A decade after shutting up shop, Crowley’s Music Centre strikes a new tune southside

Musicians' workshops and sale of second hand instruments will be key elements of Sheena Crowley's new venture

Preparations are underway to turn No 1 Friar Street into the new Crowley's Music Centre

A NEW version of Crowley’s Music Centre, the erstwhile wonder emporium of budding Cork City musicians, is set to open on Friar Street, a decade after the closure of the original premises on McCurtain Street.

Sheena Crowley, whose grandfather Tadhg Crowley started the family business in Blackpool back in the 1920s, is preparing to launch the new venture, south of the river, at No 1 Friar Street, almost 10 years to the day since the McCurtain Street store closed on August 8, 2013.