End of an era: Going for one last haircut before Cork's Baldy Barber closes his door

Michael Moriarty, aka The Baldy Barber, is hanging up his scissors and entering retirement. Irish Examiner columnist Michael Moynihan went for one last trim before the doors close for good on the iconic barber shop

Michael Moynihan having his hair cut by Mick Moriarty — known to all as The Baldy Barber — who is closing his shop in Blackpool for the last time on November 8. Picture: Dan Linehan

Readers surely noted this week that Michael Moriarty, the Baldy Barber (his own term), announced he was closing his barber shop in Blackpool on Cork City’s northside.

He has worked there for 59 years, but the family tradition in the trade goes back even further. His father, Peter, opened a barber shop on Merchant’s Quay in the centre of Cork in 1937 before moving to Blackpool, and Michael took over the running of that operation in 1971.