tue, 31 Aug, 2021

As we continue our visits to some of Cork’s corner shops, CHRIS DUNNE meets the couple behind English’s Foodstore, Conna

<p>Marie Power in Power's general store, Crosshaven, Co. Cork.</p>

Marie still a powerhouse after 45 years behind counter in Crosshaven

Tue, 27 Jul, 2021

In part two of our series on Cork’s corner shops, CHRIS DUNNE chats to Marie Power of Power’s shop in Crosshaven

<p> Eadaoin O'Flynn is the 5th generation of the O'Flynn family working in the family business based in Ladybridge, Co Cork, with her dad Denis O'Flynn, 4th generation. Picture: Larry Cummins</p>

Five generations have run East Cork store

Tue, 14 Sep, 2021

As we continue our Cork’s Corner Shops series, CHRIS DUNNE talks to fourth generation shopkeeper, Denis O’Flynn, of Ladysbridge

<p>ECHO FEATURES Coffee series Owner and Founder Mikey Shinnick of The Town Coffee Co, with his team. Picture: Richard Gordon</p>

Cork coffee shop owner: I would trudge to work... I was ready for a change

Mon, 11 Sep, 2023

After putting Cork city’s coffee shops in the spotlight recently, in a weekly feature series - this time RICHARD GORDON visits cafes in county Cork. First up is The Town and Coffee Company in Mitchelstown

<p>From a girl, and later while raising her five children, Eileen ran the local shop in Turner’s Cross.</p>

A woman you 'couldn't contain or quieten': Remembering my mum, Eileen Kennefick

Thu, 07 Nov, 2024

In a series this month, JENNIFER HORGAN chats to Cork people about the memories they have of their mothers.