Mar 8, 2022
In more carefree times, there was an unofficial commandment that stated: ‘Thou shalt not drive through Abbeyleix without pausing in Morrissey’s for a pint’. The pub’s best known landlord was Willie John Morrissey, a famous character in Irish folklore. He was the...
Mar 8, 2022
Jimmy Maguire, the soft-spoken owner of Tigh Neachtain, says his pub is the oldest in Galway City. He believes it formed part of a medieval townhouse built by the family of Humanity Dick Martin. Jimmy is passionate about history. He tells the tale of Captain Thomas...
Mar 8, 2022
Before insurance costs became too extreme, Glaslough hosted an annual motorbike rally, which could draw a crowd of anything up to 10,000 persons. Ron Kendrick, the owner of Wright’s, was himself a keen biker, ‘in between the hedges’, racking up a personal best...
Mar 8, 2022
Lenehans is the sort of pub that becomes extremely busy on a Monday morning for no particular reason. The pub still derives good business from teachers, nurses and clergy in the locality, as well as the soldiers in the nearby barracks and workers from the Labour...
Mar 8, 2022
Extracted from ‘The Irish Pub’ (Thames & Hudson, 2008) For more stories of County Clare, see here. ***** On 30 October 1914, Captain Alexander Vandeleur of the 2nd Life Guards was killed in action on the Western Front. News of his death...
