Q – Give us a quick description of your business.
A – Trident Ink is a private tattoo studio based inside SBG Cork in Northpoint Business Park.
Established in 2019 this father and son team seek to provide you with best and most professional tattoo experience we can possibly give you as a client
Q – Who are the people behind your business and define each of your roles/ or if it’s just yourself tell us about your role.
A – Both Darren and Kevin O Sullivan tattoo and manage the business equally.
Q – Where are you based?
A – We are based at: North Point Business Park, Unit 31 New Mallow Rd, Cork, T23 HN76
Q – How long have you been involved in this work?
A – Together we have a combined experience of 7 years in the tattoo industry
Q – Tell us about your offerings.
A – We offer Custom tattooing, free consultations, easy access by public transport (215 bus), plenty of parking, a safe and friendly environment and professionalism
Q – What do you consider to be one of your works best features- what are you proud of?
A – Meeting all kinds of people from all walks of life, we always admired the saying enter as strangers, leave as friends
Q – Highlights?
A – One of our biggest highlights so far was having Conor McGregor’s coach, Coach John Kavanagh, do us the honours of cutting the ribbon for our relaunch last year
Q – Biggest challenges?
A – Like many businesses, our biggest challenge was the pandemic, Kevin established the business in 2019 and Darren joined in 2020 right before we were unfortunately forced to close our doors in lock down.
Thankfully with the support and love of all our amazing clients we have risen from the ashes bigger and stronger than ever.
Q – Any advice for Joe Public?
A – The best advice we can give you is that You are never too old for a tattoo
You are never too old for a tattoo
Q – Any new ideas in the pipeline?
A – We have a Flash day at SBG Cork on the 10th of June.
We will be attending the Midleton Tattoo Clubs Summer Tattoo Bash from Friday the 16th to Sunday the 18th of June.
We will have another Flash day in Jesters in Midleton on the 30th of June from 11:30am until 11pm.
And many more to come
Q – How does Blarney Chamber membership help you/what do you like most about your local chamber?
A – The Blarney Chamber’s membership has given us a fantastic opportunity to network with other businesses in the Blarney area.
Contact Details
Trident Ink
North Point Business Park, Unit 31, New Mallow Rd, Cork, T23 HN76
Email: darren.osullivan97@gmail.com & tridentink18@gmail.com
Trident Ink Instagram: trident_ink
Darren’s Instagram: darren_artwork
Kevin’s Instagram: kevin.o.sullivan_
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100051148965942
