Our Cork Story

With two commercial climbing walls (Awesome Walls and Gravity) opening in Dublin in 2012 there was quite a bit of talk of where the next climbing wall would be opening in Ireland.  In Cork a group of people linked to the Cork Youth Climbing Club started working on opening a climbing wall locally.  They had found suitable space in the Sports Village but came to realise that actually running it day to day was a whole different ball game to just building it.  They approached us to see if we were interested and so came to be, Awesome Walls Cork.  

We discussed long and hard whether to call it Awesome Walls given the different ownership structure but looking back I think the name describes pretty well what we’ve built for you and don’t think the fiercely independent Cork people mind having a sibling in Dublin.

During the start up discussions we were then offered the chance to take over the soft play (that we’ve called Little Rebels) in the adjoining unit which looking back was a blessing because the two of them together made the whole thing viable when we opened back in 2014.

When it came to it, the original group from the Cork Youth Climbing Club became investors in the wall rather than owners along with the landlord but we owe them a debt of gratitude for bringing us to Cork and we’re sure you feel so too!

Yours in climbing

Dave, Dave and Sveinn