CORK’S newest pub the Linen Weaver will open on Paul Street next week following a €3.65m investment by the UK pub chain JD Wetherspoons.
The three storey pub will employ 75 staff when it opens next Tuesday. It covers three floors and is located on the site of the former Newport bar and Mangan’s nightclub.
Louie Scott, manager with some of the new staff at Wetherspoons, The Linen Weaver on Paul Street Cork which opens on September 8.
Picture: Eddie O’Hare
It is the first pub developed by Wetherspoons outside of Dublin with another Cork bar planned for Douglas.
The new pub will be open from 8am each day closing at 11.30pm Mondays to Thursdays, 12.30am on Fridays and Saturdays and 11pm on Sundays. Food will be served every day until 11pm.
Manager Louie Scott said: “Myself and my team are looking forward to welcoming customers into the pub and we are confident that it will be a great addition to the Cork community.”
The Linen Weaver name comes from the French Huguenots who came to Cork in the late 17th century and were skilled weavers. They built a church in what is now French Church Street and opened a cemetery, recently restored by Cork Council, near the new pub.
Historical photographs, details of local history, information relating to events, historical buildings and characters of the area, as well as artwork by local artists are on display in the bar.
Artwork includes a commissioned original canvas triptych by Eugene D’Arcy, as well as pieces by Fiona Kelly, Tracy Fitzgerald, Gail Kelly, Charles Mountjoy and Fionnuala Kelly.
The Linen Weaver will specialise in real ales, as well as craft and world beers, a wide range of different draught ales, as well as bottled beers, including those from local and regional brewers.