Legendary pies given a new lease of life

A long-lost takeaway treat favoured by generations of Corkonians has been given a new lease of life.

Elsie’s fish and chip shop, which has opened at Ballyvolane Cross on the city’s northside, has begun serving the legendary Molly Hayden’s potato pies.

The pies are made with a recipe passed down from Molly Hayden, who ran a takeaway on Lower Blarney St at a time when a bag of chips cost just 12 pence.