{"id":574403,"date":"2026-07-29T21:25:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T21:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/574403\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T21:25:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T21:25:17","slug":"country-music-star-and-husband-to-open-new-athlone-pub-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/574403\/","title":{"rendered":"Country music star and husband to open new Athlone pub this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1785360317_117_imengine.public.prod.cmg.infomaker.io.jpeg\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Country music star Cliona Hagan and her husband Simon Sheerin will open Athlone&#8217;s newest gastropub this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\n    Published:<br \/>\n    Wed 29 Jul 2026, 1:03 PM\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n        Last updated:<br \/>\n        Wed 29 Jul 2026, 1:48 PM\n      <\/p>\n<p class=\"ew-body\">Country music star Cliona Hagan, and her musician husband Simon Sheerin from Tang, will open a new business venture in Athlone over the Bank Holiday weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ew-body\">Mary Mc&#8217;s, a gastropub based at Church Street (at the former Brazen Monkey premises), will be run by Cliona \u2013 a Dancing With The Stars finalist \u2013 her husband, some of his family members, and local businessman Colin Harris.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ew-body\">Church Street&#8217;s newest addition will officially open its doors on Friday, July 31, and, as well as serving food and beverages, it is believed the owners have plans to make it a top location for music.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ew-body\">A native of Ballinderry, Tyrone, Cliona has established herself as one of the country&#8217;s most popular figures on the country music scene in recent years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ew-body\">Her husband is also renowned for his musical talents, including his involvement with the renowned Sheerin Family Band.<\/p>\n<p>\n    Published:<br \/>\n    Wed 29 Jul 2026, 1:03 PM\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n        Last updated:<br \/>\n        Wed 29 Jul 2026, 1:48 PM\n      <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Country music star Cliona Hagan and her husband Simon Sheerin will open Athlone&#8217;s newest gastropub this weekend. Published:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":574404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":["post-574403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574403","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=574403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/574404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}