{"id":221083,"date":"2026-01-01T04:21:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T04:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/221083\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T04:21:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T04:21:13","slug":"iconic-meath-pub-gutted-by-fire-overnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/221083\/","title":{"rendered":"Iconic Meath pub gutted by fire overnight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">Scut Fagan\u2019s pub suffered a devastating fire in the early hours of New Year\u2019s Eve morning, no injuries have been reported at this time\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fagans pub in Moynalvey, Co. Meath\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1d285350-6902-479c-b262-2cf0af1eb6cb.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Fagans pub in Moynalvey, Co. Meath<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Locals in Moynalvey, Co. Meath woke up to a shock this morning as garda\u00ed and emergency services attended the scene of a fire at Scut Fagan\u2019s (Fagans) pub in the early hours of the morning on December 31, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The fire was brought under control by several units of fire services from a number of nearby locations and the scene has been preserved for a technical examination. Fortunately no injuries have been reported at this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A traditional Irish country pub, Fagans is a popular meeting spot for those looking for great company to go with their pint in a classic, cosy corner of rural Meath. It is renowned for its traditional music and recently featured in the Oscar nominated film An Cail\u00edn Ci\u00fain<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Owners of the 150-year-old pub, Beth-Ann and John Reilly take their hospitality to great lengths even going as far as to call taxis for their customers upon request at the end of a night to ensure they get home safe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A spokesperson for An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na told the Irish Independent: \u201cGarda\u00ed and emergency services attended the scene of a fire at a commercial property at Moynalvey, Co Meath, at around 5:15am on December 31, 2025. The fire was extinguished by the fire services. No injuries reported at this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cThe scene has been held for a technical examination and enquiries are ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scut Fagan\u2019s pub suffered a devastating fire in the early hours of New Year\u2019s Eve morning, no injuries&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221084,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[12212,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-221083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-edana-flynn","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}