New business cycle

A NEW business cycle is hoped for at a Cork city building steeped in cycling and sporting lore — and an adjacent idle 1.3 acre site which housed another iconic Cork business is also on the letting market.

Wrapped around by the vacated timber yard, DIY shop and offices of the former Brooks Haughton is No 15 South Terrace, formerly the property of Harding Cycles, which was started post-WW2 in 1945 by the legendary cycling enthusiast George Harding. He had built acclaimed racers, and the great Sean Kelly rode his first Tour of Britain on a Harding racing bicycle.

George Harding was a founder in 1939 of youth association An Óige, later becoming its president, and in 1967 he was a founding member of the Irish Cycling Federation.