{"id":292067,"date":"2026-02-11T08:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T08:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/292067\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T08:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T08:44:09","slug":"copper-face-jacks-turns-30-myself-aidan-on-the-door-and-two-of-the-managers-all-met-our-wives-while-working-here-coppers-has-a-lot-to-answer-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/292067\/","title":{"rendered":"Copper Face Jacks turns 30: \u2018Myself, Aidan on the door, and two of the managers all met our wives while working here. Coppers has a lot to answer for!\u2019"},"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\">\nWith the iconic Dublin nightclub celebrating its 30th birthday, we look at its role in cultural moments and hear from some \u2018Coppers couples\u2019 about finding love on the dancefloor\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&quot;It\u2019s a place that holds special space in so many of our cultural moments, like Dublin captain Bryan Cullen\u2019s infamous victory rally cry of \u201cSee yiz in Coppers\u201d in 2011.&quot; Graphic: Clare Meredith.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/18d3342b-268b-4eea-bd30-3e3645436012.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)\">&#8220;It\u2019s a place that holds special space in so many of our cultural moments, like Dublin captain Bryan Cullen\u2019s infamous victory rally cry of \u201cSee yiz in Coppers\u201d in 2011.&#8221; Graphic: Clare Meredith.<\/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)\">When it came to designing invitations to their wedding, Lauren and Colin MacDonnell knew exactly what they wanted.<\/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)\">\u201cI got an illustrator to draw the two of us outside Coppers,\u201d grins Lauren. \u201cI even mentioned it in my wedding speech. I said, \u2018I went to Coppers every weekend religiously for 10 years and I found a doctor\u2019,\u201d she laughs. \u201cIf you want to find the love of your life, you need to go to Coppers!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the iconic Dublin nightclub celebrating its 30th birthday, we look at its role in cultural moments and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60,6361],"class_list":["post-292067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-life-magazine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292067","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=292067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}