Bonded Warehouse at Custom House Quay, Cork

@Paul Clerkin wrote:

send it to me and i’ll attach to your post

Will do, thanks Paul.

:mad:The Mafia that operate in, and control Cork (aided and abetted by CCC) will never allow this Heritage protected site to be regenerated.
It would be of much more value to some to continue to allow these buildings to degenerate to the point of collapse.
The Mafia would not even allow the MV Cill Airne (berthed on CHQ) to be transformed into a floating pub in Cork.
God forbid that the great unwashed would be encouraged to visit Custom House Quay to witness the years of criminal neglect that was allowed by CCC?

Sunday Business Post 2005
A training ship is set to be transformed into a cafe bar and wedding venue in Dublin by a group of publicans and shipwrights.

Dublin businessmen Larry Crowe, Brian Flannery and Robin Payne, who own the Cornerstone pub on Wexford Street and Nancy Hands on Parkgate Street, bought the MV Cill Airne last week for €40,000 from the Cork Institute of Technology.

The men – who also own hotels on Camden Street and have a share in Eamonn O’Reilly’s restaurants, One Pico and Bleu Bistro Moderne – bought the boat with the Irish Ship and Barge Fabrication Company (ISBFC).

They are investing €2.5 million to transform the boat into a floating restaurant, bar, art gallery and maritime museum berthed opposite Spencer Dock. It will also be available for charter to visit ocean liners and hold wedding receptions in Dublin Bay between the North Wall and Dun Laoghaire.

Sam Corbett, who operates The Riasc, the charter party barge based on the Grand Canal in Dublin, set up the ISBFC specifically to renovate the MV Cill Airne.

“The Cill Airne is returning home to Dublin because she was assembled at the Liffey Dockyards in 1961 and is of real historical significance as the last remaining Irish-built ship,” said Corbett. The boat was built to transport up to 1,500 people, but modern regulations mean the Department of the Marine is only expected to grant a licence for 180 passengers.

It is thought that O’Reilly may manage the restaurant on the boat. Corbett said organisations such as Dublin Port and Waterways Ireland were traditionally wary of floating businesses, but that attitudes had changed.

“The Cill Airne will change preconceptions about floating restaurants in the capital and we hope to be the first of many such enterprises,” he said.

“There’s a wealth of opportunities on Dublin’s waterways.

“Every other major European city uses its marine property. Places like Stockholm have loads of floating attractions which seem to do well.”

From the Cork thread:

@green_jesus wrote:

They are already putting a museum in the Odlums building.

Apart from a cursory mention that the building could be used for a museum, what if any specific plans have been made for it?

@green_jesus wrote:

Why not rejoice in this place give it to the people instead of closing it off again.

That’s what I’d love to see. How would using the site for the uses I mentioned do otherwise? Or how else would you “give it to the people”?

@bosco wrote:

That’s what I’d love to see. How would using the site for the uses I mentioned do otherwise? Or how else would you “give it to the people”?

It’s quite a big building, there’s no reason you couldn’t do both – have a museum and cafes/restaurants.

Maybe you could use those doors/alcoves at ground level for craftsmen/traders. Local jewellery makers/artists and the like.

i kayaked around both channels of the bonded warehouse recently, such potential unrealised!!!! could be a major tourist attraction if used with a bit of imagination, harbour tour boats could launch from it’s steps, etc

I am a final year Construction Management student at CIT and my final year project involves taking a hypothetical development through inception to completion taking into account all issues such as planning, design, and the economics of it.

The hypothetical development I am working on is a maritime museum with ancillary services. I am currently considering three sites: Bonded Warehouses, Custom House Quay; the Harbour Commissioners Port of Cork Warehouses, Lower Glanmire Road; and a third site for a completely new build. I intend on preceding with Bonded warehouses option.

I’ve seen plans for Bonded warehouses but it they have vaulted chambers on ground floor for storage and narrow external spiral stairs provide only access to 1st and 2nd floors. Anyone have any ideas on access? or fire concerns or floor layouts.

Costs, ownership or any other info at all or general comments would be greatly appreciated

Thanks
gbohr

@Radioactiveman wrote:

Can’t help you on details I’m afraid, but I was at a concert on Saturday night in teh grounds of the bonded warehouse and was once again struck by the possibilities of the site. The building itself is very interesting but there is also a surprising amount of space around it.
A ferry link down to the harbour, including stops at Cobh and a re-opened Spike Island would fit excellently with a maritime museum use.

I was at the same concert, and it was a place I would never have thought of as suitable for such an event but it was well done. There is great potential on this site for something of real tourism value, maybe we will see more events like this thrown in in the future as well.

Yes, right hand side with stage at the east end, so facing back into the City.

Anybody know what the story is with all of the cars on the site at the moment? Looks apocalyptic – by design or by default?

Thanks – great to see the area being used – heard a rumour of a beer festival there in October