Patrick Donegan crossed the Atlantic, came home, and built a pub that's still standing 90 years later.
Built to Last
In 1931, Patrick Donegan came home from America with enough saved to tear down what stood on the R293 and build something that would last. Over ninety years later, it has.
Before Riverdance, before the world tours, a young Michael Flatley danced at Donegan's. His father, Michael James Flatley, was a Gurteen man. In Coleman Country, named for the great fiddle player Michael Coleman, that kind of thing isn't unusual. Music has always found its way through these doors.
Now in its fourth generation, Ed Donegan runs the show. The pub they call The Sailor's Home has seen manys a good event featuring local and non-local musicians, storytellers, and great craic. Nearby sit the Caves of Kesh, Carrentemple Cemetery, and Moygara Castle. Friday, Saturday, Sunday, from five. That's all you need to know.
Coleman Country
Gurteen is a village of 257 people with traditional music in a different pub every night of the week. The Coleman Traditional Irish Music Centre sits in the village, named for Michael Coleman, the fiddle player whose recordings from 1920s New York changed Irish music forever.
Mr D's has been part of that story since before any of us were born. Friday, Saturday, Sunday, from five. That's all you need to know.
