Upstairs is adorned with images of the River Blackwater’s 27 bridges.

Set to open on MacCurtain Street in Fermoy in the coming days, The Coffee House will serve as a haven coffee aficionados, a convenient stop-off for those who are on-the-go and a cove for those who have the time to mull over a coffee.

The former La Bigoudenne premises, set to be reopened along the recently bustling MacCurtain Street, is owned and operated by Fermoy-native Tom Wrigley and his wife Cacha.

This week Tom gave The Avondhu a quick tour before the business opens and explained his interesting path into the world of coffee roasting.

“We specialise in coffee, we love coffee, we could talk about it for days and days and days,” he said.

Originally from Glanworth, and with strong links to Fermoy, the former St Colman’s College student left Ireland in 1989 and spent many years working in the coffee roasting business in Poland. The coffee served in store is sourced from Ethiopia, Tanzania, Colombia and Brazil, and roasted by their company in Poland.

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Eoin Scanlon
Eoin Scanlon works as a reporter in our Fermoy office, based in MacCurtain Street. From Ballyduff in Co Waterford, Eoin was educated locally in St Michael’s National School, Ballyduff and Blackwater Community School, Lismore. He has recently graduated from the University of Limerick with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and New Media. Previously, Eoin wrote for the Munster Express in Waterford City.He can be contacted on 087-3216573 or by email reporter@avondhupress.ie