A man said ‘a pub’s more important than a church in the village now’
For the last two decades, Pat O’Riordan has steered the ship at O’Riordan’s bar in Coachford, mid-Cork. A…
A pub should be warm, friendly, comfortable… every village needs one
The crossroads in the East Cork village of Mogeely, once populated by three lively pubs – The Sportsman,…
‘I’m the last publican..it would be a sad day if there was no pub here’
Arriving in Ballymacoda on a foggy November afternoon, you sense how quiet the village can be. Yet it’s…
‘If not for places like this… some people wouldn’t meet anyone’
O’Donovan’s bar stands at something of an apex point in West Cork. You reach its Fishers Cross location…