Plans to restore road sign honouring The Dixies

A group of businessmen, backed by the Lord Mayor of Cork, are hoping to put up a new sign on the outskirts of the city to replace one taken some years ago which honoured the legendary showband The Dixies.

The original sign stood for many years on the side of the old main Cork-Dublin road just south of Watergrasshill and read: “Welcome to Cork, home of The Dixies.”

Vincent Scanlon of B2B Signs has offered to recreate the original sign which is believed to be in a pub in New York.