Fresh new uses sought for major part of our industrial history - the Sunbeam Wolsey textile plant

New uses, or even owners, for what was once Cork city’s largest employment base, the Dwyer family’s Sunbeam Wolsey textile plant are being sought.

The Sunbeam clothing and hosiery company employed as many as 4,000 at peak production times in the early to mid-1900s at Blackpool in Cork, though production wound down by 1995 and, eventually, receivers were appointed.

New ownership came in the 1990s, and linen and cotton garments continued to be produced for several more years, with a much smaller workforce.