Jackie Lennox’s: A new chapter begins for Cork’s legendary chipper

Cork’s legendary Jackie Lennox’s chipper is up for lease — will a new name carry on the beloved tradition?

Chips are down: Customers queued at Jackie Lennox's on Bandon Road on the last day of business in October. Now it's up for lease, minus the legendary name Pic: Larry Cummins

There's one last take-away at Jackie’s — it’s the revered name Jackie Lennox from over the door, a name grazing Corkonians’ lips like salt and vinegar, since the legendary city chipper shut last October to queuing scenes akin to a State funeral.

“The name is gone, but there’s a great business to be run here,” say Frances Lennox and Brian Lennox, two of the nine siblings steeped in the legendary family-driven business from childhood, in a quality food institution founded by Jackie and Eileen Lennox in 1951 and which later saw involvement of four generations.