Michael Moynihan: From explosives to fishing - TW Murray and Co, almost 200 years of trading

Michael Moynihan pays a visit to one of the longest surviving businesses on Cork main thoroughfare, Patrick St

TW Murray and Co, Patrick St, Cork; the business is almost 200 years old. Picture: Larry Cummins

Thu, 15 Feb, 2024 - 11:18

Michael Moynihan is an associate editor and columnist with the Irish Examiner. He is also a best-selling author and documentary maker.

If you live in Cork you’ve walked past it countless times.

It’s almost two centuries old and used to sell explosives, but TW Murray and Co on Patrick St is now a dark grotto bursting with delights particular to country pursuits. Fishing rods, hooks, maggots, hurleys, worms, waders, flies, caps — the list of attractions goes on and on.