Frankie hangs up scissors after 52 years

From the mop-top of The Beatles and the flowing locks of the Rolling Stones, to the short-back-and-sides of the MTV and Facebook generation — he’s cut and styled them all.

But now one of Cork’s most famous barbers has hung up his comb and scissors after over half a century in business.

Frank Forde, 66, known to generations of Corkonians as Frankie Forde, has retired and closed his men’s barber shop on Washington St after a career spanning almost 52 years. The closure marks the end of one of the city’s great institutions.