{"id":256261,"date":"2026-01-21T14:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T14:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/256261\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T14:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T14:39:10","slug":"famous-kerry-pub-marks-70-years-in-existence-we-were-proper-publicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/256261\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous Kerry pub marks 70 years in existence \u2013 \u2018We were proper publicans\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Billy Keane pictured behind the bar of John B's in Listowel. The bar completed its 70th year in existence over the weekend. Photo by John Kelliher.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/KN Billy.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)\">Billy Keane pictured behind the bar of John B&#8217;s in Listowel. The bar completed its 70th year in existence over the weekend. Photo by John Kelliher.<\/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)\">There was no glitz or glamour to be found in John B Keane\u2019s pub in Listowel over the weekend. Instead, it was a relaxed affair where friends and regulars gathered together over a few pints to chat about the good old days and raise a toast to the bar hitting a milestone 70 years in existence.<\/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)\">The bar was, of course, famously opened and run by the late, great John B Keane, along with his wife Mary. Following their passing, it\u2019s now in the very capable hands of the couple\u2019s son, Billy, and it\u2019s he who spoke to The Kerryman this week about the pub turning 70 and his own personal memories of growing up there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Billy Keane pictured behind the bar of John B&#8217;s in Listowel. The bar completed its 70th year in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256262,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,14639,61,60],"class_list":["post-256261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-fergus-dennehy","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256261","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=256261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}