John Maguire, the retired garda, was sparing up this one for when our pub opens up. But he couldn’t help himself.
John and his wife Breda moved in from the famed parish of Duagh to suburban Clieveragh, just up the road from me. They frequent John B’s on occasion and no nicer couple would you find anywhere.
Our pub will be closed up for a year, come Monday next. Back on closing night the plan was to open up in a couple of weeks when the virus wore itself out and herd immunity kicked in.
There was even a sense the rest would do us good, a bit of a holiday, do a bit of painting.