Boss of The Boar s Head in Dublin promises great times again on anniversary of Irish pubs closing
As Ireland marks one year since pubs closed, The Boar s Head owner Hugh Hourican recalls Shane Lowry s famous visit and says the next time bars reopen he wants it to be permanent
Golfer Shane Lowry celebrates his British Open win with The Boar s Head owner Hugh Hourican in 2019 (Image: Photo: Gareth Chaney Collins)
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In August, there was cause for celebration following the miraculous rescue of two cousins who spent 15 hours stranded at sea. Ellen Glynn and Sara Feeney got into difficulty after going paddleboarding at Furbo Beach in Co Galway. A major search and rescue operation was launched after the young women failed to return to shore and many feared the worst.
1. Galway ‘miracle’ rescue
The next morning, however, the pair were discovered by local fisherman Patrick Oliver and his son Morgan. Oliver used his fishing experience to predict where the young women might have drifted and located them some 17 miles from where they had last been seen.
Alas poor All-Ireland football championship. We knew it well, a competition of infinite jest and most excellent fancy.
But now it s just a joke and yesterday s final was the punchline. It fell yet again to Mayo to try to save the competition s honour but, surpassingly and typically gallant though James Horan s men were, this decider was a foregone conclusion from the start.
Not once in the 70 minutes was there anything which suggested Dublin would not make it six in a row. There was nothing either to suggest they won t make it seven when the circus resumes in a few months time. In the last three years they have only been troubled once and that fright in last year s final only came about because the champions had to play with a man short for over half the game.
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